AICC Manila and Davao Occidental Tigers-Cocolife extended their respective winning runs on Monday to cement their hold of the top spot in the FilBasket Subic Championship at the Subic gym.
Michael Juico shot a booming trey off an assist from Hesed Gabo with one second left to lift AICC Manila past FSD Makati-Army, 86-83, while Davao Occidental survived the San Juan Knights with a 120-115 double overtime victory to improve their win-loss records to 6-1.
It was AICC Manila’s sixth straight win since dropping their opening game match against Davao Occidental, while the Tigers fanned their winning streak to five games.
AICC Manila trailed 81-79 with 1:09 left before Juico poured seven of his 18 points including the game-winning triple.
Chris Bitoon and Michael Mabulas also shone for AICC Manila with 17 and 16 points as they dealt FSD Makati-Army its sixth defeat in seven matches.
Meanwhile, Davao Occidental uncorked a 9-2 run courtesy of Joseph Terso, Gab Dagangon and Aldwin Alday midway the extra period to turn back the San Juan Knights.
While the trio spelled the difference in the crucial minutes for Davao Occidental, Robby Celiz flirted with a triple-double performance of 26 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists. John Wilson also carried the fight throughout with 23 points.
San Juan fell to 4-2 despite Orlan Wamar erupting for 31 points and Jhonard Clarito posting 16 points and 13 rebounds.
In the other match, Burlington EOG Sports mauled 7A Primus, 102-79, for 4-3.
Burlington set the tone in the second quarter after limiting 7A Primus to seven points to turn its 32-25 deficit to a 51-39 lead.
Byron Villarias paced Burlington with 23 points while Jett Vidal and Lorenzo Navarro added 11 points each.
Joseph Marquez scored 20 points in a losing effort for 7A Primus, who skidded to 2-5.