THERE seems to be no stopping MJAS Zenith-Talisay City as the Aquastars snatched their seventh straight win—a 104-75 rout of Tabogon—in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup on Friday at the Alcantara Civic Center in Cebu.
And this time around, the Aquastars found a cure to their lousy start as they asserted themselves right in the second quarter where they outscored the Voyagers, 27-12, to build a 19-point lead at halftime, 47-28.
Lord Casajeros and homegrown Joshua Dela Cerna were lethal during that stretch and combined for the team’s last nine points. From there, it was all Talisay City with the reserves taking full advantage of extra playing time.
Talisay City remained perfect at 7-0 won-lost, while Tabogon fell to 3-4.
The Voyagers were coming off a morale-boosting 76-73 win over the heavily favored ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes on Thursday night, but failed to bring the energy against Talisay City.
With none of the Aquastars’ starters playing more than 14 minutes, five reserves scored in double-figures with Dela Cerna and Gimpayan topscoring with 14 points each.
Dela Cerna, a former Cebu Institute of Technology-University standout, added four rebounds, four assists and a steal in 20 minutes of action.
Jan Jamon added 12 points, six rebounds, and two assists, while Patrick Cabahug, Dave Moralde and Egie Boy Mojica tallied 11 points apiece.
Talisay City’s reserves tallied a whopping 84 points while their counterparts managed just 32.
“We were able to manage the minutes of our players and no one played more than 20 minutes,” Aquastars Head Coach Aldrin Morante said.
Arvie Bringas and Joemari Lacastesantos led Tabogon with 14 points each while Christian Diaz had a double-double performance of 13 points and 11 rebounds.
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