With Marc Lo finding his range early in the game and tallying 21 points, 888 Chinatown Square beat Nena's Rose I, 76-70, to register its second win in Class B of the 12th Tan Kek Pin Memorial Basketball Cup, Wednesday night at Tay Tung High School Po Hang Gym.

In the other game, Sta. Fe Resort stamped its class over Alfie’s Construction, 84-67, to get its bid for the crown going.

Teaming up with Ralph Richard Tan in the first quarter, the duo combined for five triples to give 888 Chinatown a 22-16 opening quarter lead, negating Yan Yan Dy’s 12 points for Nena's Rose I.

Rey Pandoro and Jan Jan Lopue also polished their shooting guns for Chinatown in the second quarter to extend the lead at the break to 39-32.

Nena Rose tried to cut the lead in the third quarter as the squad matched the 15-point output of 888 Chinatown, but the latter has the game under control.

Dy tried to turn things around in the fourth quarter as he delivered 14 points for Nena Rose, but his effort was not enough to overhaul the lead as Lo scored nine points and Pandoro with seven points to seal 888 Chinatown’s second victory in the tournament.

Pandoro finished with 14 points, while Tan had 11, and Richard Co, Lopue and Jolly Castillo with 8 points each.

Dy paced Nena Rose I with 28 points, Dr. Chico Coruña added 11, Richard Uy had 9 poits, and Luigi Coo with 7 points.

In the second game, former University of St. La Salle Stinger Daniel Chiu scored 12 points in the first quarter, allowing Sta. Fe Resort to pull away with a 55-27 lead against Alfie’s Construction.

Not giving Alfie’s boys the chance to come near, Michael Ang unloaded three triples and Ren Ren Lacon netted 12 points for Sta. Fe in the second quarter for a commanding lead.

Lacson finished the game with 17 points to lead Sta. Fe scorers, while Bol Manaloto registered 13 points, Ang tallied 12 points all for the three-point area, and Edward Uy added 8 points.

Bong Palo paced Alfie’s with 14 points, Jeremy Coo added 10, Danny Boy Uy delivered 8, Peter Galon, Keith Banzon and Tim Garrucho had 7 points each.

In today’s game, Nrich Cooperative will face Buddy JKT in the first game at 7 p.m., followed by the clash between Nena’s Rose Shopping against 888 Chinatown Square.

Games tomorrow will feature Talisay against UNO-R at 5:30 p.m., followed by the game between Fil-Sino against University of St. La Salle.*with a report from Stephen Tan

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