University of St. La Salle-NHOJs streaked to its third victory as they held off Rogers Province of Negros Occidental, 104-101, while JSY Transport rallied past  Fil-Sino Bmeg Mang Inasal, 94-79, in Class A matches of the of the 12th Tan Kek Pin Memorial Basketball Cup at the Bacolod Tay Tung Po Hang Gym, Saturday.

Province led in the first half, 45-38, behind the trio of Joemarie Bayhon with 14 points, and teammates Richard Verayo and Rodel Canino combined for 15 points, Arturo Cuaresma  tallied 12, and Nikos Cuenca with 7 points for the Stingers.

USLS relied on their cohesion and fastbreak opportunities to turn the tables on Rogers in the third quarter to take the lead going to the fourth quarter, 72-68, as Kevin Villafranca made 11 points, Allen Delagente and Cuaresma delivered 8 points each.

Province powered their way in the low post to take the lead anew at 76-74, but Emman Sevilla teamed up with Villafranca for a 7-0 run to put USLS on top for good.

Province employed physical full court press to force turnovers after Villafranca’s bankshop put USLS on top at 93-84. Bayhon made a trey and followed it up with a four-point play, while Peewee Demonteverde added a free throw to cut the deficit to 98-96 with 1:23 left in the game.

From the other end, Harvey Eslawa converted two free throws and Villafranca hit a jumpshot to give USLS some breathing room even as Rodel Canino’s dunk cut the lead to four points with 30 seconds left.

Demonteverde drilled a quarter court trey to draw closer at 103-101 with 6.2 seconds remaining, but Rendell John Bernales nailed two free throws to ice the contest and keep the Stingers unbeaten in the tournament.

          Villafranca finished with 32 points, 15 points delivered in the fourth quarter, backstopped by Cuaresma with 20, Cuenca 10, Sevilla and Bernales conspired for 13 points all scored in the final quarter.

Canino and Bayhon paced Rogers with  23 points each in a losing effort, Mark Ramos added 14, Leo Batog picked up 12, Verayo had  10,. and Demonteverde with 8 points.

In the second game, Fil-Sino duplicated USLS performance in the first three quarters by overcoming a first half deficit, 43-36, then took a 71-66 lead behind the combined 21-point effort by Carl John Oquindo and Robbie Jalando-on and the inside points of Arnold Gono and Richard Caberte scoring 6 points apiece.

The fourth quarter, however, proved to be a different story as the Fil-Sino, playing with only eight players, run out of steam as their offense sputtered and came out with eight points in the quarter.

JSY took advantage of the lull as Arnol Laureño  netted 12 points on low post incursions, while teammate Ely Olarte nailed three treys in the quarter.

Olarte topscored for JSY with 23 points on seven triples, Laureño picked up 17, Virgilio Dapar dropped 10 points, Pipo Javelona scored  9, Vengie Vergara and Ruel Balgos with 8 points each.

Jalando-on finished with 17, Oquindo scored 16, Caberte and Ritchie Militante contributed 12 points each, and Gono  shot 10 points.

In Class B action Friday night, Sta. Fe Resort remained unscathed in four games holding off NRICH Multipurpose cooperative, 95-89

Bol Manaloto topscored for Sta. Fe with 23 points, Clarence Quingco added 20, Ren Ren lacson shot 16 points, and Michael Ang made 9 points.

Chief Supt. Adonis Rosales scored 20 points, Romar Desusa shot 19, , Nico Lopingco and Arvin Gustilo made  15 points each.

Other results showed Nena’s Rose registering its first victory over Rapide Auto Experts, 93-75.

Yan Yan Dy paced Nena’s Rose I with 21 points.*NAB

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