Nena’s Rose II Shopping prevailed over sister team Nena’s Rose I, 90-85, to catch the last bus to the quarterfinals in Class B of the 12th Tan Kek Pin Memorial Basketball Cup at Tay Tung High School Po Hang Gym.

In the other game, Rapide Auto Experts ended their campaign on a bright note by upsetting Alfie’s Construction in overtime, 92-86.

After the eliminations, Alfie’s Construction and Nena’s Rose had a similar 4-4 win-loss card but Nena’s Rose got the fifth seed after beating Alfie’s early in the tournament.

Knockout quarterfinal matches will be played tonight as No. 6 Alfie’s tangle with No. 3 Buddy JKT at 7 p.m. followed by Nena’s Rose Shopping going up against No. 4 RU Shredder.

In the game between the two Nena’s Rose teams, Pao Pao Lim bullied his way in the shaded lane with 12 points for a 23-11 opening quarter advantage for Nena’s Rose I.

Shopping’s Kenderson Hao delivered 12 points as he won his personal battle against Yan Yan Dy with 9 points. Hao also got support from buddies Matthew Yap and Vincent Tan combining for 12 points as Shopping forced a halftime deadlock at 42 all.

Nena’s Rose I grabbed the lead anew in the third canto, 67-65, as Luigi Coo scored 9 points against a balanced offensive by Shopping spearheaded by Alex Chua and Daniel Lo with five points each.

In the fourth quarter, Pao Pao Lim continued to operate inside with seven points, but Nena’s Rose I could not hang on to their early fourth quarter lead as they had no answer to Yap and Tan’s scoring 12 and 7 points, respectively.

Yap finished with 19 points, Tan added 15, Hao chalked up 12 points, Joseph Tiu and Victor Go Jr. with 7 points each.

Lim delivered a game-high 20 points in a losing effort, Dy made 17, Coo shot 13 points, Dr. Chico Coruña hit 11, and Danny Boy Uy with 10 points.

In the other game, Jose Miguel Montinola racked up 38 points, 23 of them in the fourth quarter and extra time to lead Rapide in a surprising win over Alfie’s Construction.

Backstopping Montinola were Omar Galunan with 13 points, Berto Uysang and Jason Ong with 11 points each, Dr. Emil Guanzon with 8 points, and Eugene Tsai had 7 points.

Alfie’s was paced by Tim Garrucho with 18 points, Chibon Uy contributed 15, Jeremy Coo shot 14, David Lim made 10 points, Richard Huan scored 8 points.*NAB

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