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Terra Dolce posts 4th win in
SJI Alumni basketball

Secured in their third spot in the team standing, Terra Dolce/Jollibee 90/91/92 cruised to its fourth straight semifinals appearance by beating Eleven Degrees 96/97/98, 71-60, while New Energy/Shakey’s 2008/10/11 pulled through against Waterfull/Celcor93/94/95, 72-68, in the 5th SJI Alumni Basketball Friendship Cup played at the Msgr. John Liu Activities Center.

Waterfull established a 12-6 lead in the first quarter, but New Energy shifted to a full court man-to-man defense that immediately produced dividends as they closed the quarter on a 10-0 run for a 16-12 advantage.

Michael Ang and Julius Teruel joined hands in the second quarter for 17 points as Celcor grabbed the lead anew at 37-28. Shakey’s scored five straight points including a trey from Ralph Geraldoy just before the quarter ended to drew closer at 37-33.

New Energy quickened the pace of the game by scoring on fastbreak opportunities, while Waterfull relied on their set plays and three-point shooting to stay on top at 54-53 at the end of the third quarter.

New Energy immediately moved in front as the start of the payoff quarter and held on to a 62-59 lead with 4:43 left in the game.

A Charles Del Castillo follow-up and a triple by Allen Dionela gave Shakey’e its biggest lead at 68-59.

As Shakey’s started to miss their outside shots, Waterfull was able to rally as Vincent Javelosa delivered four points and Christian Castro two free throws cut the deficit to 68-65 with 1:24 left.

Celcor cut the lead further to a single digit ona Julius Teruel free throw 40 seconds later.

But Dionela, wo finished with 10 points in the quarter, came off a screen by Daniel Ong to sink a 12-footer for a 4-point lead. Castro cut the lead to 70-68 with 4 seconds left and Del Castillo sealed the semis seat of Shakey’s with two free throws.

Charles Del Castillo paced New Energy with 19 points, Dionela hit 15 markers, Mark Coo shot 12 points, Jappy Cuaycong made 9, andLuigi Coo had6 points.

Javelosa finished with 16 points in a losing effort, Angpicked up 14 points, Teruel scored 13, Mark Ong and Castro with 8 points apiece.

Terra Dolce posted a double digit lead of 24-13 in the first quarter behind a balanced offensive led by Peewee Demonteverde and Bol Manaloto, while Eleven relied onTim Garrucho and Dino Tongco.

Eleven Degrees offense continue to sputter in the second quarter as they can only managed six points, while Terra Dolce scored 16 points as the lead extended to 40-19 at the break.

Manaloto scored 10 points in the 3rd canto to keep Jollibee ahead at 58-40 even as Garrucho and Berto Uy combined for 17 points for Eleven Degrees.

In the payoff quarter, Jollibee continued to take a double digit lead while 11 Degrees made a late push to cut the deficit to its lowest margin of 11 points.

Terra Dolce was led by Manaloto with 20 points, backstopped by Demonteverde with 18, Dominic Ciocon had 8, and Toffel Tan with 6 points.

Garrucho picked up 21 points, Berto Uy delivered 15, Daniel Tanadded 11, and Tongco with 10 points.

The top two teams will see action tonight as No. 2 Phoenix 1999/2k goes up against Petron 2001/02/12 in the first game at 6:30 p.m. and No. 1 Ceres Pasalubong is expected to prevail over the No. 9 Legends/2009 in the 8 p.m. tussle.

Both Ceres and Phoenix will have a twice-to-beat advantage.

Terra Dolce/Jollibee will meet the winner of Phoenix & Petron while Shakey’s will play the victor of the Ceres and Legends/2009 on October 9.*with a report from Stephen Tan

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