DRJ Wellness booked the last semifinal seat and arranged a matchup with topseed Leman's Hardware Silay after beating HiFlex, 115-99, at the ABC-Kalimansi Mix Cup Thursday evening

Needing to win by at least 10 points after losing by nine in their initial encounter, DRJ dribblers stepped their offense up as six players scored in double figures to thwart HiFlex's hopes of making it into the next round.

Mickey Bernabe led the scoring spree with 23 points as the team also got a big lift from Leon Bautista who made 20.

Kevin Lacson was unstoppable on both ends of the court, chipping in 19 while Popoy Jamero supported him with 18 points.

Boknoy Locsin made five 3-pointers to end up with 17 and Luigino Lacson added 12 points in his team's triumph.

Nikol Medina paced HiFlex with 24 points while Paolo Avecilla and Reygin Oquiana contributed 18 and 16 points, respectively.

Jake De la Paz and Mark Yanson combined for another 21 points as HiFlex was eliminated for the second straight conference.

In the second game, Leman's grabbed the top seatand a twice-to beat-advantage after edging defending champions Vermillion, 85-77.

Gerard Barranechea and Tad Caperonce led a balanced offensive attack, scoring 11 points apiece for Leman's while Dante Ma added 10 points.

Vermillion was once again led by Carlo Chu with 19 points while Japeth Cua contributed 13.

It will meet second seed Sugarland Hardware Painters in the other semifinal game and will have to also beat them twice to enter the best-of-three championship round.*

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