Sunrisers stretched their lead in the team standings of the 2nd Domino Lux International Fraternity\/Miller Lite Basketball Invitational Friendship League after slipping past Hite Beer\/Blue Haus, 64-59, last Wednesday night at the Gualo Rai Basketbal Court.<\/p>\n
The win was the Sunrisers\/Island Apparel\u2019s seventh in eight matches, giving the team three-game lead over defending champion Blue Haus (4-1). Incidentally, Blue Haus led its rained-out game against the Sunrisers last month, 69-53, with a full quarter left. Not counting their pending match over Blue Haus, the Sunrisers have one game left (versus QQ Rent A Car on Wednesday) in the round-robin elimination and are already assured of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
Hite Beer dropped to a 2-5 record, absorbing its third straight loss, and is in danger of not making it to the next round.<\/p>\n
The Sunrisers led from start to finish and halted Hite Beer\u2019s rally late in the fourth quarter. The Sunrisers limited Hite to only two field goals in the opening quarter for an early double-digit lead, 18-6. The league frontrunners had a balance offense in the first period, drawing points from seven different plays, while only Alex Lauron and Ray Babauta scored for Hite Beer with four and two markers, respectively.<\/p>\n
Hite picked up its scoring in the second period behind the seven points of Lauron, however it outgunned Sunrisers by only three, 15-12, leaving the latter with a 30-21 halftime lead.<\/p>\n
The Sunrisers regained their twin-digit margin in the third, 49-39, after Jawn Joyner showed up at the start of the second half and scored six and Preston Basa also added three field goals.<\/p>\n
Josh Sablan, who finished with 11 markers, started the fourth with a triple and the Sunrisers hung on to the lead to extend Hite\u2019s skid.<\/p>\n
[B]Shirley\u2019s 62, Andhok\u2019s Grille 52[\/B]<\/p>\n
In the first game, Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop booked back-to-back wins after beating the depleted crew of Andhok\u2019s Grille.<\/p>\n
Shirley\u2019s now has a 3-4 record for a tie for fifth place with SCS Heavy Equipment, moving three notches up to the team standings.<\/p>\n
Bruce Berline and Marvin Rabauliman tallied 14 points apiece for Shirley\u2019s which capitalized on the absence of three Andhok\u2019s players. Tim Wesley was suspended for one game after an altercation with Smart Cagers\u2019 Edwin Santos last week, while John Artates and Mike Olaitiman were banned from playing in the league for entering the court and punching Santos.<\/p>\n
With their three players out, Andhok\u2019s offensive option were limited and the team\u2019s biggest output in a quarter was only 15 points (first period). In each of the next three quarter, Andhok\u2019s failed to score more than 12 markers.<\/p>\n
Shirley\u2019s, which led by three at the end of the opening canto, 18-15, slowed down in the second, nailing only six to fall behind at the break, 24-27. However, Shirley\u2019s behind Berline and Rabauliman regrouped in the second half en route to the 10-point win.<\/p>\n
[B]First Game<\/p>\n
Sunrisers\/Island Apparel 64[\/B] \u2013 Basa 12, Sablan 11, Joyner 8, J. Quitugua 6, Mendez 6, Peters 4 R. Quitugua 4, Deleon Guerrero 3, Lizama 2.<\/p>\n
[B]Hite Beer\/Blue Haus 59[\/B] \u2013 Lauron 18, Palacios 17, Park 8, Tenorio 6, Diaz 4, Z. Babauta 3, R. Babauta 2, Cabrera 1.<\/p>\n
[B]Scoring by quarters: [\/B]18-6, 30-21, 49-39, 64-59.<\/p>\n
[B]Second Game<\/p>\n
Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop 62[\/B] \u2013 Berline 14, Rabauliman 14, Barrios 12, Petersberg 8, Norita 6, Lang 2.<\/p>\n
[B]Andhok\u2019s Grille 52[\/B] \u2013 De Guzman 19, Umali 10, Libuw 8, Capald 7, Llagas 4, Garcia 2.
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\nScoring by quarters:[\/B] 18-15, 24-27, 42-38, 62-52.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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