Pampanga Delta wins anew; Hustle, Laguna bounce back

Jun Arthur Roque led five other teammates in double digits as powerhouse Pampanga Delta clobbered NBS 98-77 last Thursday night for its second straight win in the Sinag Liga Asya Born 2001 Cup at the One Arena in Cainta.

Roque totaled 21 points, on top of three rebounds and two assists for Pampanga Delta, while Kevin Santos and Sonny Estil chipped in 13 each.

Charles Jacob Delfino, Jonnel Policarpio, and Carlo Ferreras also finished with 11, 11, and 10 points, respectively as Pampanga Delta scored a fitting follow up to a 101-50 shellacking of Antipolo Pilgrims LEAP last week and rose to 2-0 in the inaugural tourney presented by Converge and supported by Foton, JProject, Royce Hotel, Sunsport, Bluesky Advertising, Finn Cotton, WCube Solutions, SCD, and
Blast TV.

JR Ilustrisimo paced the Slashers with 16 points and seven rebounds, while Marvin James Raymundo and Miguel Sahali combined for 27.

In other games, Hustle snapped a two-game mini-slump with a 93-84 win over Parañaque, while Datzlav Eoz Construction Laguna toppled Antipolo 78-67.

Arvin Bautista fired 15 points and pulled down five rebounds for the Rising Suns, who also got 13 apiece from Vincent Jacobe Canlas and Ernie Pineda.

Tubangi Tristan had 10 points for Hustle, which atoned for two straight losses, counting a 87-94 defeat to Luid One Kapampangan last Wednesday.

Rob Basti Panes barely missed a double-double of 23 points and nine rebounds as Laguna made up for a 78-83 setback to LDG San Pedro also last Wednesday.

The maiden meet will follow a single-round eliminations, with the top eight squads reaching the quarterfinals with twice-to-beat advantages against the lower-ranked teams.

The semifinals and finals will be both one-game duels.