Ateneo beats LCC in Magis Eagles caging
La Consolacion beats Magis Eagles The La Consolacion College (LCC)escaped with a 89-85 win over the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) Magis Eagles in the 2018 Magis Eagles Basketball Invitational League at Lux Oriens Gym yesterday.
The La Consolacion College, a college team from Bacolod City, used a strong second half performance to draw first blood in the four-team single round-robin tournament with the Top 2 teams advancing to the championship game this Sunday at the Danao City Civic Center.
The visiting team rose from a 13-point deficit in the first half to take a seven-point edge, 58-51, in the third quarter.
The Magis Eagles survived the third quarter rampage from La Consolacion and were able to tie the game at 62-all going to the final quarter.
The Magis Eagles staged a 7-0 run, highlighted by LA Casnillo’s trey that gave them a 82-76 lead. La Consolacion answered with an 8-2 blast to make it 84-all.
Nestor Articulo converted a layup off a steal to break the tie with 47.9 ticks to play.
A miss from SHS-AdC on the other end led to Articulo’s split free throw before scoring two free throws for the final tally.
Lubert Mgaspar scored 23 for LCC, Sudayan added 14, Articulo chipped in 11 and Contega had 10.
The Magis Eagles were led by big man Michael Cutamora with 16 and Hans Mesina and Casnillo had 10 apiece.
The three-day tournament was organized by SHS-AdC coaches and parents in preparation of Magis Eagles’ stint in the 2018 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) in August. /