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CW Home Depot sweeps LGR Hoops eliminatio­ns

- Rey Joble

CW Home Depot continued to assert its dominance in the LGR Hoops Season 4 as it dumped Team RL, 98-66, and kept its perfect record in the Corporate Division recently at the North Greenhills Gym.

Harold Lontong finished with 21 points followed by Joel Laurente who contribute­d 13. Ferdinand Arce chipped in 10 for CW Home Depot, which completed a seven-game sweep in the eliminatio­n round of this tournament sponsored by Bugsy’s, Rain or Shine, Petron, Titan, NBA Store, Gatorade, BTV, Golds Gym, Zark’s Burger, Kartilya, SYF and Ybalai.

Wednesday Group and RJ Constructi­on pulled off contrastin­g wins to bolster their playoff chances in the tournament.

Behind the hot-shooting PJ Calonzo, Wednesday Group blasted IFBL, 85-66, in the Novice Division of this event

Mr. Calonzo hit four-of-six triples on his way to finishing with 24 points to carry Wednesday Group to its sixth win in seven games and into solo lead in the Group B Division. He and Jorlan Barrios, who also nailed four treys, typified their squads dominance over IFBL, which drew 16 markers from Robert Palomar.

RJ Constructi­on nipped Mr. Ybalai, 81-80, in the -38-and-Above category.

Manny Mendoza led the way for RJ Constructi­on with 23 points followed by Ellard Cortez with 19. Two other players also finished in double figures for the squad — Michael Avancena and Melvin Caruz, who ended up with 14 and 11, respective­ly.

The playoffs of the LGR Hoops Season 4 begins next week.

A total of four teams each bracket will advance to the playoffs, all of them going through the knockout phase. —

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