PBA: Brownlee powers Ginebra to Governors’ Cup finals berth
BARANGAY Ginebra secured the first finals berth in the 2019 PBA Governors’ Cup by hacking out a 120-107 win over NorthPort at Araneta Coliseum on Friday.
Justin Brownlee led the balanced effort with 36 points, 19 rebounds, and 8 assists, as Ginebra finished their best-of-5 series in 4 games.
Four other Ginebra players finished in doubledigit scoring, with Japeth Aguilar and LA Tenorio tallying 20 and 19 points, respectively.
Stanley Pringle added 18, while Scottie Thompson
had 14 points.
This is Ginebra’s third finals appearance in the season-ending conference in the past four seasons. Brownlee and co. missed the title series last year following a semis loss to Magnolia.
Ginebra will battle the winner between TNT and
Meralco in the other semifinal, which TNT leads 2-1.
Game 4 of that series is on Saturday, Dec. 21, at Ynares Center in Antipolo. The scores: Ginebra 120 - Brownlee 36, Aguilar 20, Tenorio 19, Pringle 18, Thompson 14, Slaughter 6, Mariano 4,
member of the SEAG gold medal soft tennis team, 1-6, 7-6(5), 10-7, in the third round of the event held in conjunction with the province’s Dagitab Festival (of Lights) celebrations.
Arcilla will next face No. 10 Arthur Pantino, who upended third ranked Vicente Anasta 6-1, 6-2, in another upset that marked Day 4 of the tournament which also featured the juniors division and sanctioned by by Unified Tennis Philippines made up of PPSPEPP, Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Toby’s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg.
Alcantara and Patrombon, meanwhile, disposed of Kennex Abadia and Bo
Alburo, 6-1, 6-3, to lead the quarterfinal cast in the men’s doubles that includes Barquin-Kyle Sinson, Alcoseba-Kinaadman, John Accion-AJ Alejandre, Vicente and Rollie Anasta, Arcilla-Pantino, Jayson Benitez-Hilbert San Jose, and Lazaro-Verdad.
In men’s 40s singles, Jonathan Largo stunned top seed Celestino Solon, 8-6, to seal a semis faceoff with Jayson Benitez, who routed John Lundqvuist, 6-1, while No. 2 Adonis Lominoque edged Roy Tan, 8-7(9), to arrange a duel with Menandro Econg, who blasted third ranked Roy Tabotabo, 8-3.