Love the GAME. Eagles score lopsided win

Sacred Heart School-Ateneo banks on strong final half for lopsided win over USPF in Cesafi

THE defending champions Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Magis Eagles turned the heat on in the final half to score an emphatic 113-80 win over the University of Southern Philippines Foundation Baby Panthers in the high school division of the 2016 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Basketball tournament at the Cebu Coliseum last night.

Just when the Baby Panthers found their rhythm in the second quarter and was only trailing by two points, 44-42, the Magis Eagles started to make repeated runs that held USPF hapless the rest of the way.

Patrick Yu led SHS-AdC’s wild third period binge with nine points with Michael Cutamora and Jeremy Nacua contributing five points each as the Magis Eagles burst the gate wide open with a 32-16 blast.

From then on, the defending champions were never threatened until the final buzzer.

The three-time champions showed near-perfect game, shooting an impressive 54 percent, including a 38-of-61 clip on the the-point range grabbing 17 more rebounds 44-27, dishing out 26 assists which was 16 more than USPF, had 25 steals and five blocks.

USPF on the other hand shot 30-of68, had 17 steals and committed a total of 40 turnovers.

Trailing 15-25 at the end of the first quarter, USPF turned to Dennis Archival to ignite a 27-19 blast in the second period.

However, the Baby Panthers failed to sustain the momentum when the Magis Eagles tightened its defense and used its vaunted running game to render the opponents helpless the rest of the way.

Yu topscored for SHS-AdC with 17 points, Christian Manaytay added 16 points, Eric Tuadles scattered 13 points while Archival scored the game high 21 points and Gabriel Cometa added 13 for the losing Baby Panthers. RCM

On Thursday, the Southwestern University Baby Cobras will make its de- but since they decided to leave in 2002 against the Cebu Eastern College Dragons at 5:15 p.m. while the league heavyweight University of the Visayas Green Lancers will play the 10-man University of San Jose-Recoletos Jaguars in the main game at 6:45 p.m.

HOW THEY SCORED: SHS-AdC (113) – P. Yu 17, Manaytay 16, Tuadles 13, Colonia 9, Mantua 8, Chua 8, Cutamora 7, Visser 7, Nacua 6, Lapina 6, Velasco 4, Pastor 3, Calumpang 2, B. Yu. USPF (80) – Archival 21, Cometa 13, Ducay 7, Orillaneda 6, Ynot 6, Isabelo 5, Sandoval 5, Lequin 5, Ocavo 4, Evardo 3, Nalo 2, Ugbaniel 2.