Artesyn and Emerson demolished their foes to assert their dominance early in the 2017 Next5Hoops Corporate – Recreational Division.
SBO and SCMC-ARA also picked up victories in week two of the tournament organized by One Unite Sports.
Artesyn routed Cement Mixers, 73-48, behind a strong performance from its starers.
All but one of the starting five chipped in at least 10 points in the victory with Glenn Saravillo leading the way with 17 points, four rebounds and three steals.
A 43-point second half propelled Artesyn to the insurmountable lead that went to as high as 26 points midway the payoff period.
Daniel Muralla paced Cement Mixers with 21 points and nine rebounds but barely got help from his teammates.
Emerson likewise dispatched Vertiv, 78-46, thanks in large part to Ronald Libunao.
Libunao accounted for 32 points for Emerson, which made a living out of turning Vertiv’s errors into gold.
Emerson got 22 points off turnovers compared to Vertiv’s five and 16 fastbreak markets against the opponent’s two.
Alex Dizon shone in a losing effort for Vertiv with 19 points and 18 rebounds.
Meanwhile, SBO broke the game wide open in the fourth to take down National Bookstore, 59-44.
Up by the five with a minute left in the third, SBO went on a 6-0 run to push the lead to 12 and was never threatened again the rest of the way.
Scorers were scattered among the 16-man line up but Bryan Guingab topscored for SBO with 10 points that went along with four rebounds.
National Bookstore almost made SBO pay for its 29 turnovers, but just didn’t have enough firepower to get ahead.
In the other game, SCMC-ARA scraped past SCIP, 86-82, in overtime.
SCMC-Ara held on to a slim lead through out the extra time after failing to close out SCIP in regulation.
Only seven of the 10 players had a hand in scoring for SCMC-Ara but that was enough to come away with the win, especially with the monster effort from its starters.
Marvin Alcala finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds while Ryan Tabong had 16 points and 19 boards for SCMC-Ara.
SCIP was actually leading in some stat departments but just came up short when it was needed most.
