It was a thrilling weekend in the 2017 BPO Classics Recreational Division as most game were decided by less than 10 points.
To start off, QuintilesIMS nipped Shearwater, 58-54, last July 16 at Phenom Sports Center.
QuintilesIMS recovered from a slow start and held on to a single digit lead in the final quarter to slip away with the victory.
Duane Tabuzo and Chuckie Nunez led QuintilesIMS with 14 and 10 points, respectively, while the latter added 12 rebounds.
Wells Fargo also held on to an 85-78 victory over AMMEX in overtime.
An 8-2 run in the final three minutes of extra time allowed Wells Fargo to escape with the victory after it missed the chance to wrap it up in regulation.
Noel Alajas carried Wells Cargo for four quarters for 19 points but Jan Cesar and Joseph Arcilla took over in OT as they added 13 and 11 points, respectively.
Personiv, meanwhile, averted disaster and salvaged a 57-52 win over SBO last July 15.
Personiv saw its 18-point lead cut down to single digits and to as close as four with still three minutes to go but managed to stay ahead until the end.
Ellis Opano lifted the load for Personiv anew with 21 points, five rebounds and six dimes while Paulo Cheng contributed a double-double with 12 points and 11 boards.
Joash Guinto and Jeffrey Alinas sparked the comeback for SBO as they had 18 and 12, respectively.
Converga also forged a 70-64 decision over Ring Central Sales, still in the Recreational Division, on the same day.
Converga turned the game around in second period and led by as much as 12 later, but Ring Central snuck into within two with under four minutes to play.
Allen Arcasitas made two free throws to stop the drought before Jaime Dela Cruz and Christopher Conde put Converga at a safe distance.
Conde finished with 19 points and seven rebounds while Dela Cruz wound up with 17 points and 10 boards.
In contrast, Vocus Sales torched CFOS, 86-74.
Lorenz Palmos was at the forefront of the attack with a game-best 29 points, mostly in the paint, while John Villanueva and Paulo Samonte each had 17 rebounds.
Vocus Sales led by 14, its biggest, early in the fourth and was never trailed lower than five points from then on.
In the Intermediate Division, ARMCO, VXI Global and Accenture also settled for close victories.
ARMCO slipped past Wells Fargo, 78-73, to start the Division’s triple header.
Lorenz Jacob and Alwin Elinon got the job done for ARMCO with 28 and 21 points, respectively, while teaming up for 18 of the team’s 39 rebounds.
Accenture, meanwhile, bested Optum Global Solutions, 72-65.
Despite leading by as much as 20, 50-30, with 4:22 in the third, Accenture had to stay on its toes in the fourth as Optum Global Solutions mounted a comeback.
The closest Optum Global Solutions would get, though, was six points as Mark Zaballa took matters into his own hands to finish with 24 points for Accenture.
SBO also defeated VXI Global, 74-77, on a last minute run.
A 5-0 run in the last 1:32 sealed the victory for SBO, which leaned largely on LA Cabrestante, who had 20, Windouz Tiangco, who had 14, and Ariel Sto. Domingo, who had 13.
Sto. Domingo and Tiangco accounted for the last five points that turned a 74-72 deficit into a win.
Emilio Callelero who was a monster on the floor for VXI Global with 32 points and 20 rebounds but his efforts went down the drain.
