San Sebastian banked on the stellar performance of Raymart Escobido to take down Emilio Aguinaldo College, 86-70, in the NCAA Season 99 men’s basketball tournament at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan on Sunday, Oct. 15.

Escobido put up a season-best performance of 23 points – 15 of which came in the second half, highlighted by a personal 6-0 run from a booming triple and an and-1 play to give the Stags a 70-52 cushion early in the final frame.

San Sebastian then kept EAC at bay from thereon en route to the bounce back win that hiked its record to 3-4 while snapping the Generals’ two-game win streak for a 4-3 record.

Jessie Sumoda added a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds while James Una had 13 points and seven boards.

King Gurtiza sustained his stellar performance for the Generals with 20 points as he spearheaded a late fightback from EAC which cut the lead down to just 10, 75-65, after a Ralph Robin triple.

The Stags, however, easily shrugged off the rally with Sumoda and Alex Desoyo burying back-to-back long bombs to restore order, 84-67, with 1:37 left in the game.

JP Maguliano also had a double-double of 14 points, 13 rebounds and five assists in the losing effort

The scores:

 San Sebastian 86- Escobido 23, Sumoda 14, Una 13, Calahat 9, Are 7, Re. Gabat 7, Desoyo 6, Ra. Gabat 5, Felebrico 2, Shanoda 0 

EAC 70- Gurtiza 20, Maguliano 14, Robin 13, Cosejo 12, Ochavo 2, Bacud 2, Quinal 2, Tolentino 2, Angeles 2, Cosa 1, Balowa 0, Umpad 0, Luciano 0, Ednilag 0 

Quarters: 19-13; 42-31; 62-49; 86-70