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Marikina foils Quezon; Bacoor dumps Bataan

Published Oct 4, 2023 06:54 am

At A Glance

  • Marikina weathered Quezon Province's final assault to prevail, 73-70, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, and prove it deserves to be in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season playoffs at the Marikina Sports Center.

Marikina weathered Quezon Province's final assault to prevail, 73-70, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, and prove it deserves to be in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season playoffs at the Marikina Sports Center.

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RV Berjay delivers for Marikina. (MPBL Images)


The Marikina Shoemasters wasted a 25-point spread, allowed the Quezon Huskers to knot the count at 70, before getting the lift from homegrowns RV Berjay and Felipe Chavez to finish the round-robin elimination round with a 16-12 record, good for the eighth and last playoff slot in the North division.


Berjay, a former Batang Gilas from the Ateneo Blue Eagles scored on a layup with 25 seconds left while Chavez split his charities with 6 seconds to go for the marginal points that deprived the Huskers of the homegrown edge in the playoffs starting on Friday, Oct. 6.


Quezon tumbled to 19-9 and skidded to fifth place behind Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines, which finished with a 20-8 slate in the South division.


As a result, instead of hosting the Zamboanguenos on Oct. 14, the Huskers will have to fly over to Zamboanga City for Game 2 of their best-of-three quarterfinal series.


Way behind, 34-59, late in the third quarter, the Huskers closed the gap, 60-66, behind a 10-point cluster spiked by an Alfrancis Tamsi triple and then bunched eight points, capped by another Tamsi triple, to turn the sleeper into a thriller, 70-70, with 29 seconds remaining.


However, the Huskers misfired after that, including a buzzer-beater triple by Mon Abundo that could have forced overtime.


The 6-foot-4 Berjay posted 14 points, five rebounds and three assists to earn best player honors at the expense of teammates Joe Gomez De Liano with 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Chavez with 10 points, eight rebounds and two assists.


Lucena City icon Topeng Lagrama finished with 13 points, four steals, four assists and three rebounds for the Huskers, who got 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals from Tamsi.


Earlier, the Bacoor City Strikers trounced the also-ran Bataan Risers, 93-65, to end up with a South division best 23-5 slate.


Mark Montuano led 13 Bacoor players who contributed with 12 points, followed by Jhan McHale Nermal with 11 and Alwyn Alday with 10.


The Strikers, who led the Risers (13-15) by as many as 29 points, will have the homecourt edge in their quarterfinal series opener against the Iloilo United Royals on Oct. 7.

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