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Caloocan, Rizal, QC down MPBL foes

Published Jul 8, 2025 01:28 pm

At A Glance

  • Caloocan won wire-to-wire against Pasig, 82-67, while Rizal Xentromall rallied past Zamboanga, 69-61, on Monday, July 7, to rev up their drive in the MPBL 2025 Season at the Ynares Center Montalban in Rizal Province.
Jayson Puray, with the ball, shines for Quezon City Galeries Taipan. (MPBL)
Jayson Puray, with the ball, shines for Quezon City Galeries Taipan. (MPBL)
Caloocan won wire-to-wire against Pasig, 82-67, while Rizal Xentromall rallied past Zamboanga, 69-61, on Monday, July 7, to rev up their drive in the MPBL 2025 Season at the Ynares Center Montalban in Rizal Province.
The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo surged ahead, 30-10, in the second quarter and were never headed to notch their 13th win against six losses in the round-robin elimination phase of the 30-team tournament.
The Rizal Golden Coolers clustered 16 points to overtake the Zamboanguenos, 49-42, for good and climbed to 11-7 in the chase for playoff spots, being led by sure qualifiers Nueva Ecija (18-0), Abra (17-1) and San Juan (16-1).
Marco Balagtas sparked the Golden Coolers' comeback from 33-42 with back-to-back triples, followed by Michael Canete and Samboy De Leon with 4 points each.
De Leon, formerly of Centro Escolar University, posted 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks and 3 assists, while Balagtas, formerly of Jose Rizal University, tallied 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists.
Philip Manalang, a crack point guard out of the University of the East, chalked up 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, followed by Robin Nayve with 10 points and 5 rebounds, and Canete with 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Zamboanga fell to 14-5 as only Aljon Capobres, with 19 points and 7 rebounds, and recruit Carl Bryan Cruz, with 10 points and 9 rebounds, found their rhythm.
Caloocan ruled the boards, 57-35, and shot better from afar, 11 of 39 triple tries, in pulling down Pasig to its fourth straight defeat and a 7-10 slate.
Jeff Manday shone for Batang Kankaloo with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and so did Brian Enriquez with 14 points plus 2 rebounds, Jeramer Cabanag with 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Antonio Bonsubre with 15 rebounds, 3 points, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 2 assists.
Pasig got 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals from Warlo James Batac, 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks from Chito Jaime, and 10 points plus 2 rebounds from Jacob Galicia.
The Quezon City Galeries Taipans blitzed the Mindoro Tamaraws in the third quarter en route to a 96-85 victory in the opener.
Trailing, 42-54, the Taipans bunched 15 points behind Jayson Puray in less than 3 minutes to seize permanent control at 57-54 and improve to 5-13.
The 6-foot-3 Puray, a prized find from Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, posted 22 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds to clinch best player honors over Nino Ibanez with 14 points and 4 assists, and Ryan Reyes with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
Other Taipans who delivered were Jerome Santos with 9 points and 4 rebounds, John Edcel Rojas with 8 points and 2 assists, and Vincent Cunanan with 7 points, 11 rebounds and 2 steals.
The Tamaraws saw their four-game run broken and fell to 11-9.
Mindoro drew 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists from Bambam Gamalinda, 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists from Wendelino Comboy, 15 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists from Joseph Sedurifa, and 11 points plus 5 assists from Marion Magat.
The MPBL returns to the Batangas City Coliseum on Tuesday with games pitting Manila against Biñan at 4 p.m., Marikina against Sarangani at 6 p.m., and Batangas against Pampanga at 8 p.m.
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