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CEU posts 7th straight win; Olivarez prevails

Published Mar 3, 2026 02:06 pm

At A Glance

  • Centro Escolar University and defending champion Olivarez College continued their rampage to stay on a collision course in the PGFlex-UCAL Season 8 Basketball Tournament on Monday, March 2, at the Paco Arena.
Christ Jay Singson (UCAL)
Christ Jay Singson (UCAL)
Games Thursday
(Paco Arena)
12 noon – PCU-D vs UB
2 p.m. – PWU vs MCU
4 p.m. DIL vs ICC
6 p.m. – OLI vs CEU
Centro Escolar University and defending champion Olivarez College continued their rampage to stay on a collision course in the PGFlex-UCAL Season 8 Basketball Tournament on Monday, March 2, at the Paco Arena.
Banking on a third quarter onslaught, the CEU Scorpions demolished the Philippine Christian University-Dasmariñas Dolphins, 80-67, for their seventh straight win in as many outings to stay on top of the 9-team tournament.
Breathing down their necks are the Olivarez Sea Lions, who romped to their 6th consecutive win with a 79-66 drubbing of the Manila Central University Supremos – thanks to another stellar performance from Hanz Maycong.
Meantime, two-time champion Diliman College ended an alarming three-game skid with a 74-63 win over University of Batangas, while Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas gave Philippine Women’s University a reality check with a 72-58 thrashing.
The PWU Patriots came into the game still on a high following a 74-73 thriller over Immaculada Concepcion College exactly a week ago that ended a 27-game losing run dating back three seasons ago.
They led 14-13 after the first quarter but the complexion of the game dramatically changed in the second quarter as the Pirates used their height and heft advantage to the mac torment the Patriots and rip the game wide apart, 42-28.
PWU never recovered from that jolt and absorbed their fifth defeat in six starts, while PCU-D hiked its record to 3-3.
Four players scored in double figures for CEU but it was Mark Sarza who stood out with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Precious Momowei, a transferee from University of the East, also did well with his 6th double-double showing of 16 points and 11 boards.
Solomon Kone, a 6-foot-8 foreign-student athlete from Mali, struck hardest again with 33 points –12-of-18 shooting – and 22 rebound as the Diliman Blue Dragons tied the Dolphins for third to fourth places.
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