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Biñan demolishes Valenzuela; Mindoro escapes Meycauayan

Published Jul 28, 2026 11:27 am

At A Glance

  • Biñan and Mindoro won in contrasting fashion on Monday, July 27, in the SportsPlus MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) 2026 Season at the Villar Coliseum in Las Pinas.
Carlo Lastimosa shines for Biñan Tatak Gel. (MPBL)
Carlo Lastimosa shines for Biñan Tatak Gel. (MPBL)
Biñan and Mindoro won in contrasting fashion on Monday, July 27, in the SportsPlus MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) 2026 Season at the Villar Coliseum in Las Pinas.
Biñan Tatak Gel leaned on Carlo Lastimosa and Nic Cabanero to trounce Valenzuela City, 102-74, while the Mindoro Tamaraws banked on a turnaround fall-away jumper by Brian Heruela with 1.3 seconds left to nip the Meycauayan Marilao Gems, 84-82, in the round-robin elimination phase of the two-division, 27-team tournament.
The Gems had a chance to reverse the outcome, but the ball slipped off Jayson Apolonio's hands after he soared for an alley-oop from an inbound pass by Robin Nayve.
Homegrown Jayjay Caspe led the Tamaraws to an even 9-9 record with 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, clinching the SportsPlus best player accolade over Bambam Gamalinda, who had 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, and JC Recto, with 11 points plus 2 assists.
"We really needed this win because of the (close) standings," said Caspe, who hails from Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro.
Heruela finished with 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, followed by Joseph Sedurifa with 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and John Apacible with 10 points and 4 rebounds, to the delight of Mindoro Tamaraws team owner Pola Mayor Jennifer "Ina Alegre" Cruz.
The Gems skidded to 10-9 despite Agem Miranda's 20 points, 5 assists, and 3 rebounds, Apolonio's 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals, and Shawn Argente's 10 points, plus 4 rebounds.
Lastimosa tallied a career-high 32 points, spiked by five triples, and 2 assists and 2 rebounds, while Cabanero posted 22 points and 9 rebounds to power Biñan to its 13th straight win and a 16-3 slate
Biñan led throughout as it displaced Gensan (14-3) at third place in the South division, where it trailed Batangas City (15-2) and Quezon Province (13-2) in the race for playoff spots.
Lastimosa captured the best player honors over Cabanero, who struggled from long distance, making only one of six attempts.
Other Biñan players who delivered were Warren Bonifacio, Jaymar Gimpayan and Michael Mabulac with 6 points each.
Valenzuela, which fell to 9-12, drew 17 points from Angelo Obuyes, 14 from Nico Mamaradlo, and 10 points plus 6 rebounds from Jay Collado.
With Lastimosa and Cabanero outscoring the entire Valenzuela crew with 14 and 6 points, respectively, Biñan led as far as 81-47, late in the third quarter.
Sarangani 10ACT drubbed Manila Batang Quiapo, 113-92, in the nightcap to improve to 4-16.
Migs Pascual powered the Marlins with 21 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals; Ken Brillantes, with 19 points and 9 rebounds, and Andrei Dure,des, with 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Manila, which sank to 2-17, got 24 points and 10 rebounds from Alfred Sedillo, 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, and Mark Doligon, with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
The tournament returns to the Pasay Astrodome on Tuesday, featuring games between Bacolod and Bulacan at 3 p.m., Zamboanga and Paranaque at 5 p.m., and Pasay and Batangas City at 7 p.m.

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