Kurt Reyson saved the day as Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers-Letran saved its top-two hopes alive with a 62-61 squeaker towards University of Perpetual Help System Dalta within the 2023 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup Tuesday on the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.
The veteran guard drilled a vital layup off the glass within the ultimate seven seconds earlier than Cyrus Nitura missed a possible game-winning basket for the ALTAs to provide the Knights the slender victory.
Letran improved to 3-2 forward of an all-important conflict towards defending champion EcoOil-La Salle (4-1) on Thursday with each groups trying to e book the second seed and the ultimate outright semifinals ticket.
Perpetual, however, dropped to a good 3-3 card.
“May pag-asa pa sa semis. Ginusto ng mga bata na manalo this game para sa tsansa na ‘yun. They worked hard for this,” mentioned coach Rensy Bajar.
“In the end, our veteran players lead us to this win. Isa doon, si Reyson. Reyson is a born-winner. He’s our leader. Kumbaga, binigay na namin sa kanya at luckily, na-shoot niya sa huli.”
Team captain Reyson poured in 13 factors off the bench along with six rebounds, three assists, and three steals whereas Kobe Monje chipped in 15 markers, eight boards, one steal, and a block.
Pao Javillonar and Kint Ariar every chimed in with 10 factors.
The scores:
Wangs Strikers-Letran 62 – Monje 15, Reyson 13, Ariar 10, Javillonar 10, Fajardo 4, Santos 4, Alarcon 3, Tolentino 2, Cuajao 1, Go 0, Guarino 0.
Perpetual 61 – Roque 12, Nitura 11, Boral 8, Pagaran 7, Razon 6, Abis 6, Ferreras 5, Nunez 2, Ramirez 2, Barcoma 2, Movida 0.
Quarterscores: 11-20, 29-39, 48-49, 62-61.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
