Published February 20, 2023 2:09pm
Updated February 20, 2023 2:09pm
Colegio de San Juan de Letran capped off a dominant elimination spherical marketing campaign with an 85-67 win over Mapua University forward of the Final Four stage of the NCAA Season 98 juniors basketball event on Monday.
Letran, whose solely loss got here by the hands of Arellano University, completed the common season with a powerful 8-1 card whereas Mapua slipped to 6-3, forging a tie with College of Saint Benilde-La Salle Green Hills and San Sebastian College-Recoletos.
The Squires led by as many as 23 after a George Diamante putback early within the fourth interval, 69-46, earlier than the Red Robins staged a fightback. Mapua was in a position to pull to inside 14, 71-57, courtesy of an 11-2 run led by Sean Salvador and Paolo Morenos.
But Letran pulled again as much as a 21-point lead anew when Jonathan Manalili fueled a fast 7-0 rampage of their very own, 78-57.
Diamante put the punctuation when he went for a one-handed slam as Letran by no means appeared again with a snug 82-62 cushion within the ultimate 50 seconds.
Jovel Baliling and Timothy Cruz led Letran with 15 factors apiece whereas Diamante had seven markers and 14 rebounds as Letran awaits their Final Four opponent.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
