COLLEGE of St. Benilde blasted Perpetual Help yesterday 78-51 for its fourth straight win in the 100th NCAA basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan.

Transferees Justine Sanchez and Tony Ynot sparked the rout, with the former tallying 13 points, eight rebounds and a steal and the latter finishing with 12 markers, eight boards, and two dimes.

Gab Cometa and Jhomel Ancheta also provided offensive efforts for the Taft-based crew, combining for 19 points.

In the second game, Jose Rizal University whipped San Sebastian College 90-74 for its first win.

“I’m surprised that we won by this much, to be honest. Obviously, we prepare for every game, we expect to win but I didn’t think that we played this well. Give credit to my players, they really defended well because I’ve been telling them all week long that Perpetual is a very good team,” CSB coach Charles Tiu said. “They’re greatly coached by coach Olsen (Racela) so I’m very happy with the way we played today. That’s the kind of culture we are trying to build.

“That mindset that it doesn’t matter who we play, we respect every opponent, we play hard, hindi puwedeng kapag San Beda lang ginaganahan kayo because you see how competitive every team is. Any given day, anybody can upset one another if we play badly so we really have to play hard and give it our all,” he added.

Marvin Raymundo dropped a double-double of 26 points and 13 boards while Mart Barrera fired 18 for the Heavy Bombers.

With the result, JRU rose to 1-3 while San Sebastian slipped to 2-2 in a tie with Perpetual, EAC and San Beda.

Paeng Are sizzled with 17 points while Raymart Escobido and Ameer Aguilar had 11 apiece for the Stags. Tristan Felebrico and Leonard Velasco had 10 markers each.

Rookie Mark Gojo Cruz and Shawn Orgo’s 11 and 10 points, respectively, went for naught as the Altas absorbed their second loss in a row.