CALOOCAN banked on Jeramer Cabanag’s hot hands to nip Negros, 84-82, last Wednesday in the OKBet-MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season at the Caloocan Sports Complex.
Cabanag canned three of his five triples, including the game-decider in the fourth quarter, en route to 19 points as the Batang Kankaloo scored ninth win against four losses in the single round-robin elimination phase of the 29-team tournament.
Negros took the lead, 82-81, following a three-point play by Pao Javelona with 1 minute and 29 seconds to go, but went silent the rest of the way while Cabanag managed to reverse the outcome with that trey 16 seconds later.
Veterans Paul Sanga and Reil Cervantes supported Cabanag with 15 and 11, points, respectively.
Negros, which dropped to 4-9, took a 49-39 lead in the third quarter, but Caloocan moved to within 59-63 behind Sanga’s 10 points in that span.
