THIS duel between two Laguna teams belonged to Sta. Rosa– by a mile.
Propped up by a fiery start and a sustained charge, the Lions overpowered San Pedro Laguna-ARS 133-74 last Wednesday night for their second straight win in the Manila Bankers Life-Pilipinas Super League Pro Division Second Conference Dumper Cup at the Santa Rosa Sports Complex.
Don Reverente shone for Sta. Rosa with a double-double of 26 points and 15 rebounds, on top of seven assists, while John Nermal and Marvin Lee added 17 markers each.
Ryusei Koga and Nat Cosejo also combined for 30 points, while Jeramer Cabanag had 11 as the Lions did an encore to a 72-64 victory over Batang Kankaloo-Caloocan last Feb. 23 and hiked their mark to 10-3 for solo fourth.
The Warriors absorbed their sixth straight loss, counting a 105-112 defeat to Manila also last Feb. 23, and dropped to 2-12 in the meet presented by Dumper party-list, Winzir, and Skin Care Depot.
In the other game, Koponang Lakan ng Bulacan downed Cagayan de Oro-PSP 97-86 to halt a three-game min-slump and improve to 9-6 for seventh.
Exequil Biteng starred for Bulacan with 22 points and two caroms, while Mark Pangilinan and Jeric Serrano scored 17 and 14 markers, respectively.
Charles Collano paced San Pedro with 18 points, while Jan Formento and Danny Diocampo got 13 apiece.
Wowie Kadir and John Gonzaga also combined for 20 points for the Warriors.
Aldeo Lucero led CDO with 18 points and seven rebounds, while Dariel Bayla had 15 and three.
Jeff Comia and Jayvee Dela Cruz also added 12 and 11 markers, respectively, for CDO, which fell to 3-11.
