San Sebastian College and University of Perpetual Help pulled off impressive victories Friday, Feb. 16, to remain at the helm in NCAA Season 99 juniors basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.
The Staglets needed a full quarter to heat up and unleashed a series of blistering runs in the middle quarters to hammer out a 101-62 rout of the Lyceum of the Philippines U Junior Pirates for their second win in a row.
Also staying unscathed, were the Junior Altas, who overcame the pesky Emilio Aguinaldo College Brigadiers, 93-85.
Ruvic Danag paced SSC-R with 18 points, including six each in the second and third quarters when the team went on scoring rampages that erased a 19-17 deficit at the end of the opening period.
Mark Gojo Cruz, for his part, erupted for 26 points while Icee Callangan and the slam-dunking Lebron Jhames Daep chipped in 15 and 13 markers, respectively, for the Junior Altas.
Both SSC-R and UPHSD hurdled their opening day assignments with the former edging San Beda, 83-79, and the latter trouncing LPU, 89-75.
San Beda, for its part, stole some of the spotlight after it brought down defending champion Letran, 88-72.
Kirk Canete and Randaule Medroso were at the forefront of the Red Cubs’ decimation of the bald, fearsome Squires as they fired 24 and 19 points while Hendric Vailoces scattered 15.
San Beda improved to 1-1.
