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Immaculada Concepcion College held Philippine Women’s University scoreless in almost 8 minutes in the payoff period and romped to a 70-54 win in the UCAL-PGFlex Linoleum 7th Season on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Paco Arena in Manila. Immaculada Concepcion College held Philippine Women’s University scoreless in almost 8 minutes in the payoff period and romped to a 70-54 win in the UCAL-PGFlex Linoleum 7th Season on Saturday, Feb.
1, at the Paco Arena in Manila. While their defense was solid as a rock, their offense was also impressive with Edrian Mark Ramirez and Alfred Joseph Flores spearheading the team’s fourth quarter onslaught, coming through with a triple each to help rip the game wide apart, 62-45. PWU never recovered from that ICC’s salvo and absorbed its third straight defeat while the ICC Sea Hawks improved to 2-1 in the 10-team tournament.
In the second, Philippine Christian University-Dasmariñas likewise hiked its record to 2-1 with an 87-74 demolition of the Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas. Ram Mesqueriola stood at the forefront of PCU’s dizzying assault as he ran rings around his guards to finish with 30 points on an eye-popping 6-of-6 from the 3-points and 2-of-2 from the free throw area. In all, he shot 11-of-15 from the field to earn the Best Player of the Game in the tournament also backed by also backed by Akari, CafeFrance, Advance Solutions Inc.
, Smart Sports, Spalding, Team Rebel Sports, Quintana Sports, Crane Faucet, Hapee Toothpaste, Jiang Nan Restaurant, Vital, Top Flite Academy, Maruyama, and Gerry’s Grill. Ramirez was also almost unstoppable as he finished with 37 points on a remarkable 15-of -21 shooting from the field on top of 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 assists – numbers enough to make up for his 4 turnovers. Flores was two assists shy of completing a double-double after posting 12 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds.
Mesqueriola, who also had 8 assists and 2 boards, was ably supported by Dave Bagatnan and John Carl Catayong, who fired 15 and 12 points, respectively. The UB Brahmans slipped to 1-3..
