
Uno, Xavier outplay rivals
Games Nov. 23
(Tanduay gym)
8 p.m.--UNO vs. CKSC
9: 30 p.m. -- Xavier vs. St. Peter
UNO High School made it two wins in a row by beating Jubilee Christian Academy, 55-52, even as Xavier rebounded from opening-day setback to subdue St. Stephen, 58-52, in the first Tanduay Athletics-Metro Manila Tiong Lian Alumni 40 years old and above men’s basketball tournament at the CKSC gym in Manila.
McRobert Dytiandu produced huge numbers of 16 points and 16 rebounds in 31 minutes to lead Uno to its second straight win in the nine-team tournament featuring some of the biggest stars from the leading Fil-Chinese schools in Metro Manila.
Romar Velasco supported Dytiandu with 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists.
Lester Ong had 15 points and nine rebounds in Jubilee’s losing cause.
Earlier, Xavier rallied to beat St. Stephen, 58-52, behind the efforts of Robert Libongco, Benedicto Coyuito, Rand Chu and Grech Go.
Libongco finished with 10 points, including two free throws with seven seconds left to clinch the win for Xavier, which recovered well after scoring only four points in the first quarter.
Iven Co, Joey Chua,Lawrence Ngo and Alain Andres combined for 33 points for SSHS.
The event is organized by MMTL alumni project director Christian Tan with Johny Tam as alumni operations head and Horacio Lim as the commissioner.
The scores:
First game
Xavier (58) --Libongco 10, Coyiuto 9, Chu 8, G. Go 7, H.Tan 5, H. Go 5, Villarama 4, Cua 3, K. Tan 3, Ong 2, Lim 2, Wee 0, Chia 0, Cu-Unjieng 0 SSHS (52) --Kho 9, Chua 9, L. Ngo 8, Andres 7, Nocom 6, Lee 4, P. Ngo 3, V. Ng 2, J. Ong 2, M. Ong, G. Lu 0, A. Ong 0
Quarterscores: 4-12, 21-22, 38-38, 58-52
Second game
UNO (55) -- Dytiandu 16, Velasco 14, R. Tan 8, Cheng 7, Ngo 7, C. Tan 2, Gocheco 1, Tung 0, Co 0, Yeung 0, Chua 0, Alindogan 0, Uy 0 JCA (52) --Ong 15, Goh 9, Tiu 7, King 7, Lao 6, Uy 2, Ngo 2, Pangilinan 2, Lianko 2, Tan 0, Lim 0
Quarterscores: 18-10, 32-27, 45-45, 55-52.