WEDNESDAY Group ruled the 38-and-under and novice divisions of the LGR Hoops Season 4 to lead the list of winners in the finals held recently at the Filoil Flying V Arena.
Tonton Silva led the way for Wednesday Group’s balance attack, scoring 18 points and completing three steals while powering his team to an 85-76 novice division triumph over Nougat of this event sponsored by Bugsy’s, Rain or Shine, Petron, Titan, NBA Store, Gatorade, BTV, Gold’s Gym, Zarks Burger, Kartilya, SYF and Ybalai. Wednesday Group made it a twin kill as its 38-and-under squad repulsed Scoria Grill, 86-82, behind Rico Limare’s double-double effort. Limare finished the game with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
But while Wednesday Group had a big day, their twin wins were nearly overshadowed by Los Mexicanos’ thrilling come-from-behind victory over RJS Construction, 88-86, to win the Neophyte division crown. Los Mexicanos unleashed a telling 7-0 run in the final minute to complete a tense win over RJS Construction. MJ Dizon finished with 15 points, including a three-point play in the crucial stage of the match which was all Los Mexicanos needed in pulling off a win.
Los Mexicanos was trailing by five points heading into the final minute until it unloaded seven unanswered points.
CW Home Depot pulled off a contrasting victory in the finals of the corporate division and easily disposed of Shangri-La, 96-65.
Raju Mohammed finished with a double-double of 22 points and 18 rebounds in leading his squad to victory.
Also winning the championship in the novice plus division was Baketech, which upset the highly favored Zarks, 103-94, as JB Joven’s 15-point and 11-rebound output was backed up by a balance scoring support that allowed the team to complete a Cinderella Run. — Rey Joble
