Saturday, October 4, 2025

Benilde routs EAC for first win of Season 101

c/o NCAA

Sporting new buzz cuts, the College of Saint Benilde bounced back from their disappointing season opener to emerge as 74-63 winners against Emilio Aguinaldo College in the NCAA Season 101 men's basketball tournament in San Juan on Saturday afternoon.

Justine Sanchez nailed four triples on his way to a game-high sixteen points, while Allen Liwag added fourteen with seven rebounds and three blocks.

Charles Tiu shared that the 96-85 defeat to San Beda served as effective motivation to bounce back for this matchup. He says, "We lost to San Beda because we didn’t play well at all. I kept telling them we had to play our A-Game, which we didn’t."

The mentor adds, "We wanted to be angry that we lost… I’m happy that the guys had the intensity today. they were a bit more focused today."

Jude Bagay led the Generals with fifteen points, while Wilmar Oftana was the only other guy in double figures with ten markers. 

CSB will have a chance to secure their second win against Colegio de San Juan de Letran on Wedneaday, while EAC will try to bring back Jose Rizal University down to earth a day earlier.

To cap off Saturday's quadruple-header, La Salle-Greenhills escaped as 91-89 winners against EAC-ICA in juniors action.

Patrick Pasinos scored with 23 seconds remaining to give the Greenies the lead at 90-89. The Brigadiers had a chance to immediately retake the lead, but James Castro missed a jumper with eleven seconds to go.

Castro would have a second chance after a Camillo Jugo a free throw made it a two-point game, but he missed what would have been a game-winning triple with a second left.

The scores:

College of ST. BENILDE 74 - Sanchez 16, Liwag 14, Cometa 9, Torres 7, Umali 6, Moore 6, Celis 5, Ancheta 4, Gaspay 2, Morales 2, Cajucom 2, Eusebio 1, Oli 0, Daja 0, Galas 0

EAC 63 - Bagay 15, Oftana 10, Castillo 8, Angeles 8, Loristo 6, Ochavo 4, Postanes 4, Shanoda 3, Villarente 3, Lucero 2, Tolentino 0, Dominguez 0, Omandac 0, Quinal 0, Bacud 0

Quarter scores: 22-17, 37-32, 57-46, 75-63

La Salle-Greenhills 91 - Calo-oy 25, Jugo 15, Hizon 13, Bautista 12, Pasinos 9, Gacrama 6, Yutuc 5, Teodoro 3, Calanasan 3, Tuason 0

EAC-ICA 89 - Castro 26, Coronel 15, Bonus 12, Allam 10, Lanceta 10, Domingo 6, Taganas 3, dela Cruz 2, Auditor 2, Lucero 2, Jawali 1, Carniyan 0, Cesar 0

Quarter scores 24-11, 49-38, 70-68, 91-89

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