Olympians recover, ends 1st round at 2nd

The FAB FOUR, Ramon Mabayo, Darryl Mendoza,
Mike Cabangon, William Vasallo

The STI College Olympians experienced some road blocks and had some pebbles in their shoes taken out. After winning three consecutive games with an average of 50 points, the Olympians took newcomer Lyceum of Subic Bay lightly and paid dearly. The Sharks beat the Olympians by three points thus relegating the defending champs to 7th place. But that changed right away as the Olympians won three straight with an average of 30 points which includied a 40 point win over erstwhile leader St. Clare College. Fortunately, the league is very unpredictable with upsets that shook up the standings. This worked in favor of the Olympians as they ended the eliminations with an 8-3 slate to end up tied with 2006 champion AMACU Titans and relegated league leader St. Clare College. If you put the quotient system in effect for standing purposes, the Olympians will come out second while AMACU and St Clare will be third and fourth respectively.

Mike on the drive

Leading the league is the San Sebastian College Baycats who is just a game ahead at 9-2. Five-time Champion UM Hawks at fifth place is just two games away with a 7-4 slate together with the New Era University. While newcomers Lyceum of Subic Bay got the 7th seed while the Informatics Icons caught the last bus to the quarterfinals as the 8th team. Here are some scores of the Olympians in their last seven games.

GAME 4
OLYMPIANS COMEBACK WITH AN 83 POINT WIN

The score says it all. The STI College Olympians get back on track via an 83 point rout to signal their return and most importantly catch up with the leaders after suffering two straight set backs. The first time they had such since their 2005 loss in the finals to UM. Ramon Mabayo topscored with 19 points.

STI (125) Mabayo 19, Vasallo 16, Limpin 16, Danganan 13, Sabellina 10, Mendoza 10, Ihalas 9, Washington 8, Aransazo 8, Daguplo 4, Sabacahan 4, Waminal 4, Crisostomo 2, Daanoy 2, Macabasco 0.

UMAK (42) Moresco 18, Cayanan 10, Cavero 7, Eugenio 3, Diamante 2, Sison 2, Infante 0, Pelayo 0.

Quarter scores: 40-12; 68-24; 106-28; 125-42

GAME 5

OLYMPIANS BRING DOWN FLYERS

As a fitting sequel to their 83 point conquest of UMAK, the Olympians bring down the Holy Angel Flyers with a 65 point rout. Ramon Mabayo showed his consistency by leading the Olympians again as they started like a house on fire via a twenty point first quarter lead and never looked back and made mincemeat of the flyers.

STI (111) Mabayo 22, Mendoza 17, Aransazo 13, Ihalas 12 Sabellina 10, Cabangon 9, Crisostomo 8, Limpin 6, Wanimal 4, Dagulpo 4, Macabasco 3, Danganan 2, Vasallo 1, Washington 0, Sabacahan 0.

HAU (56) Tungol 15, Cano 12, Camu 7, Porras 6, Masangkay 4, Roy 3, Sandig 3, Abuy 2, Pine 2, Loanzon 1, Morales 1, Velasco 0, Castro 0.

Quarter scores: 35-13; 52-26; 77-38; 111-56

Maclean Sabellina drives for two

GAME 6

OLYMPIANS VENT IRE ON CYBER COMPETITOR INFORMATICS

The defending NAASCU Champion STI College continued its assault on the leader board by pulling off its third convincing win at the hands of its Cyber competitor, the Informatics Icons 118-74. The Olympians, paced by a troika of Ramon Mabayo, Arnold Danganan and Mike Cabangon who scored 21 points each, as the Olympians notched its third win in a row. The Olympians has won its past three games by an average of 60.7 points with Mythical Five member Ramon Mabayo pacing the Olympians in those three games with an average of 20.67 ppg.

STI (118) – Mabayo 21, Danganan 21, Cabangon 21, Vasallo 11, Macabasco 11, Mendoza 11, Ihalas 7, Sabellina 6, Limpin 5, Crisostomo 2, Aransazo 2, Daguplo 0.

Informatics (74) – Peig 16, B. Ungco 12, Acuña 10, Hobson 9, Sodusta 9, Pagkalinawan 6, Aguilar 3, Costillas 3, Sarmiento 2, Santos 2, Salmayor 2, Castelo 0, Valentin 0.

Quarter scores: 25-9; 54-32; 87-53; 118-74 GAME 7

SHARKS UPSTAGE OLYMPIANS

Where Ramon Mabayo goes so does the Olympians. The ace forward of the Olympians served an off night as he scored only four points after averaging 20ppg in their past three wins. The Olympian’s were also caught napping on defense as the 87 points they gave up was the most points scored on them this season. The loss brought the Olympians to a tie for seventh place at 4 wins and 3 losses.

LSB (87) – Collado 23, Pellico 23, Ellano 14, Campania 10, Gapasin 8, Labadan 5, Postrado 4, Valencia 0, Velasco 0.

STI (84) – Cabangon 26, Macabasco 11, Mendoza 11, Sabellina 10, Ihalas 9, Vasallo 7, Mabayo 4, Danganan 4, Crisostomo 2, Limpin 0.

Quarterscores: 14-23, 41-48, 70-61, 87-84 Final

Fast paced action by Mike Cabangon

GAME 8

OLYMPIANS STING SCORPIONS

The past four seasons that the Olympians have been playing in the NAASCU, the Scorpions hold the distinction of being the only team to beat them at least once in all four seasons. The Olympians made sure that this year it wont happen as they crushed the Centro Escolar University Scorpions 81-52. Veteran forward Ramon Mabayo scattered 19 points for STI, which improved its record to 5-3. Arnold Danganan added 16 points, Mike Cabangon had 14 and Jay Aranzaso contributed 10. Jeric Magno and Jeff Garcia paced the Scorpions with 12 and 11 points, respectively.

STI COLLEGE (81) Mabayo 19, Danganan 16, Cabangon 14, Aransazo 11, Vasallo 6, Mendoza 6, Ihalas 5, Sabellina 2, Limpin 2, Waminal 0, Crisostomo 0.

CEU (52 ) Magno 12, Garcia 11, Bañas 10, Marquez 9, Zapanta 3, Geimer 2, Yambot 2, Clauren 2, Ong 1, Siy 0, Padua 0.

Quarter scores: 25–3; 42-23; 63-39; 81-52

GAME 9

OLYMPIANS REPULSE HUNTERS

STI (89) – Vasallo 16, Aransazo 15, Crisostomo 11, Mabayo 10, Ihalas 9, Cabangon 8, Limpin 6, Mendoza 6, Danganan 6, Sabellina 2, Macabasco 0, Washington 0, Daanoy 0.

NEU (56) – Pepito 10, Naguit 9, Quebec 9, Maestrado 7, Isip 6, Acuña 4, Ocampo 4, Domingo 4, Roncal 3, Castillo 0.

Quarter scores: 19-12; 39-23; 67-39; 89-56

A side jumper by William Vasallo

GAME 10

OLYMPIANS DISRESPECT SAINTS

The STI College Olympians displayed the heart of a champion from start to finish and the result was a 106-66 massacre of erstwhile solo leader St. Clare College Saints to notch their 7th win and stay close to the leaders. The win pulled back the Saints to a tie with SSC Cavite at 7-2 as the race for the eight quarterfinal slots tightened anew. Seven Olympians scored in double figures as Mike Cabangon and Macky Macabasco led the Olympians with 16 points each. New Acquisitions Arnold Danganan, Norman Ihalas, and Oscar Crisostomo added 14, 11, and 10 points respectively while veterans Ramon Mabayo and Darryl Mendoza chipped in another 13 and 12 points

STI College (106) Macabasco 16, Cabangon 16, Danganan 14, Mabayo 13, Mendoza 12, Ihalas 11, Crisostomo 10, Sabellina 4, Vasallo 4, Washington 2, Aransazo 2, Waminal 2, Daguplo 0.

St. Clare (66) Pariñas 18, Sibal 16, Manio 12, Role 7, A. Coronel 5, P. Coronel 3, Opalia 2, Fajardo 2, Nacianceno 1, Dizon 0.

Quarter scores: 26-16; 62-30; 81-51; 106-66

GAME 11 The PLP Eagles advised the league that they will just forfeit their rescheduled game against the Olympians thus giving STI their 8th win.

The STI College Olympians go all out in the second round! Stay tuned.