Renz Solomon scores on the fastbreak
A new basketball season, a new hope.
Last year’s 1st runner-up STI West Negros University returns to the STI National
Basketball Tournament National Finals with the hope of recapturing lost glory
and is aching to get back at their tormentors form last year. First stop is
their 94 – 53 shellacking of STI College Las Piñas, their first win and a few
more strides before pay- back time.
Adjie attempts to score
Returning for the last time this year
are the three Kings of 2016 Charry Cadase, Rouichi Belocura and 2016 Mythical
Selectee Renz Solomon and their band of brothers from Bacolod who they brought
along to reinforce their once formidable stronghold of this tournament and
avenge their 2017 loss. STI College Las Piñas was the first team to serve
notice of the former winners.
Jerome Faelden scores on the drive
It took STI West Negros University
just six minutes to flex their muscles, open up a 16 – 6 lead and they never
looked back. Their suffocating defense made the team from Las Piñas bleed for
their points and just scored at will. The first quarter ended with STI WNU
comfortably ahead 24 - 8. The second
quarter wasn’t much different as STI College Las Piñas was held down to just
six points and STI WNU took out the spark plugs of the blue shirted Las Piñas
team. At the half the tally was a twenty three point spread for STI WNU 37 – 14.
Dela Cruz with some points in the paint
In the second half, STI College Las Piñas
would eventually pick up its offense, but so did the Ilonggos. Danico Merced
waxed hot from beyond the arc as he sank six three pointers enroute to a 25
point game. That was the only bright spot with the once potent Las Piñas offense
that averaged 106 points per game in their previous seven games. The Las Piñas
top guns suddenly could not find the hole as last year’s Mythical 5 selectee
Jericho Nograles and Chris Jutie had a hard time penetrating the West Negros
defense. Jerome Faelden and Nehemiah Gutay were the only other help that Merced had in their
offense as both players scored 10 points each with Faelden grabbing ten rebounds also.
Belocura scores on the fastbreak
The Three Kings Cadase, Solomon and
Belocura led STI WNU in scoring as the three combined for 46 points as their
fast and furious style of play netted them 94 points. Solomon’s efficiency was
quite spectacular as he had 16 points, 2 assists, 2 steals and no turnovers in
barely 14 minutes of play. As the tournament comes to a close, the only thing
that the Bacolodnons would like to do is to hoist another trophy and that will
definitely happen if they continue their winning ways.
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