Baby Cheetahs finish strong to nip Baby Warriors

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THE Benedicto College (BC) Baby Cheetahs bucked a third-quarter meltdown to nip the San Carlos School of Cebu Baby Warriors, 61-56, in the secondary basketball tournament of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Season 26 on Thursday night, Oct. 1, at the Cebu Coliseum.

The Baby Cheetahs came back from deficits as high as 11 points by staging a blistering endgame run to pick up only their second win in five outings.

BC overcame a slow start by unloading a 23-15 run in the second quarter to surge ahead at the half, 38-33. The Baby Cheetahs then fired blanks in the third canto where they only produced four points that allowed the Baby Warriors to wrest the driver’s seat, 46-42, entering the final 10-minute zone.

The Baby Cheetahs woke up, starting the first five minutes of the final quarter with a torrid 15-2 run to seize control, 57-48.

Spearheading the Baby Cheetahs’ big win was Jake David Guangco, who fired 17 points. Rajnish Butaslac backed Guangco up with 11 points.

Lance Luther Aballe tallied game-high 25 points but still couldn’t save the Warriors from tasting their third defeat in four matches.

Ahron Andrei Casul chipped in 17 points in the loss.(CCM)