UCLM, Ateneo blast foes to stay unbeaten

Sports

THE University of Cebu-Lapu-Lapu/Mandaue (UCLM) Baby Webmasters and the five-time defending champions Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Magis Eagles downed separate opponents to remain undefeated in the secondary basketball tournament of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Season 26 on Tuesday night, Oct. 6, at the Cebu Coliseum.

UCLM stayed at solo top spot in the team standings by downing the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Jaguar Cubs, 83-64.

Improving to 5-0 (win-loss), the Baby Webmasters led from the get-go and led by as many as 19 points behind Nathaniel Delos Reyes, who fired a game-high 20 points.

Klent Ovillo chipped in 17 points, nine rebounds, one assist, and a block while Kyle Francis Bayog tossed in 11 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, and three steals.

Japeth Sedrome and Jan Chris Taburada combined for 28 points in USJR’s second loss in six outings.

On the other hand, the Magis Eagles stayed close with UCLM by trouncing the Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Baby Wildcats, 64-42.

Ateneo was hardly challenged, posting leads of as big as 29 points en route to securing its fourth straight in as many games.

Leading Ateneo was Lian Kent Basa, who finished with 20 points, seven rebounds, one steal, and one block to lead Ateneo.

Vincent Zamora had 14 points for CIT-U, which dropped to 2-5.(CCM)