4 teams target last 2 PCBL semis slots | Inquirer Sports

4 teams target last 2 PCBL semis slots

/ 12:03 AM May 11, 2016

FOUR teams fight for the last two semifinal berths in a pair of knockout matches in the PCBL Chairman’s Cup today at Marikina Sports Center.

Sta. Lucia and Biyaheng SCTEX tangle at 5 p.m., while Euro-Med and Foton battle at 7 p.m. in the Game 3 double-header of the quarterfinal series.

The winners will join the top-ranked Mighty Sports and Jumbo Plastic, the league’s inaugural champion, in the Final Four.

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Both teams earned outright semifinal slots after emerging as the top two seeds in the elimination round.

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Sta. Lucia coach Ogie Gumatay expects the Realtors to build on Sunday’s Game 2 triumph, 77-67, that forged a do-or-die match.

Fully recovered from a hamstring injury, import Landry Sanjo dominated the paint while also holding down SCTEX big man Raul Soyud to just 10 points.

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Also clicking in Game 2 were the Realtors gunners led by Jhaps Bautista and Jett Vidal.

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Foton, meanwhile, hopes for another huge outing from Levi Hernandez, the former Arellano guard who erupted for a league-high 36 points in the Toplanders’ 79-76 overtime triumph over Euro-Med.

Hernandez set the most points scored in a single game in the fledgling league during Sunday’s crucial triumph that forced a winner-take-all. Jasmine W. Payo

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