Banking on strong first-half performances, Val Motors and Summit Mineral Water debuted in style Tuesday night when they cruised to easy victories in the 7th Tan Kek Pin Cup Memorial Basketball Tournament at the Po Hang Gym of Bacolod Tay Tung High School.

Summit opened the game with a 19-0 blast en route to a 92-80 win over Autoworld, after Val Motors overwhelmed AA Electrical, 84-66 in a match where a second quarter spurt enabled the veteran-laden squad to pull away to victory. Veteran Nene Sibaya nailed back-to-back triples to engineer a run that saw Val Motors taking a 44-27 cushion at halftime, before Hernie Tamayo took over the scoring chores in the third period to sustain Val's charge.

The balanced offensive was led by Cesar Ordas with 12 points. Gudoy Cepriano, Sibaya and Tamayo added 11 apiece. The win pushed Summit on top of Group B along wit opening-day winners BBC.

RB Chua came up with 19 to lead AA Electrical, while Rhell Dale Gimay and Tony Clemente added 9 and 8, respectively.

Behind Richard Co and Arvin Gustilo, Summit established a 31-9 lead at the end of the opening quarter, before Ralph Tan and Patrick Echarri slowly lifted Autoworld back into the game.

But Salvador Bonza kept Autoworld at bay in the fourth quarter, scoring 13 of his 21 points to force his team into a tie with TBAC at 1-0 in Group A.

Gustilo and Jessie Moreño contributed 11 points apiece, while Jessimar Gabihan had 10. Primitibo Hisona finished with 8.

Rhett Demonteverde had 17 points to lead Autoworld, while Jeff Wee and Bingbing Echarri added 14 and 11, respectively. *CPT

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