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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
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Chua's
triple lifts AACI;
Basecom prevails
BY CEDELF TUPAS
AACI Trading had John Dustin Chua to thank for in its 106-104 overtime win over JSY Transport/Unitra that kept its unblemished record in the Fil-Sino AACI Inter-color Basketball Tournament at the Po Hang Gym Wednesday night.
Chua's three-point heave from the corner rattled in at the buzzer, completing a drive-and-draw play created by Bonbon Baclay and Christopher Tan as AACI Trading bagged its third win in as many games, while dealing JSY a third defeat in four outings. Chua, who finished with 18 points, all from beyond the arc, and Arvin Gustilo actually hit back-to-back triples to pull AACI even at 104-all, before Ritchie Militante split his free throws to give JSY a slim 105-104 lead and pave the way for Chua's heroics.
Import Ronald Arabia almost blew
the game twice for AACI, missing two free throws that could have been the game-winning
points with 1.8 seconds left in regulation. He also missed a couple of potential
go-ahead foul shots late in overtime. 
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Former West Negros College Mustang Sivirino "Nonoy" Baclao is officially part of Philippine collegiate basketball's fiercest rivalry. The 6-foot-4 Baclao provided quality minutes for the Ateneo De Manila University last night when the Blue Eagles registered a pulsating 80-77 overtime victory over arch-rival De La Salle University before an overflowing crowd at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Baclao, who sat out the past year to comply with the residency requirement, scored 5 points, hauled 7 rebounds and a block in 15 minutes of action. He was also on the court during the crucial
stretches of the game and provided the pick for teammate Jai Reyes to create a
play for a wide-open Chris Tiu, who knocked in a triple from the corner with 12
seconds left in overtime that proved to be the game's biggest basket. |
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jins in nat'l tourney A 41-player Negros Taekwondo Union contingent left for Manila Wednesday to compete in the 30th Smart-Petron National Taekwondo Championships that starts Saturday at the Rizal Coliseum. The delegation is composed of 23 players from NTU-Bacolod, nine from NTU-Talisay, six from NTU-La Carlota and three from NTU-Kabankalan, multi-titled coach Jimjim Chua, whose team has reigned in the junior women's advanced division from 2004 to 2006, said. The squad will be led by former Southeast
Asian Taekwondo Union gold medalists Crystal Pauline Reyes and Rubylyn Mapa, who
will see action in the senior women's 44 kgs. and 58 kgs. divisions, respectively.
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