Infantado leads CIIS over Customs Police

Former USC Warrior Danny Infantado scored 23 points to lead the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) of team manager Atty. Jun Celis in thrashing the Customs Police, 70-59, in the 35-above category of the 10th Customs Employees and Brokers Union (CEBU) District Collector's Cup basketball tournament played Thursday night at the Don Vicente Sotto Memorial gym in barangay Punta Princesa.

In the other games, the LC Customs Brokerage, led by UC's Kenneth Sesante, scored an 81-67 rout over Duterte Customs Brokerage in the 35-year below division while the Assessment won without shedding sweat via forfeiture over the Sugbu quintet.

The Customs Police had a brief taste of the lead, 15-12, behind the hot start of the indefatigable tiggermen Jingjing Rama, whose 10 of his total 17-point output all came in the first period alone. However, Infantado, who was a former commercial player in the local tournaments, went unstoppable in the next three quarters to lead CIIS.

Infantado was joined in the scoring parade by Alvin Bonje, Den Lawas and Dennis Amante as they helped their team in taking a 3-1 win-loss card even as Rama and company still struggled with a 0-3 win-loss slate.

Meanwhile, Sesante finished with 19 points to lead LC Brokerage while Abonju Cuyos paced the Duterte Brokerage also with 19 points.

The scores
First Game
CIIS (70) - Infantado 23, Amante 12, Bonje 12, Lawas 12, Edera 4, Muñoz 3, Vargas 2, Ylaya 2, Barreda 1, Laraga 1
Customs Police (59) - Rama 17, Halamana 8, Rabago 6, Sicat 6, Mabalu 5, Dalucapaz 4, Ignacio 4, Velez 3, Mongaya 2, Nadal 2, Alindogan 2, Boniao 2

Second Game
LC Brokers (81) - Sesante 19, Mangingo 15, Urbina 14, Olvis 10, Bulabon 10, Abergos 6, Palabon 3, Mission 2, Sabal 2
Duterte (67) - Cuyos 19, F. Cacharro 9, Gabisan 7, Manlosa 7, R. Mangubat 6, Montebon 6. P. Cacharro 5, E. Mangubat 4, Largosa 4