Got Skills Basketball Showdown on at Xavier

MANILA, Philippines - San Beda-Taytay downed Ateneo, 77-74, and Colegio de San Agustin, 74-24, to seize a share of the lead with La Salle-Greenhills A, Santo Tomas and Chiang Kai Shek in the 15-under division of the Got Skills Basketball Showdown Season Two at the Xavier Gym.

Joshua Tagala had 16 points in the Cubs’ close win over the Eaglets while Miguel Mauricio Bonales led all scorers with 12 points in the rout over the CSA cagers sponsored by No Curfew Watch Store, Wize & Ope Watch, Chris Sports, Skiz and Fitness and Athletics.

LSGH turned back National U, 43-38, and smashed St. Francis School-Manila, 80-16, UST downed LSGH B, 54-42, and NU, 52-42, while CKSC walloped Xavier, 50-32, and trounced College of Saint Benildo-Rizal, 59-56, to likewise remain unscathed.

In the 17-under age group, Xavier relied on Tonito Puyat’s 18-point effort in a 65-38 waylaying of St. Jude and then leaned on Kyle Ong’s 20-point explosion in a 67-55 triumph over San Beda Alabang to zoom to the top.

Xavier joined College of Saint Benildo-Rizal, which drew strength from Niño Dominguez’s double-double effort of 15 points and 14 rebounds in slamming Ateneo Prada, 52-38, and Lorenzo Luis Castelltort’s 24-point eruption dumping Ateneo Paya, 62-54.

AMA was the other team in the bracket without a loss as it overpowered Ateneo Paya, 73-42, on the strength of Clark Garret Quijano’s 19-point performance.

CKSC had a good headstart in the 13-under class after it overcame a stubborn St. Jude, 60-56, and a pesky La Salle Greenhills SBP, 38-36, before running into a formidable Ateneo side in absorbing a 51-34 defeat.

Other results in the group saw LSGH Paya slammed Xavier, 46-26, LSGH Prada waylaid Marist, 73-68, Xavier smashed ISB Lucena, 45-27, anjd ISB dumped LSGH SBP, 58-34.

In the 11-under, Xavier blasted St. Jude, 58-47, Marist, 46-29, and ISB Lucena, 37-22, and LSGH SBP pummeled Ateneo B, 51-35, and Ateneo A, 44-32.