Beermen, Appmasters advance  

MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Beer and Limitless roared to back-to-back wins to corner the two berths to the PBA 3x3 Third Conference Leg 6 quarterfinals from Pool A yesterday at the Robinsons Place Manila.

Sustaining the charge from their fifth leg conquest, SMB’s Ken Bono, Wendell Comboy, Jeff Manday and Bam Gamalinda outclassed Pioneer Pro Tibay, 21-19, and Barangay Ginebra, 21-18, for a 2-0 running start.

Limitless’ Jorey Napoles, Simon Camacho, Nico Salva and Ryan Arambulo also prevailed over the Gin Kings, 17-12, and the Pro Tibay, 21-15, to advance.

The Beermen and the Appmasters dispute Pool A’s top seeding today before embarking on their respective quarters campaigns.

Meanwhile, the Super Sealers went two-for-two in Pool D while Platinum Karaoke posted 2-1 in Pool C to make it to the knockout round.

Sista’s JJ Manlangit, Ken Mocon, Rhaffy Octobre and Jan Jamon swept their way to the Last-8 with victories over Terrafirma, 21-12, and Leg 2 ruler Meralco, 20-19 in overtime as  Platinum’s Ael Banal, Hyram Bagatsing, JR Alabanza and Chris de Chavez beat Cavitex, 18-16, and Master Sardines, 21-10, before dropping a 22-18 setback to NorthPort.

In Pool B, pacesetting TNT opened with a 14-12 verdict over Purefoods for pole position ahead of the Titans, who were victorious over Zamboanga, 21-12.