Bumblebees goes to QF round, sting Alpha

Defending champions Team Bumblebees goes to the semifinal round of the APCRAA Basketball Tournament Season Six men’s division playoffs after defeating Team Alpha, 71-66 on Saturday, August 13 at the APC Gymnasium.

Team Bumblebees will face the winner of the Richmond Oilers-2k18 quarterfinal matchup on September 3 in the best-of-three semifinals.

Brix Estabillo led the Bumblebees in scoring with 24 points with 6 rebounds. He is also inching closer to become the first player in ABT history to score at least 1000 career points. Lester De Luna finished with a double double of 17 points and 19 rebounds. Norman Ringor also had a double-double game with 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Team Alpha’s Jopet Gamboa finished with a double-double statline of 23 points and 11 rebounds. Alex Tagle contributed 17 rebounds and 5 rebounds. Jeff Bacong had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

THE SCORES:

ALPHA (66): Gamboa 23, Tagle 17, Bacong 12, Austria 7, Yap Seng 3, Santos 2, Libas 2, Lim 0, Perez 0, Artigas 0

BUMBLEBEES (71): Estabillo 24, De Luna 17, Ringor 17, Altre 9, Galido 2, Salvador 2, De Guzman 0, Mustapha 0, Belardo 0, Reyes 0, Calima 0

QUARTERSCORES: 21-19, 38-37, 46-56, 66-71

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