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PBA: Rain Or Shine catches last train to quarterfinals

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src=" http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/02/03/jay-washington-020317.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Jay Washington scored 15 points for Rain Or Shine, which will face San Miguel in the quarterfinal round. <em>Photo from the PBA Media Bureau</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— Rain Or Shine banked on an aggressive second quarter to hand Blackwater a 103-80 beatdown at Araneta Coliseum on Friday and grab the final ticket to the PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals.</p><p>The Elasto Painters led by as many as 19 points, while limiting Blackwater’s prized rookie Mac Belo to just 6.</p><p>Jay Washington scattered 15 points for the Elasto Painters, scoring perfectly with his 6-of-6 free throw shooting. He also brought down 8 rebounds.</p><table border="1" cellPadding="3" cellSpacing="3" style="width:100%" width="737"><colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr bgcolor="#2f75b5" height="20"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;color:white;text-align:center">Quarterfinals schedule</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center"><strong> February 4, Mall of Asia</strong></td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center">3 p.m. — (4) TNT vs (5) GlobalPort</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center">5:15 p.m. — (3) Star vs (6) Phoenix</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center"><strong> February 5, Ynares Center</strong></td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center">4:30 p.m. — (1) San Miguel vs (8) Rain Or Shine</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center">6:45 p.m. — (2) Alaska vs (7) Ginebra</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#d9d9d9" height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center"><strong> February 6, Araneta Coliseum</strong></td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center">4:15 p.m. — (3) Star vs (6) Phoenix</td></tr><tr height="20" style="text-align:center"><td height="20" style="height:20px;width:323px;text-align:center">7 p.m. — (4) TNT vs (5) GlobalPort</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Mike Tolomia had an impressive outing for Rain or Shine, which will face league-leader San Miguel in the quarterfinals, firing 14 points, while Jericho Cruz completed a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds.</p><p>The game was pretty even until Rain or Shine caught fire late in the first half to post a 9-point advantage, 45-36.</p><p>Art de la Cruz had 20 points for the Elite, who lost 5 of their last 6 games to close the tournament.</p><p>Thus Rain or Shine joined early qualifiers San Miguel, Alaska Milk, Star, TNT KaTropa, GlobalPort, Phoenix Petroleum and Barangay Ginebra in the top 8.</p><p>The Elasto Painters, however, will face the difficult task of beating the league-leading Beermen two in a row to advance to the semifinals.</p><div><strong>The scores:</strong></div><p>RAIN OR SHINE 103 - Washington 15, Tolomia 14, Cruz 12, Chan 12, Belga 12, Ahanmisi 11, Norwood 7, Ponferada 6, Maiquez 6, Tiu 4, Yap 2, Trollano 2, Robles 0.</p><p>BLACKWATER 80 - Dela Cruz 20, Pinto 13, Buenafe 12, Cervantes 9, Sena 8, Belo 6, Miranda 6, Gamalinda 4, Aguilar 2, Pascual 0, Banal 0, Forrester 0.</p><p>Quarterscores: 16-16, 45-36, 68-56, 103-80</p><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</p>

MANILA (UPDATE) — Rain Or Shine banked on an aggressive second quarter to hand Blackwater a 103-80 beatdown at Araneta Coliseum and grab the final ticket to the PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals on Friday.