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La Salle's Jonnel Policarpio in action against San Beda in the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup, April 18, 2024 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. PBA Images

La Salle's Jonnel Policarpio in action against San Beda in the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup, April 18, 2024 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig

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2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1713509240758041924_PBA DL-DLSU vs SBU.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="La Salle&#x27;s Jonnel Policarpio in action against San Beda in the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants&#x27; Cup, April 18, 2024 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. PBA Images"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">La Salle&#x27;s Jonnel Policarpio in action against San Beda in the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants&#x27; Cup, April 18, 2024 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. <em>PBA Images</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Defending champion EcoOil-La Salle reasserted its mastery of Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda, 82-71, in a physical rematch to clinch an outright semi-final ticket in the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup Thursday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joshua David led La Salle’s balanced attack with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists while Jonnel Policarpio and Raven Cortez produced 13 each.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Green Archers completed a 5-0 sweep of the six-team tournament and secured the No. 1 seed in the semifinals. They also propelled Centro Escolar University (4-1) to the second seed for the other automatic semis seat.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">San Beda settled for third place with a 3-2 slate. The Red Lions will have a twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals, where they will play the sixth-seeded Keanzel Basketball (0-5).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The other quarterfinal pairing features Go Torakku-St. Clare (2-3) and CCI-Yengskivel (1-4) with the former also sporting a win-once bonus.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;The first thing we told our players heading into this game was we have to respect San Beda. They’re not the NCAA champions for nothing and they’re coming off a tough loss against CEU so we expected a physical battle,&quot; said La Salle assistant coach Gian Nazario.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Twin towers Mike Phillips and Henry Agunanne also added 11 apiece in the physical match marred by a bevy of flagrant fouls. CJ Austria got the biggest hit, committing a flagrant foul penalty 2 on Jomel Puno for an ejection early in the fourth quarter.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Just like its first four blowout wins, La Salle clicked from all cylinders right out of the gate with a 13-3 start that it even stretched to a 30-19 lead following a blistering 11-0 rally in between quarters.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">By halftime, the Green Archers were already miles away at 49-30 and the Red Lions, despite multiple comeback attempts, could not climb out of the big hole. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">San Beda’s closest strike was within 50-62 on Yukien Andrada’s freebies before the final tally. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bryan Sajonia put up 21 points while Andrada, RC Calimag and Puno added 13 and 11 points, respectively, to lead the fight for the Red Lions.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the other game, Centro Escolar University took care of business against CCI-Yengskivel, 96-78, for their fourth straight win.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Abdul-Wahab Olusesi harvested 20 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks to banner CEU’s win, made possible by a strong second-half surge after a hard time bucking off the gritty CCI.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Skipper Jerome Santos and Dave Bernabe added 12 and 11 points, respectively, as all other players racked up the scoring board for the Scorpions, who were just clinging to a 53-46 lead at the break when they let it loose from there on. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Still sporting a slim 62-56 cushion midway through the third, the Scorpions closed it out with a 19-8 rally to erect a commanding 81-64 lead and never looked behind. They led by as many as 25 en route to the win.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cerwin Laran, Julius Valderama and Kenjie Buenaflor showed the way with 19, 13 and 11 points, respectively, for CCI, which finished at 1-4 for the No. 5 seed and twice-to-win handicap against the fourth-seeded Go Torakku-St. Clare (2-3).</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>EcoOil-La Salle reasserted its mastery of Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda, 82-71, in a physical rematch to clinch an outright semi-final ticket in the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup.</p>

EcoOil-La Salle reasserted its mastery of Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda, 82-71, in a physical rematch to clinch an outright semi-final ticket in the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup.

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