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San Miguel's Marcio Lassiter

Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1713523572223PBA Images13.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">San Miguel&#x27;s Marcio Lassiter in action in the PBA Philippine Cup. <em>PBA Images</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – San Miguel stayed perfect in their six-game stretch in the PBA Philippine Cup.</p><p>This, as the Beermen&#x27;s 51-point third quarter was more than enough to boost San Miguel past Converge, 112-103, on Friday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.</p><p>Converge had the lead after two quarters, 50-43, and led by as much as 12 early in the game, but the league-leaders showed poise and overtook in the third canto as recent Best Player of the Conference awardee CJ Perez sank his charities at the 8:26 mark, 56-55.</p><p>&quot;That was what I was [telling] my players. The game&#x27;s not finished yet in the first half, so you&#x27;ve got to pick up your game in the second half, which everybody did, especially this guy [Marcio Lassiter] on my right side,&quot; said Jorge Gallent in the postgame press conference.</p><p>&quot;I just told him [Lassiter] to keep on shooting &#x27;cause his hand is a waste if he doesn&#x27;t shoot the ball,&quot; he went on.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/10/pba-san-miguel-survives-gutsy-terrafirma-to-stay-unbeaten-1755"><strong>READ: PBA: San Miguel survives gutsy TerraFirma to stay unbeaten</strong></a></div><p>It was all San Miguel since then, as Marcio Lassiter erupted for 17 of his 19 points in the same period, while Perez and Don Trollano added 11 markers. The FiberXers only scored an underwhelming 20-point output for 12 minutes.</p><p>&quot;He [Lassiter] did it and fortunately, he played well in the second half,&quot; said Gallent.</p><p>Converge tried to put up a challenge in the final frame and scored 33 points compared to SMB&#x27;s 18, but it didn&#x27;t really matter as Lassiter and company built enough separation to outclass Aldin Ayo&#x27;s cogs after 48 minutes.</p><p>When the curtains fell, SMB&#x27;s Perez had a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds, Trollano had 19 and eight, Terrence Romeo chipped in 18 points, and seven-time PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo delivered a massive 14-17 performance.</p><p>Converge&#x27;s Alec Stockton fired a career-high 36 points to go along with six rebounds, and four assists but his efforts went down the drain as they absorbed the loss.</p><div><span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;--darkreader-inline-color:#bfb9b1;--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b">Three more FiberXers were in twin-digit scoring: Justine Arana (18 points), Bryan Santos (14 points, seven rebounds), and King Denielle Caralipio (13 points, nine rebounds).</span></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/5/pba-san-miguel-holds-off-ginebra-s-4q-onslaught-stays-perfect-2131"><strong>READ: PBA: San Miguel holds off Ginebra&#x27;s 4Q onslaught, stays perfect</strong></a></div><p>Gallent&#x27;s wards are now at 6-0, while the FiberXers continued to dwell at the bottom after losing all of their eight games.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>The Scores:</strong></div><p><strong>SAN MIGUEL 112 – </strong>Perez 25, Lassiter 19, Trollano 19, Romeo 18, Fajardo 14, Brondial 4, Tautuaa 4, Teng 4, Enciso 3, manuel 2, Ross 0</p><p><strong>CONVERGE 103 – </strong>Stockton 34, Arana 18, Santos 14, Caralipio 13, Maagdenberg 6, Nieto 6, Fleming 3, Fornilos 2, Winston 2, Delos Santos 0, Andrade 0, Ambohot 0, Zaldivar 0</p><p><strong>QUARTERS: </strong>20-29, 43-50, 94-70, 112-103</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8IwyDxm2S38??si=el9IlRZl9q1SKQdL&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>San Miguel's 51-point third quarter was more than enough to boost the Beermen past Converge in the PBA Philippine Cup.</p>

San Miguel's 51-point third quarter was more than enough to boost the Beermen past Converge in the PBA Philippine Cup.

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PBA: Massive 3rd quarter boosts San Miguel to victory over Converge

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published Apr 19, 2024 07:49 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 20, 2024 12:59 AM PHT

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