CALOOCAN Batang Kankaloo jumped the Bataan Risers early in the fourth to take an 84-71 win in the MPBL 2025 season at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.
The Batang Kankaloo scored 10 straight points to start the fourth and take a 69-51 lead before cruising to a comfortable finish and improved to a 2-1 after their initial loss in the round-robin elimination phase of the 30-team tournament.
Chris Bitoon presided over that decisive spurt, sparking it with a triple and capping it with a drive in the last seven minutes and 54 seconds.
Bitoon wound up with 14 points, seven assists and two rebounds but yielded best player honors to homegrown Paul Hendrix Casin, who posted 14 points and seven rebounds.
Bataan, which skidded to 1-3, got 12 points apiece from Lorenz Capulong and Hubert Cani.
The MPBL returns to the Batangas City Coliseum on Wednesday with games pitting Rizal against Sarangani at 4 p.m., Quezon City against Imus at 6 p.m., and Batangas against Basilan at 8 p.m.
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