ANTIPOLO – Converge finally arrested a four-game losing skid, beating Terrafirma, 120-103,, on Tuesday in the PBA 50th Season Governors’ Cup at the Ynares Center.
Cameron Clark made his mark in his first game as a FiberXer while getting enough support from Calvin Abueva, Justin Arana, and Jaydee Tungcab in the team’s first win since their 149-124 trouncing off Macau last July 17.
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The FiberXers now have an even 4-4 win-loss record to take solo fourth place in Group A, reviving their bid to make it to the quarterfinals.
Converge led by as many as 26 points, but that gap went down to 10 early in the fourth quarter before Clark stepped in to help the FiberXers weather the storm.
Clark, the third import to suit up for Converge this conference after Jamaal Franklin and Jalen Hudson, finished with 22 points, five rebounds, three steals, and two blocks, while Arana had 20 points and 12 rebounds.
Abueva had his second consecutive double-double after churning out 17 points and 11 rebounds for the FiberXers.
Clark made a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter after Converge’s gap was sliced to 10. That basket fueled a 10-0 run to tighten Converge's grip on the game.
“‘Yung participation ng import, nakita naman natin na dying minutes and especially nung humahabol sila (Terrafirma), ang laking bagay ng contribution ng import namin,” Converge coach Delta Pineda said.
Converge also got solid production from Jaydee Tungcab, who had nine of his 13 points in the first quarter when the FiberXers took a 38-23 lead.
Arana had 10 points in the second quarter when Converge raced to a 70-48 halftime lead.
Justin Strings had 28 points and 11 rebounds for the Dyip, who dropped to their fifth loss in eight games.
The scores:
Converge 120 – Clark 22, Arana 20, Abueva 17, Gomez de Liano 13, Tungcab 13, Baltazar 12, Williams 9, Garcia 9, Muyang 3, Stockton 2, Concepcion 0.
Terrafirma 103 – Strings 28, Tiongson 21, Chiu 16, Eriobu 12, Ahanmisi 10, Bravo 9, Paraiso 7, Mariano 0, Catapusan 0, Hanapi 0, Umali 0.
Quarters: 38-23; 70-48; 91-79; 120-103.
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