SAN Miguel completed the quarterfinal cast in the PBA 50th Season Commissioner's Cup after ousting Terrafirma, 126-110, on Wednesday night at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
The Beermen barged into the Top Eight with the convincing win over the Dyip, improving to 6-5 win-loss with a final eliminations game to play against Phoenix Super LPG on Saturday.
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Bennie Boatwright had 33 points and 10 rebounds on a busy day that also saw him attend a Senate hearing in the morning in relation to his naturalization as a Filipino citizen.
June Mar Fajardo made it a double double-double for the Beermen by chipping in 30 points and 16 rebounds, moving their team in a four-way tie for fifth place with Phoenix Super LPG, Magnolia, and TNT in the team standings.
San Miguel coach Leo Austria said he made sure that the Beermen didn't take the game against Terrafirma lightly.
“Before this game, we told the team that this is an important game and we cannot afford to lose this game against Terrafirma because they have a chance to make it to the top eight,” said Austria.
Don Trollano and Jericho Cruz had 17 points apiece for the Beermen, who led by as many as 20 points, 112-92.
Mubashar Ali topscored for Terrafirma with 28 points, and Geo Chiu had a double-double of 12 points, 16 rebounds, and two blocks as he battled Fajardo for majority of the game.
The scores:
San Miguel 126 – Boatwright 33, Fajardo 30, Trollano 17, Cruz 17, Perez 15, Tautuaa 4, Miller 4, Ross 2, Mantua 2, Calma 2, Lassiter 0, Tiongson 0, Rosales 0, Cahilig 0.
Terrafirma 110 – Ali 28, J. Ahanmisi 24, Bravo 14, Chiu 12, Hernandez 9, Paraiso 9, Eriobu 8, Hanapi 4, Umali 2, M. Ahanmisi 0, Zaldivar 0, Garcia 0, Catapusan 0.
Quarters: 23-16; 58-46; 92-78; 126-110.
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