MANILA, Philippines — The Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards trounced Binan Tatak Gel, 81-64, on Tuesday to share the lead within the Manny Pacquiao presents 1xBet-MPBL 2025 Season on the Nueva Ecija Coliseum in Palayan Metropolis.
Flashing the shape that made it the 2022 nationwide champion, Nueva Ecija dominated Binan all through en path to its twenty first win towards a loss, the identical as San Juan and Abra Strong North, within the round-robin elimination section of the 30-team match.
Powered by Rob Celiz, Jaycee Marcelino and John Wilson, Nueva Ecija bunched 14 factors to tug away at 59-33 and pulled down Binan to 13-9 within the chase for eight playoff spots within the North and South Divisions.
Celiz wound up with 19 factors, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and three steals to clinch Participant of the Sport honors over Marcelino, who posted 15 factors, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and two steals; and Wilson with 14 factors, seven rebounds and two assists.
Binan could not match Nueva Ecija’s firepower as solely Pamboy Raymundo struck again with 15 factors, three rebounds and three assists. Jaymar Gimpayan was the subsequent greatest performer with eight factors, 15 rebounds and two assists.
Zamboanga SiKat acquired again on monitor and derailed Pangasinan, 98-93, in time beyond regulation earlier.
Smarting from back-to-back losses, Zamboanga clawed again from a 10-point gap, 80-70, within the final 2:26 to drive the extension at 82-all behind a 12-2 run sparked by JP Cauilan’s back-to-back triples.
In snapping Pangasinan’s five-win streak, Zamboanga climbed to 16-7, surpassing its sufferer’s 15-7 card.
Cauilan completed with 27 factors, spiked by six triples, 11 rebounds and three assists; adopted by Reggz Gabat with 22 factors, eight rebounds and three assists; and Abdul Sawat with 21 factors, 11 rebounds and three assists.
Carl Bryan Cruz contributed 10 factors, six rebounds and 4 assists for Zamboanga coach Bong Ramos.
Pangasinan drew 16 factors, three rebounds and two assists from Laurenz Victoria; 12 factors plus 4 rebounds from JP Maguiliano; and 12 factors, 4 rebounds and 4 steals from Bulanadi, who misfired from lengthy distance, sinking simply 2-of-12 makes an attempt.
The Cebu Greats rode on the clutch hits of Jun Manzo to subdue Pasig, 76-70, within the opener and maintain its faint playoff hopes.
Manzo, a former star of the College of the Philippines Maroons, pumped in 16 of his game-high 26 factors within the fourth quarter, to go together with two assists and two steals to energy Cebu to its third straight win and an 8-15 slate.
Cebu hopes to brush its six remaining video games to make the play-in of the South Division.
Lean Vincent Charles Martel supported Manzo with 12 factors, 9 rebounds and two assists, and so did Paul Desiderio, additionally a former UP Maroons stalwart, with 9 factors and 4 rebounds; Jan Jamon with 9 factors and two rebounds; and Mark Meneses with six factors, 12 rebounds and two assists.
Pasig skidded to 8-13 regardless of Jacob Galicia’s 19-point, 15-rebound, two-assist, two-steal, two-block output; and Warlo James Batac’s 13-point, 12-rebound, three-assist effort.
Different Pasiguenos who delivered had been Paul Gadin with 11 factors, 4 assists, three rebounds and two steals; and Mark Montuano with 10 factors, 5 rebounds and three assists.
The MPBL returns to the Ynares Heart Montalban on Thursday, with video games pitting Manila towards Bataan at 4 p.m., Basilan Starhorse towards Davao Occidental at 6 p.m., and host Rizal Xentromall towards Pasay at 8 p.m.