MANILA, Philippines — Stefanie Berberabe carved her title into Philippine basketball historical past after recording the first-ever quadruple-double within the Ladies’s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (WMPBL) offered by Akari Sunday evening.
Coming off a triple-double outing final week, Berberabe turned it up a notch with a historic all-around efficiency that powered Tagaytay-Tol to an 82-70 victory over Pangasinan-Photo voltaic Dwelling on the Batangas Metropolis Coliseum.
The previous Nationwide College guard, enjoying solely her second recreation of the match, delivered 20 factors, 15 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals in virtually 38 minutes of motion to guide the Patriots to candy revenge over the Suns. The group thus avenged its 79-76 first-round loss within the tourney backed by Uratex, Black Mamba, Purple Dynasty, Aktive Balls, and Pocari Sweat.
Berberabe secured the milestone with 2:20 left, swiping Stifanny Larrosa’s bailout go to Ara Abaca after Larrosa obtained trapped within the nook, sealing Tagaytay-Tol’s second straight win after a 0-4 begin to the match.
In doing so, she grew to become solely the third participant in Philippine skilled basketball historical past to file a quadruple-double.
She joined Donbel Belano, who posted 17 factors, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 10 steals in Davao’s victory over Nueva Ecija on August 14, 1999, throughout the 1999 MBA season; and Kyt Jimenez, who tallied 33 factors, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, and 11 steals in Sarangani’s 125-74 rout of Mindoro on October 10, 2022, throughout the 2022 MPBL season.
This adopted up her 13-point, 12-rebound, 10-assist efficiency in Tagaytay-Tol’s 91-63 win over RK Hoops-Quezon Metropolis final Sunday.
“It’s an honor,” stated Berberabe, who was coming off a stint with Joondalup Wolves in Australia’s NBL1, after the win.
“It feels good, I undoubtedly wouldn’t have finished it with out my teammates and coaches. My teammates make it simple to play on the courtroom with them. They make it enjoyable. So it’s simply enjoyable to play out right here,” she added.
Her feat capped a wire-to-wire victory for the Patriots, who even led by as many as 23 factors late within the third after a Monique Del Carmen triple with 3:13 remaining for a 62-39 cushion. The Suns mounted a rally within the fourth, however their comeback fell quick as Tagaytay-Tol held agency to safe the win.
Bernice Paraiso chipped in 16 factors, 5 rebounds and three assists for Tagaytay-Tol, who climbed to solo fifth with a 2-4 slate; whereas Del Carmen got here near a triple-double with 15 factors, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists.
Charmain Pure tallied a double-double of 12 factors and 15 boards within the victory, whereas Danica Pacia rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Patriots with 12 factors laced with 4 rebounds.
In the meantime, Pangasinan-Photo voltaic Dwelling dropped its second consecutive recreation to fall to 3-3 within the standings.
Lee Sario paced the Suns with 16 factors and 9 rebounds together with three assists, whereas Gabi Bade added 15 factors, 17 rebounds, seven assists and two steals however dedicated eight turnovers.
Jhenn Angeles and Abaca had 10 factors apiece within the loss.
The scores
Tagaytay-Tol 82 – Berberabe 20, Paraiso 16, Del Carmen 15, Pure 12, Pacia 12, San Juan 5, Quingco 2, Cantimbuhan 0.
Pangasinan-Photo voltaic Dwelling 70 – Sario 16, Bade 15, Angeles 10, Abaca 10, Larrosa 8, Gonzales 7, Medina 2, Miranda 1, Cancio 1, Generoso 0, Go 0.
Quarterscores: 16-9, 38-22, 63-47, 82-70
