Nissan Infinity beat Leylati 68-43 here in the JBL Baketball Tournament at the Bin Mahfouz basketball court here. Coach Francis Galego applied tight defense in the final quarter to choke the rivals. Jason Villanueva topscored with 22 points for the winner and was adjudged as the Giordano player of the game. Chris Jay Revil scored 9 points for the loser. This tournament is sponsored by Giordano Fashions, ABS-CBN - The Filipino Channel, Al-Haddaf Sports Wear and Wael Sports Wear and Saudi Signs. Toyota Genuine Parts defeated SMAT Jeddamons 68-67. The loser almost won the game when Jalandoni connected for two points with 4 seconds remaining. Ismael Ferey of Toyota called a time out and set the last offense. Inbound went to Paul Gerald Taguba who fired an desperation running three-point shot. It went in for the win as the final buzzer sounded. Taguba led the winner with 22 points and was adjudged as the Al-Haddaf Sports Wear player of the game. Arnel Baniel and Rex Ablaza scored 12 points apiece for the loser. Prince Naif team outplayed Friday Club 81-61 in the fourth quarter. The winner applied applied running game as Friday Club slowly lost its touch in the crucial minutes of the game. Bernard and Walled hit 20 and 19 points respectively for the winner. Bernard was adjudged as the JBL player of the game. Primo Labayne chipped in 18 points for the losers. On Thursday, STC Terabytes beat Al-Khorayef 83-81 in overtime. Sonny Sorreta had 20 big points for the winner and was adjudged as the JBL player of the game. Lanita topscored with 15 points for the loser. Al-Saad defeated Diet Center 65-42. Jason Nacua led the winner 18 points and was adjudged as the Wael player of the game. Ismail chipped in 13 points for the loser. ALJ CPD escaped defeat against TEMA 79-77. Jigger Baluyot and Dela Cruz had 17 and 16 points respectively for the winner. Dela Cruz was adjudged as the Giordano player of the game while Luquiaz scored 19 points for the loser.
