Mohammad Rasheed Suyat JEDDAH — GNP Hospital–Al-Asnan Est. of coach Ronnie Carino reached the final of the 1st Mandoubiyah—PEAK Championship downing Al-Hayat Hospital 111-79 at the Khalidia basketball court here recently. The winner made the most of its big men to check the offense of Al-Hayat players in the shaded area. Al-Hayat coach Rey Maddatu made amends, instructing his troops to go for the outside shots. The plan played well till the third quarter when GNP switched to man-to-man defense to tame Al-Hayat. Jaber Gonzales top scored for GNP with 21 points and was adjudged the PEAK Sodas Sports Player of the Game. He was awarded a Tony Parker jersey courtesy PEAK. Alonto scored 17 points for Al-Hayat. The tournament is principally sponsored by Mandhoubiyah Islamic Propagation Office with PEAK Sodas Sports and Shoe Arena, ABS-CBN - The Filipino Channel and Al-Haddaf Sportsware (Bayoumi) as co-sponsors. Al-Salam Hospital of coach Yousuf Almeda also advanced to the championship game defeating Bakhsh Hospital 81-67. Al-Salam's running game proved to be the difference as Bakhsh players lost steam and missed important shots in the dying minutes of the game. Bakhsh tried hard to regroup but the Al-Salam showed no mercy till the buzzer sounded. Malabanan scored 21 points for Al-Salam and was adjudged JBL Player of the Game and received a Tony Parker jersey courtesy PEAK. Paclibar collected 22 points for Bakhsh Hospital. Scores: GNP—Al-Asnan Est. 111 — Jaber Gonzales 21, Bernard Carino 19, Jay-R Calaunan 15, Ofiaza 13, Serrano 11, Garcia 10, Butt 9, Musngi 9, Paguyo 4. Al-Hayat Hospital 79 — Alonto 17, Amer 10, Acosta 9, Parto 9, Joson 8, Andres 8, Pagion 7, Macapagal 4, Maningat 3, Calagos 2, Tuazon 2. Al-Salam Hospital 81 — Malabanan 21, Antonio 14, Almeda 11, Javeni 8, Francis 8, Abituna 7, Reggie 5, Cris 4, Michael 3. Bakhsh Hospital 67 — Paclibar 22, Quito 19, Bernardo 8, Cometa 7, Apolinar 4, Jo 3, Condez 2, Sotto 2.
