B-Meg Derby Ace has set a date with San Miguel Beer for the last automatic semifinal seat after trouncing Barako Coffee, 106-100, Sunday night in the KFC-Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
Cliff Brown tallied a personal-high 43 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in his best game yet to power the Llamados to their 6th straight win and tie the Beermen at the number 2 slot with a 12-6 slate.Derby Ace and San Miguel collide on Friday for the remaining automatic semis spot.
"We're doing a good job for the last 6 games. Unfortunately, it's not enough to secure us the number 2 seed," said Llamados head coach Ryan Gregorio.
James Yap added 18 points while Nino Canaleta and Roger Yap netted 13 and 10 markers, respectively, for the Llamados.
Sammy Monroe led the Coffee Masters with 37 points to go along with his 8 assists but Barako Coffee missed the next round of the tournament for the 4th straight conference.
The wards of coach Junel Baculi ended their campaign with a league worst 3-15. - www.abs-cbnnews.com
Scores:
Derby Ace 106 � Brown 43, Yap J. 18, Canaleta 13, Yap R. 10, Maierhofer 7, Artadi 6, Simon 5, Pingris 4, Adducul 0, Reavis 0, Allado 0.
Barako Coffee 100 � Monroe 37, Isip 14, Hubalde 13, Reyes 10, Gaco 7, Alonzo 6, Najorda 5, Vergara 4, Juntilla 3, Dimaunahan 1, Wainwright 0.
Quarter scores: 29-22, 58-48, 82-67, 106-100.
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