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Team Standings:
Hope Christian High School (4-0)
Xavier School (3-1)
Chiang Kai Shek College (3-1)
St. Jude Catholic School (1-2)
St. Stephen’s High School (1-2)
Uno High School (1-3)
Grace Christian College (0-4)

Games Schedule: Jan. 28 (Sat) – St. Stephen’s HS vs. St. Jude Catholic School (5 p.m.) and Hope Christian HS vs. Chiang Kai Shek College (6:30 p.m.); Jan. 31 (Tue) – St. Jude Catholic School vs. Xavier School (5:30 p.m.) and Uno High School vs. St. Stephen’s HS; and Feb. 3 (Sat) – Xavier School vs. Grace Christian College (5:30 p.m.) and Chiang Kai Shek College vs. St. Stephen’s HS (7 p.m.).

Hope Christian High School and Chiang Kai Shek College warmed up for their titanic Jan. 28 showdown by scoring convincing victories over their respective opponents Friday night at the Uno HS Gym in Tondo, Manila.

Hope Christian HS whitewashed winless Grace Christian College, 76-42, to raise its win-loss record to 4-0. Chiang Kai Shek College whipped Uno High School, 86-61, to share second place with four-time defending champion Xavier School with identical 3-1 cards.

Hope Christian’s biggest lead against Grace was 41 points, 67-26, on a Jeffrey Siybauco three. CKSC’s largest lead against Uno was 41 points, 72-31, on a twinner by Joshua Tan to start the fourth quarter.

Hope Christian only needs to beat Chiang Kai Shek College to clinch the No. 1 seed following the single-round elimination phase and qualify for the semifinals outright armed with a twice-to-beat advantage against the winner of the quarterfinal series between No. 4 and No. 5.

If Chiang Kai Shek College defeats Hope Christian HS by five points or less, Hope Christian will maintain its No. 1 ranking in case of a three-way tie with Xavier School (which beat CKSC, 71-66, but lost to Hope, 66-60) because of a better quotient. In this case, Hope Christian will own a differential of plus one. CKSC, at zero differential, will take over the No. 2 spot and Xavier School, at minus one, will be relegated to the No. 3 position (without the twice-to-beat incentive in the semifinals).

If Chiang Kai Shek College defeats Hope Christian HS by six points, the Blue Dragons will grab the No. 1 seed with a plus-one differential. Hope Christian will slide to No. 2 with a zero differential and Xavier School will be relegated to the No. 3 slot.

If Chiang Kai Shek College beats Hope Christian HS by seven points, the Blue Dragons will grab the No. 1 seed with a plus-two differential. While Hope Christian and Xavier School will have minus-one differentials, Hope Christian will take the No. 2 seed over Xavier School after applying the winner-over-the-other tie-breaker.

HOPE CHRISTIAN HS 76 – GRACE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 42
Notes: If it’s any consolation, center Rodney Gonzales gave Grace Christian a 9-7 lead in the final seconds of the first quarter before Hope Christian Juniors rookie Mark Nuñez struck back with a jumper to equalize the count at 9-all at quarter’s end …
Following the third and final deadlock at 11-11, Hope Christian, behind King Benemerito, Don Mendoza and Edralin Villanueva, knocked in eight unanswered points to move ahead, 19-11 …
Halftime score was 32-13 in Hope’s favor (meaning Grace tallied only four points in the second quarter) …
Hope was ahead 56-19 at the end of the third quarter (meaning Grace only six markers in the third period) …
After Hope grabbed a 70-30 lead on another Siybauco trifecta, Grace Christian scored 12 of the game’s final 18 points to make the score more respectable …
Hope Christian coach Stevenson Tiu experimented with a lot of player combinations and toyed with platoon substitutions throughout. He opened the game with his usual reserves, eventually utilizing all 15 of his players and giving his starters plenty of rest, possibly in anticipation of its game against CKSC the following night …
Each Hope player saw action from five to 25 minutes. Siybauco started and chalked up three threes for nine points in 21 minutes of service to lead Hope Christian. Waldrich Siy also started and played a team-high 25 minutes in collecting eight points. First-string playmaker Janrey Garrido came off the bench to contribute seven points and two assists in five minutes. Seldom-used Cedric Lagamayo also started and totaled seven points and eight rebounds in 23 minutes …
Tiu limited the minutes of his regular stars like Benemerito (nine minutes, five points), Mendoza (nine minutes, four points) and Errol Villar (eight minutes, four points) …
Cholo Claver and Jan Aaron Choa shared topscoring honors for host Grace Christian with 10 points apiece. Claver also had 11 boards, four assists, three steals and a blocked shot in 23 minutes. Jared Sy and Gonzales had seven markers each. Gonzales plucked down a team-best 13 reebies.

CHIANG KAI SHEK COLLEGE 86 – UNO HIGH SCHOOL 61
Notes: Chiang Kai Shek College led from the get-go, racing to a 5-0 lead on baskets by man-mountain Wilson Bartolom and Joshua Tan (a three), and never trailed throughout the one-sided contest …
The Blue Dragons grabbed a 16-9 edge after the first quarter and following a 9-0 blast (from 16-10), was on top by 15 points, 25-10. The charges of Coach Goldwin Monteverde, the second all-time winningest coach in Tiong Lian history with five titles (behind Sunny Co’s seven championships with Chiang Kai Shek College), were ahead, 37-20, at the end of the opening half …
Only nine players suited up for Uno High School and hardworking center Ryan Lim was sidelined midway through the third quarter (which ended at 70-31) following a collision with CKSC strongman John Kevin Baytan and needed several stitches above his right eye to close a wound …
Lim returned to action at the 6:45 mark of the fourth quarter and immediately scored to cut CKSC’s advantage to 33 points, 73-40 …
CKSC was ahead, 82-44, when Uno put together a 10-0 run to close the gap to 28, 82-54 …
Monteverde went mostly with his second and third-stringers like Jayson Jimenez, Jherson San Agustin, Dwight Mopas and Jef Denzell Go in the final quarter when the Uneans of coach Milton Yu outscored the Blue Dragons, 30-16 …
Four players scored in twin digits for CKSC – Carlo Young, 13 (he was held scoreless in the team’s previous game against St. Jude Catholic School); John Nieles, 11; Baytan, 11 (along with 11 rebounds); and Tan, 10. Substitute Dale Dy had a team-high 12 reebies and five markers in 16 minutes. Another CKSC player with a double-digit rebounding output was Jibon Larin, who came off the bench to contribute 11 rebounds and two points …
Ryan Lim posted a double-double for Uno HS with 14 points and 12 rebounds. David Chua totalled 11 points, seven boards and two steals. Pierce Tan and Philipp Licaros added 10 points apiece for the Uneans, who have lost three straight games after an opening-day win over Grace Christian College. Bothered by a bum stomach, Kevin Kok was limited to just one point in 14 minutes off the bench.

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