FIRST GAME
Chiang Kai Shek College (3-2) 82 vs. St. Stephen’s High School (2-3) 55
Halftime: 43-23

CHIANG KAI SHEK COLLEGE
Jon Ngo – 16 points, 5-for-5 FGA (5-for-5 from three-point area), 1-for-1 FTA and four rebounds
Gregorio Gimado – nine points and 12 rebounds in 12 minutes
Arvin Faustino – eight points and three rebounds
Joshua Tan – seven points
Paul Aduana – six points, three rebounds, four assists and four steals

ST. STEPHEN’S HS
Kent Lao – 14 points, nine rebounds and one block
Carlo Ortiz – nine points

NOTES: St. Stephen’s HS led just once, 4-2, on a Keno Chua basket. CKSC scored five straight points on a John Baytan basket and a Jon Ngo three to take a 7-4 lead that it never surrendered thereafter. First quarter score was 20-12 in CKSC’s favor. Ngo knocked in three triples by halftime. Early in the third quarter, Ngo got a four-point play (a three-pointer plus a free throw after being fouled), 50-28. He was the second player to accomplish the feat, the first being teammate Paul Aduana (vs. Xavier School). Freego Player of the Game, Jon Ngo, Chiang Kai Shek College

SECOND GAME
Xavier School (6-0) 91 vs. St. Jude Catholic School (4-1) 55
Halftime: 39-26

XAVIER SCHOOL
Jose Anton Manuel – 19 points, six rebounds and three steals
Jeron Teng – 17 points, five rebounds and seven assists
Harold Ng – 10 points, 2-for-4 from three-point area, five rebounds and three assists
Caesar Wongchuking – nine points, 2-for-3 from three-point area, two rebounds and two assists
Kevin Lim – seven points and seven rebounds
Bryan Tan – seven points and three steals

ST. JUDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Joel Chang (reserve) – 11 points
Kim Lo – 10 points, 10 rebounds and one block
Richard Sy – five points and six rebounds
Kurt Uy – five points
Derrence Lam – five points, three assists and seven turnovers
Jason Ligad – three points (1-of-5 FGA and 1-of-2 FTA)

NOTES: Kim Lo made a pair of free throws for the game’s first points. After Jeron Teng tied the score at 2-all, Richard Sy knocked in a triple for St. Jude for a 5-2 lead. Baskets by Donal Ong and Jose Manuel gave Xavier the upperhand, 6-5, but Lo retaliated for the Judenites’ final lead of the game, 7-6. Harold Ng struck from underneath and Xavier went up, 8-7. After Jason Ligad split his free throws for an 8-8 deadlock, the Golden Stallions zoomed ahead for good with a 13-0 blast (three-point play by Teng, two free throws by Bryan Tan, and a basket each by Ng, Manuel and Paolo Cabero), 21-8, just seconds before the end of the first quarter, which was 21-9 in Xavier’s favor. From thereon, the Judenites came no closer than seven points (22-15, early in the second quarter) for the rest of the game. Reed-thin Ligad was kept in check throughout the game by the suffocating defense of Ong and Manuel and St. Jude’s top scorer was shut out
offensively in the second half. Lo left the game midway through the third period after an inadvertent elbow from teammate Richard Sy bloodied his left eye. Xavier was ahead, 59-38, after three quarters to virtually lock up the contest. Behind its second- and third-stringers, the Gold and Blue continued to keep the pressure and led by at least 21 points (61-40) and as much as 39 (87-48) in the fourth period even as St. Jude coach Goldwin Monteverde sat out his entire starting unit. Freego Player of the Game – Jeron Teng, Xavier School. With the victory over St. Jude, the Xavier Juniors extended their winning streak in the Tiong Lian competitions to 16 games over three seasons. Xavier is ranked No. 1 after the single round-robin elimination phase. St. Jude is ranked No. 2 notwithstanding the results of its final elimination-round game against winless Grace Christian College on Saturday, January 30. Xavier and St. Jude have drawn quarterfinal
byes and are automatically seed into the semifinals (February 10) armed with a twice-to-beat advantage against their opponents.