THE University of Visayas Green Lancers won in a comeback against the University of Cebu Webmasters, 80-74, in Cesafi basketball season 16, on Sunday, August 14, at the New Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City.
It was a neck to neck battle since the start of the game with the series of lead changes, until the Webmasters got their rhythm in the 3rd Quarter extending the lead to twelve, 53-41. (READ MORE)
THE University of San Carlos Warriors defeated the University of Southern Philippines Foundation Panthers in a blowout, 83-69, at the New Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City, on Sunday, August 14.
The Warriors dominated the game from the start with Victor Rabat knocking down four three point shots. (READ MORE)
THE Phinma-Southwestern University Cobras wins in a nailbiter against the Cebu Institute of Technology-University Wildcats in Cesafi Season 16, Saturday, August 13, at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Jun Luz led the Cobras with 18 points, followed by Brigondo with 12, and Tallo with 10 to give their team a 2-0 (win-loss) record the 16th Cesafi Season. Final score is 68-64.READ MORE
THE University of Visayas Green Lancers escaped a comeback scare from the University of San Jose-Recoletos Jaguars, 77-70 in Cesafi basketball season 16, on Thursday, August 11 at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Bassieru Sackor led the Green Lancers with a tremendous double-double performance 17 points, 19 rebounds, followed by Codilla with 11, and Suerte with 10, to give their team a 2-0 (win-loss) record. (READ MORE)
THE University of Cebu Webmasters escapes from a neck to neck ball game against the University of Southern Philippines Foundation Panthers in the Cesafi season 16, on Tuesday, August 9, at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Gileant Delator led the Webmasters with 19 points, followed by Tagudin with 17, Dacalos with 16, and Jabello with 14 to give their team a 1-1 record after losing to the Jaguars in their last outing. Final score is 103-92. (READ MORE)
THE Southwestern University (SWU)-Cobras won the season debut game against the defending champions University of San Carlos (USC)-Warriors, 68-54, on Sunday evening, August 7, at the New Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City.
Both teams, with 10 new players in their line-up, battle their way to get the win, but the Cobras, led by the leadership of former two-time Cesafi Most Valuable Player Mark Tallo, nailed the victory. (READ MORE)
ROOKIE gunner Tristan Albina showed he is cut for the league as he led the University of the Visayas Green Lancers to a masterful 69-48 win against the Cebu Institute of Technology-University Wildcats in the collegiate match of the Cesafi Season 16 Basketball Tournament at the Cebu Coliseum last night.
Albina, who joined the Lancers during the pre-season, scattered 13 points including three triples that helped the Lancers ease up a bit when they were playing stiff in the first 10 minutes of the game. (READ MORE)
DEFENDING champions University of San Carlos (USC) Warriors, last year’s runner-up University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers and the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Jaguars are fine-tuning their lineups in the Recoletos Cup on July 14-17 at the Recoletos Coliseum in USJ-R Basak Campus.
The fourth team is last year’s UAAP runner-up University of Sto. Tomas Growling Tigers, who will be working doubly hard to adapt to the system of new coach Boy Sablan. (READ MORE)
I SEE Felix Tiukinhoy so often in Cesafi matches–often without fail–that I sometimes forget the busy businessman is involved in other interests as well as being president and chairman of Virginia Foods Inc. Lately, the Cesafi commissioner was in the news because of another hat he wears, the head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Cebu, which will send a team for 10 days to come up with linkages with Canada’s businessmen.
I thought, well, the very busy Tiukinhoy will have 10 days away from Cesafi concerns, but then again, I got a light-bulb moment. What if Cesafi hitches a ride to the Canada mission? (READ MORE)
THE Don Bosco Technological Center Greywolves will face last season’s runner-up University of Cebu Baby Webmasters in the 1st Mayor Teche Sitoy-Cho Basketball Tournament Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) high school division pre-season tournament at the Cordova Sports Complex.
Aside from the Greywolves and the Baby Webmasters, the other teams in the month-long competition are defending champion Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Magis Eagles, the University of the Visayas Baby Lancers, University of San Carlos Baby Warriors and University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) Baby Panthers. (READ MORE)
