Former PBA player John Wilson shone in the endgame as defending champion and No. 2 Davao Occidental-Cocolife outlasted hard-fighting seventh seed Boracay, 73-71, last Wednesday night in their knockout quarterfinals duel in the Manila Bankers Life-Pilipinas Super League Pro Division Second Conference Dumper Cup at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.
The 6-foot-2 Wilson scored the game’s final three points — a tough lefty layup in the last 16.8 seconds that pegged a 72-71 count after former PBA star Mac Cardona gave the Islanders a 71-70 lead with a three-pointer in the previous play.
A Wilson split from the free throw line left Boracay with a lifeline, only 2.1 ticks left but Cardona’s heave from half court was nowhere near the rim at the buzzer.
The Tigers advanced to the best-of-3 semifinals against Pampanga Royce Hotel.
Unbeaten San Juan will take on the Pampanga G Lanterns in the other semis pairing.
Cardona scored 22 points for Boracay, while Johnsherick Estrada and Jaymar Gimpayan got 14 and 10, respectively.
