The Mindoro Tamaraws came through with a hail of 3-point shots in the fourth quarter and clobbered the Muntinlupa Cagers, 94-76, on Saturday in the Manny Pacquiao presents 1xBet-MPBL 2025 Season at the Pola Gymnasium in Oriental Mindoro.
Led by Joseph Sedurifa’s two triples, the Tamaraws bunched six to pull away, 92-70, with 2 minutes and 3 seconds left in the nightcap of a triple-bill.
In other games, the Rizal Xentromall Golden Coolers routed the Imus Braderhood, 114-77, while the Pangasinan Heatwaves won by forfeiture, 20-0, over the Bacolod Tubo Slashers in the opener to gear up their drive with a 10-5 card and relegate Bacolod to 2-13.
The Tubo Slashers refused to get out of their dugout after the break, forcing Technical Head George Magsino to discard the 50-30 halftime lead of Pangasinan and adopt the 20-0 score stipulated by FIBA (International Basketball Federation) rules in such a situation.
The Tubo Slashers wanted to field their new acquisitions, but were turned down as they had yet to comply with some requirements in the trading window.
Sedurifa, a 6-foot-1 Cebuano hotshot, then scored inside to seal the Tamaraws’ third straight win that raised their record to 10-8 in the round-robin elimination phase of the 30-team tournament.
Wendelino Comboy delivered 20 points, including four triples, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals for Mindoro, which also got 18 points, spiked by four triples, 3 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals from Bambam Gamalinda, and a near triple-double 13 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists from Axel Inigo.
