The Abra Solid North Weavers and the Quezon Huskers routed their opponents on Monday to keep their top spot in the North and South Divisions, respectively, in the MPBL 2025 Season at the Paco Arena in Manila.
Abra, with Dave Ildefonso and Encho Serrano at the helm, overwhelmed the Muntinlupa Cagers, 126-70, in the opener, while Quezon Province pulled away midway through the fourth quarter before cruising past Mindoro, 88-72, in the second game.
Quezon City Galeries Taipan trounced Paranaque, 90-75, in the nightcap to improve to 7-17.
Ildefonso posted a triple-double while Serrano poured in a game-high 25 points to highlight the Weavers’ 23rd win against one loss in the round-robin elimination phase of the 30-team, two-division tournament.
Abra is ahead of Nueva Ecija (23-2) and San Juan (22-2) in the North as well as the overall standings, with Quezon Province holding a 21-4 record.
The 6-foot-4 Ildefonso tallied 11 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds on top of 2 steals, but yielded the best player honors to Serrano, who also had 4 assists and 3 rebounds.
Mike Ayonayon supported with 13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals; Marwin Taywan 13 points, 7 assists and 2 rebounds; Jolo Mendoza 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; Geo Chou 11 points and 8 rebounds; Harley Baldo 11 points, and Simon Camacho 10 points plus 4 rebounds.
Quezon, the reigning South Division champion, banked on a balanced offense and a stifling defense to pull down Mindoro to 13-10.
Lucena City pride Topeng Lagrama drilled in 4 of 5 triple attempts en route to 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals for the Huskers, who drew 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists from Gab Banal, 10 points plus 4 rebounds from JP Sarao, 9 points each from Will Gozum and Diego Dario, and 7 points plus 10 rebounds from Jason Opiso.
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