AMCROC overcome Volts in second OT – Azkals rally to beat Marshmallow World 95-73

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KUWAIT CITY, May 24: Despite Marina Volts’ Ryan Bonacy making 33 points and 11 assists, his team lost 108-99 to AMCROC after a feisty 5’8” division encounter that went through two overtime periods as the PBLK basketball league rolls into week twelve at the Hawally Disabled Sports Club.

Volts jumped to an early lead in the opening quarter on the backs of Bonacy and Mark Pascual who alternated in the barrages to script a 16-9 first quarter run. AMCROC were gripped by early game jitters despite their coach calling a timeout as they fell behind 8-3 just three and a half minutes into the game. AMCROC struggled to settle down late in the second quarter while the game was still within reach, blanking Volts to surge ahead by two points after a 27-18 run to end the quarter.

A Pascual three-pointer, put Volts at par, 36-36, two minutes into the third, but AMCROC stepped up their defense to regain control and, with Ron finding his range from beyond the arc, entered the fourth having gnawed down their deficit to 2, 63-61.

AMCROC tightened their grip on the game after taking a 1 point lead, Reynate pouring in another three-pointer and then grabbing a steal off a poor Gandol pass for a layup to hand his team a two point cushion at 77-75.

Yet again Volts hit an unbroken 2-0 run to end the quarter in a 77-77 tie. The second overtime ended 94-94 before AMCROC’s Ron went on the rampage to scorch the opposition hoops after a 9-3 play, bringing the scores to 108-99 for AMCROC.

Meanwhile, in the next game, Rudiri De La Cruz and Dondon De La Cruz together scored 47 points as Azkals rallied to beat Marshmallow World 95-73.

The Marshmallows who had a poor start to their campaign, trailed by 20 points at the close of the opening round, 10-30. But a rally in the second ignited by Rabia saw the side’s scores edge up, even as they continued to be bombarded from the field by Rudiri and his team.

A 4-point fourth quarter play by Marshmallows’ Bacolod was followed by 5 more in the round, capped by a series of layups down the stretch to claw back the deficit.

Dondon got the final four points of the fourth quarter, making a pair of free throws after he was clobbered intentionally on a breakaway by Allan, and then banking in a jumper that made it 95-73 to close the game for Azkals.

On the other hand, Reboy Tado made 24 and Carbelido 8 points for Boodai to overcome a first round inertia to beat EPC Buffalos 61-55 in game 3 of the 5’8” series. Playing in his fourth game of the season, Tado connected on three of his 3-point attempts in the fourth as the Boodai kept Buffalos at bay. Francis scored 23 points including two 3-pointers and Velasco had 11 as the Buffalos lost the game despite making 5 of seven 3-pointers. In the final game of the day, Virtuous recorded a 68-60 victory against Kromozone.

By Iddris Seidu – Arab Times Staff

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