Lucky 13 for San Beda as Red Lions down San Sebastian Stags

The San Beda Red Lions continued to roar, winning its 13th game in a row after beating the San Sebastian College-Recoletos Stags, 91-76, in the NCAA 95 Men's Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, at the Filoil Flying V Centre.

James Canlas led six different San Beda players in double-figures with 20 points, four rebounds and five assists. The win was a virtual repeat of San Beda’s 73-59 bashing of San Sebastian in the first round.

The Red Lions set the tone early, leading by 13, 30-17, after the first 10 minutes of action. San Sebastian kept within striking distance and trailed by just nine, 62-71, at the end of the third but San Beda just had too many weapons and pulled away down the stretch to improve to 13-0 for the season.

Donald Tankoua had 18 points and seven rebounds, Calvin Oftana had 15 markers, eight boards and four assists, AC Soberano chipped in 14 while Evan Nelle and Clint Doliguez contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively.

RK Ilagan led the Stags with 16 points while Allyn Bulanadi had 14. The loss dropped San Sebastian to 7-5.

THE SCORES:

San Beda (91) Canlas 20, Tankoua 18, Oftana 15, Soberano 14, Nelle 11, Doliguez 10, Bahio 2, Cuntapay 1

San Sebastian (76) Ilagan 16, Bulanadi 14, Calahat 12, Sumoda 9, Capobres 8, Calma 7, Desoyo 4, Altamirano 3, Cosari 3

Quarterscores: 30-17, 51-43, 71-62, 91-76

Photo: San Beda Red Lions FB page