Romeo sizzles anew as SMB dominates Ginebra

The Terrence Romeo show continues in the Philippine Basketball Association On Tour.

A multiple-time scoring champion, Romeo is slowly but surely rediscovering his old, deadly form as he flaunted yet another solid game in leading San Miguel to a one-sided 90-78 win over Barangay Ginebra ib Sunday at Ynares Center in Antipolo.

Romeo knocked in 10 of his 21 points to lead the charge anew for the Beermen, who notched their second straight win after dropping their opening game in this preseason tournament.

Four other players ended up in double figures – Jericho Cruz (18), CJ Perez (15), Rodney Brondial (12) and Allyn Bulanadi (10).

Brondial capped his big game by pulling down 16 rebounds for a double-double performance and led the Beermen's dominance of the boards.

With Brondial muscling his way, San Miguel outrebounded Ginebra, 60-44.

Also winning Sunday was Meralco, which outplayed Converge, 96-88, in the other game.

The Bolts displayed their awesome balance firepower as seven players scored nine points or more.

Allein Maliksi only hit 1-of-7 shots from beyond the arc, but he still led the Bolts' production with 16 points on top of six rebounds.

But two players wound up with a double-double performance for Meralco.

Raymond Almazan ended up with 11 points and 14 rebounds and also coming away with two blocks to become the most efficient player in his team's latest win. The 6-foot-8 center from Letran wound up with a +24 in plus-minus efficiency rating.

Cliff Hodge also had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds while also blocking two shots and churning out a +17 in efficiency rating.

Anjo Caram stepped up and produced 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field while Bong Quinto and Alvin Pasaol had 11 and 10 points, respectively.

New recruit Norbert Torres added nine for the Bolts, who had 16 fast break points, seven more than their rivals.

The Scores:

FIRST GAME

MERALCO 96 – Maliksi 16, Caram 15, Hodge 14, Almazan 11, Quinto 11, Pasaol 10, Torres 9, Jose 5, Johnson 2, Rios 2, Pascual 1

CONVERGE 88 – Teng 21, Arana 12, Ebona 12, Racal 12, Stockton 8, Nieto 8, Balanza 7, Ambohot 5, Guinto 0

QUARTERS: 24-21, 49-44, 70-70, 96-88

SECOND GAME

SAN MIGUEL 90 – Romeo 21, Cruz 18, Perez 15, Brondial 12, Bulanadi 10, Lee 8, Faundo 3, Baclao 2, Tautuaa 1, Baclao 0, De Vera 0, Apacible 0

GINEBRA 78 – Aurin 18, Mariano 17, R.Aguilar 14, Gray 9, Pinto 3, Pessumal 6, Salcedo 4, Espanola 3, Dillinger 2, David 2, Gumaru 0

QUARTERS: 23-13, 45-27, 71-52, 90-78