Pangasinan sustained its recovery with a 66-59 victory over Muntinlupa in the Manny Pacquiao presents 1xBet-Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) 2025 Season at the Paco Arena in Manila on Monday.

The Heatwaves pulled away, 64-46, midway of the fourth quarter and cruised to their third straight win for an 8-4 slate in the round-robin elimination phase of the 30-team tournament.

Jorey Napoles led Pangasinan’s assault with 14 points and eight rebounds followed by Harvey Pagsanjan with 13 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals, and Ian Melencio with 10 points plus two rebounds.

With Lervin Flores, snagging 10 rebounds, Pangasinan ruled the boards, 52-43, and parlayed this into 42 points in the paint against only 20 for Muntinlupa.

The Cagers saw their four-game run broken and dropped to 10-3 despite Dom Matillano’s 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists, and Mart James Barrera’s 13 points and two steals.

Pasig crawled out of a deep hole to trip Quezon City, 85-79, in the nightcap.

Trailing 65-75 with 4:32 left, Pasig countered behind veteran Chito Jaime and Warlo James Batac to knot the count at 77.

Jerome Santos scored on a layup to put Quezon City back on top, 79-77, but Robbie Manalang drilled in a triple and Jaime came up with two straight free throw splits, stole the inbound, and canned a buzzer-beating triple to hand Pasig a 5-6 card.

Quezon City greeted the fourth quarter with a 14-point spurt, capped by Ry Ajier De La Rosa’s back-to-back triples, and pulled away, 71-57, only to crumble and tumble to 3-11.

Jaime wound up with 19 points, eight rebounds and three assists, Batac with 17 points, seven assists, four steals and two rebounds, Jerome Garcia 11 points and two rebounds, Manalang 10 points, four assists and two rebounds, and Rocky Acidre 10 points.

The Taipans got 17 points, three rebounds and two assists from Nino Ibanez, 13 points and four rebounds from De La Rosa, and 11 points, five assists, three rebounds and two steals from Vincent Cunanan.