Voyagers soar, tame Tigers

Pasay found the shortcut in the third quarter and cruised past Davao Occidental, 72-64, in the Manny Pacquiao presents 1xBet-Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League 2025 Season at the Batangas City Coliseum.

Ahead by just four points, the Voyagers, sparked by Felipe Chavez and Warren Bonifacio, clustered 14 points to pull away to stay, 48-30, with 3:27 to go in that period.

Cyrus Tabi took over in the second half and posted 17 points, eight assists, five rebounds and four steals to push Pasay to its 10th win against seven losses in the round-robin elimination phase of the 30-team tournament.

Chavez ended up with 16 points, two rebounds and two assists, while Bonifacio notched 11 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Voyagers, who converted 17 of 18 free throws for a lofty 94.4 percent.

The Tigers, who tumbled to 5-8, drew 16 points, eight rebounds and two assists from Keith Agovida, 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists from Jeff Comia, and 11 points plus four rebounds from University of Mindanao-Digos College’s Jansher Salubre.

Other games saw the Gensan Warriors and the Caloocan Batang Kankaloo rout separate opponents in coast-to-coast fashion.

GenSan flaunted its power with a 99-45 drubbing of Manila Batang Quiapo in the opener, while Caloocan followed suit with a 93-47 thumping of Marikina.

All but one of the 15 Warriors fielded scored as they led throughout and as far as 35-89 in notching their fourth straight win and climbing to 10-6.

Mark Cruz spearheaded GenSan’s assault with 27 points, three assists and two rebounds, Marwin Dionisio with 11 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Nico Elorde with 10 points.