Junior Altas seek win No. 7

University of Perpetual Help System Dalta guns for its seventh win in eight matches when it battles Mapua Malayan School in Season 102 National Collegiate Athletic Association juniors basketball tournament on Friday at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

Game time is at 10 a.m. with the Junior Altas determined to secure another win over the dangerous Red Robins to cement their hold of the top spot in the team standings.

Perpetual is marching with high morale after posting a 117-76 win over Lyceum of the Philippines University while Mapua is nursing the pain of a heartbreaking 69-74 loss to Letran College last Monday that relegated it to a 4-3 win-loss mark.

Former University of the East stars Sizco Roquid and Brian Orca are again expected to deliver together with team captain Louie Rosales, Lord Dulanas, Francis Rosales, Arkin Cristobal, Sam Villaruel, Kurt Patalinghug, as well as the returning Kakai Zamoras, who is back following a one-week medical leave.

Also ready to provide support are Vandolf Urdaneta, Raymark Madaya, Josh Saga, John Restificar, Daniel Okeowo, Max Maurice and John Belan.

Against Lyceum, Roquid tallied 17 points, five rebounds, three assists, and three steals in his 16 minutes of action while Rosales went 4-of-5 from three-point range to finish with 16 points, three rebounds, and three assists. Orca, on the other hand, shot a perfect 2-of-2 from beyond the arc, contributing 13 points, four rebounds, four assists and three blocks.

La Salle Greenhills defeated the EAC Brigadiers, 63-61, leaving both teams with an identical 5-3 win-loss record.