MANILA – Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts captured its fourth consecutive Passerelle division crown in the 2018 Milo SBP-Passerelle Twin Tournament Bacolod leg at the NOTF Gym in Bacolod City.
Led by tournament MVP Martin Jay Beatingo, Thunderbolts rallied from a deficit late in the match to score a 76-74 victory over St. John’s Institute-Bacolod Falcons.
It was a game of runs for both teams with Falcons getting the upper-hand early in the first quarter. But Thunderbolts rallied back to take a six-point edge and this grew to as high as 14 points just before the halftime break.
The Falcons rallied back in the third period before snatching the lead midway in the fourth, but Thunderbolts got timely conversions from Beatingo, Kyle Chua, Elyja Kee and Jules Wong to turn things around.
Also part of the Thunderbolts team were Adrielle Binguan, Johanan Castiller, Marvin De los Santos, Heingz Demisana, Dylan Despi, Christian Juguan, Rafael Ledesma, Mike Lebron Estelloso, Thomas Pillado, and Ryan Tan.
Nathan Jan Jundana was also part of the team of head coach Dexter Dy and Angelito Macayan but was unable to play in the finale after being chosen to be part of JR NBA All-Star team that travelled in Shanghai, China.
SJI Falcons, meanwhile, captured the Small Basketeers of the Philippines (SBP) division championship after defeating the injury-hit Thunderbolts, 70-44. Named as MVP is Burj Lapu-os./PN
