OCCCI Sheermasters dominate Bracket A of Sinulog Cup 2024 cage wars

OCCCI Sheermasters dominate Bracket A of Sinulog Cup 2024 cage wars

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The OCCCI Sheermasters-Ormoc swept Bracket A of the Sinulog Cup 2024 Basketball Tournament after defeating Z’Nars Jewelry-Marawi, 92-76, on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at the Cebu City Sports Institute.

The Sheermasters’ finished Bracket A with an unbeaten 3-0 (win-loss) run to emerge on top of the team standings and advance to the semifinals tomorrow.

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OCCCI Sheermasters: 5 players in double digits

Five of OCCCI’s players headed by Cedric Manzano finished with double digit scores in their lopsided game against the veteran squad of Z’Nars Jewelry.

Manzano flexed his dominant form anew by tallying a double-double game of 14 points, 10  rebounds, two assists, and two blocks.

Jancork Cabahug scored 15 points with five boards, five assists, and one block.

Jimpaul Amistoso, John Arthur Calisay, and James Tempra scored 13, 12, and 10 points, respectively for the Ormoc-based team.

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Z’Nars Calo

Emman Calo spoiled his 23-point outing as Z’Nars Jewelry-Marawi snapped their back-to-back winning streak.

JB Bahio had 17 markers, while Reed Juntilla chipped in 11 points in their losing efforts.

OCCCI led as many as 16 points, 80-64, in the start of the final period, anchoring on their 11-point scoring blitz.

Before pulling away with the huge lead, OCCCI had to endure eight lead changes and two ties.

READ: Sinulog Cup 2024: OCCCI, Z’nars off to rousing start

EGS walks out

In the other game in Bracket A on Thursday, the defending champions, EGS wrapped up their fruitless title retention bid with a controversy.

They finished their campaign with a defeat in the hands of the University of Cebu (UC)

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