Navarro sizzles as Manila rips Iloilo
Navarro sizzles as Manila rips Iloilo
MANILA, Philippines — Manila banked on crack point guard Enzo Navarro’s heady game to trounce Iloilo, 98-74, and sustain its climb in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Sixth Season at the Villar Coliseum in Las Piñas.
The 5-foot-8 Navarro wound up with 22 points, spiked by seven triples on 10 tries, plus nine assists, seven rebounds and two steals to earn best player honors over 7-footer Greg Slaughter, 6-foot-7 Rabeh Al-Hussaini and 6-4 Carl Bryan Cruz and anchor the Manila SV Batang Sampaloc Stars to their fifth straight win and a 10-4 record overall in the round-robin eliminations of the 29-team tournament.
In earlier games, Caloocan leaned on Joel Lee Yu’s back-to-back layups to stun Batangas, 73-72, while South Cotabato subdued Mindoro, 107-91.