Letran eliminates AMA in D-League

WANGS Basketball @27 Strikers–Letran eliminated AMA Online in the 2023 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup Tuesday with a 71-57 victory at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

Pao Javillonar posted 15 points in 16 minutes and the Knights limited the Titans to seven points in the fourth quarter to pull away, en route to their second straight win.

Letran, the reigning three-time NCAA champion, improved to 2-2 and gained a piece of the fourth spot with Perpetual Help University System Delta entering the homestretch of the seven-team tourney.

Games Thursday (Ynares Sports Arena)

2 p.m. – CEU vs PSP

4 p.m. – EcoOil-La Salle vs AMA Online that favored the Vietnamese. “Isang gold ang nawala sa vovinam, dahil sa draw na ginawa to determine the winner of the gold,” added Tolentino. Incentives from the government are expected to spice up the Philippines’ celebration of its performance in Cambodia, according to Tolentino.

AMA slowly picked up its rhythm and outscored the Knights, 30-18, to go up at 37-33 at the break.

The Titans stayed hot in the third quarter and took its biggest lead at 42-35.

But Knights battled back and regained a 48-44 lead entering the payoff period.

Around P787,500 in cash incentives await gymnast Carlos Yulo, who emerged as the the Philippines’ bestperforming athlete with his haul of two golds and two silvers.

Yulo struck golds in the men’s individual all-around and parallel bars and bagged a pair of silvers in rings and team all-around.

The two golds yielded Yulo a total of P600,000, in accordance with Republic Act 10699, which states that individual gold medalists in the SEA Games will pocket P300,000, while silver and bronze medalists will get P150,000 and P60,000, respectively.