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Energy defused by Elasto Painters

By Josh Castro

QUEZON CITY--Rain Or Shine pulled away just before halftime and trounce Barako Bull, 103-91, at the resumption of the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday.

The Elasto Painters leaned on a 17-2 run in the second quarter to help build a 20-point advantage, and the Energy could only go to as close as eight points before conceding.

Wayne Chism scored 20 of his 32 points in the first half, while Paul Lee added 16 for Rain Or Shine.

Sol Alabi led Barako Bull with 23 markers.

Box Scores:

Rain or Shine 103-Chism 32, Lee 16, Quinahan 12, Chan 11, Norwood 7, Cruz 7, Tang 6, Almazan 4, Uyloan 3, Belga 3, Arana 2, Ibanes 0, Teng 0

Barako Bull 91-Alabi 23, Intal 19, Lanete 14, Marcelo 11, Mercado 9, Lastimosa 6, Garcia 4, Matias 3, Pascual 2, Chua 0, Salvador 0, Hubalde 0

Quarterscores: 30-27; 53-40; 77-62; 103-91