By Ivan Saldajeno
SAN JUAN, MM--JRU remained in the hunt for an NCAA semifinal spot with an 87-64 blowout of also-ran EAC at the FilOil Flying V Arena on Friday.
The Heavy Bombers went on a tear early into the match, opening a 25-7 lead after the first quarter, and cruised to the wire-to-wire victory.
Paolo Pontejos made 21 points for JRU, which is two games behind Arellano and Perpetual Help for third and fourth places. Arellano has a game at hand against San Sebastian later Friday.
Sidney Onwubere also had 21 markers for EAC, which further slipped to 2-11.
Box Scores:
JRU 87—Pontejos 21, Teodoro 13, Grospe 13, Cruz 11, Dela Paz 7, Estrella 6, Astilla 4, Abdul Wahab 4, Sanchez 3, Lasquety 2, Aurin 2, Poutouochi 1, Balagtas 0, Dela Virgen 0
EAC 64—Onwubere 21, Hamadou 10, Munsayac 9, Mejos 8, Bonleon 7, Pascual 5, Corilla 2, Estacio 2, Pascual 0, General 9, Diego 0
Quarterscores: 25-7, 42-23, 68-48, 87-64
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