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| Raven Gonzales delivers for the Abra Solid North Weavers. MPBL |
BANGUED—The Abra Solid North Weavers hit high gear in the second half and subdued the San Juan Knights 76-65 on Monday to grab a 2-0 lead in the North Division Finals of the SportsPlus MPBL 2026 Season at the packed Gov. Andres Bernos Memorial Gymnasium.
Abra moved within a win of sweeping the best-of-five series, inching closer to retaining the division crown and defending its MPBL national title.
The Weavers clustered 10 points, four by Tucker Molina, to pull away 47-31, before cruising to victory, far better than their scrambling 59-58 win in Game 1.
Fil-Am DJ Fenner paced Abra with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, followed by Dave Ildefonso, with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.
Raven Gonzales was chosen the SportsPlus best player with 13 points and 9 rebounds.
San Juan drew 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals from Mike Calisaan, 15 points and 2 rebounds from AC Soberano.
Back-to-back triples by Fenner and Ildefonso pushed Abra ahead, 27-18.
A triple by Fenner and a free throw by Ildefonso gave Abra a 16-12 lead after the first quarter , with Calisaan accounting for San Juan's 10 points.
The Weavers led, 35-27, at the break despite converting only four of 10 free throws.
Game 3 of the North Division Finals will be held on Saturday, Nov. 14, at a venue yet to be announced.
The South Division Finals resume at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday with Game 3 between Quezon Province and Binan Tatak Gel.
The Quezon Huskers won Game 2 at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City, leveling the series at 1-1. Binan took Game 1, 83-74.
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