SMB’s Mick Pennisi Shows his Best Performance against the Tigers
Mick Pennisi had his best performance night wearing a San Miguel Beer uniform and the Beermen repelled a late uprising by the Coca-Cola Tigers to win, 89-86 for their seventh victory in nine games in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Cuneta Astrodome.
SMB’s center scored a season high 18 points which nine of them scored in the fourth quarter and shot 5-of-8 from three-point land while Jay Washington had seven in the payoff period as San Miguel tied Alaska for the lead going into the preliminaries’ final nine games.
“We didn’t expect this game to be this close, but we did not take them for granted,” said San Miguel Beer coach Siot Tanquingcen. “We’re thankful to be tied for the lead at this point. But I think we could do better.”
Meanwhile, Dondon Hontiveros, Lordy Tugade, and Wesley Gonzales each contributed 12 points for the Beermen, whose only two losses in the first round of eliminations came from underdog Red Bull and Alaska, the team they will face next.
“Based on the last two games we played, and based on their (Aces) last three games, I think we could find ourselves in the wrong end of the stick. So we just have to make sure we do the proper adjustments,” said Tanquingcen.
Coca-Cola suffered its sixth defeat in nine games, and the loss was the first back-to-back for Coach Kenneth Duremdes since taking over from Binky Favis.
The Tigers are now at solo 10th spot.
Alex Cabagnot, the man who nearly turned the Tigers’ fate around in the fourth quarter, co-led with hard-working Mark Telan in scoring for the ball club with 14 a piece. Nic Belasco had 12 while Cesar Catli contributed 11 and Ricky Calimag had 10.
Asi Taulava was held to a conference low five points as the 2003 MVP only took three attempts.
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