JEDDAH, 14 November 2003 — Jeddah Cable shone in the outgoing 13th PEBA Open Basketball Tournament. The team beat Mahmoud Saeed 64-54.
In other games, Fuji Elevators out fought Panda 91-89 in overtime, while Al-Rehab gave SOFAB a 70-51 beating. Jeddah Cable raced to a comfortable 33-23 lead behind the guns of Rongavilla, and Rudio who scored 10 and 9 points, respectively.
In the second half, the duo teamed-up again to foil Mahmoud Saeed’s comeback bid. Rudio eventually finished the game with 14 points and his partner, Rongavilla chipped in 12 points. Buenaflor and Reycarlo scored 11 points apiece for the game for Mahmoud Saeed squad. Fuji Elevators had a monster game from Tabligan who scored 43 points.
That they needed as Panda led them 38-33 in the first half. The overtime period was Fuji Elevator’s. That when they pulled all the stops to stop an upset minded Panda team. Panda had Jimenez scoring 28, Eusquiza 18 points, and De la Cruz with 12 points. Al-Rehab’s Egos scored 19 of his 29 points in the first half as they outscored SOFAB 39-27. Commandte also starred in the first quarter with 10 points. With a big margin, Al-Rehab just coasted to victory in the second half. Commandante finished with 16 points. SOFAB had Mercado scoring 20 points.
