ALJ Toyota Sequoia was looking forward to a strong match against Giordano-Juffali. It turns out the opposing side lacked the tools to wage a decent fight, as the Sequoia team of Jimmy Abdullah Beltran scored a lopsided 96-66 victory last Friday in Inter-Company Bonafide Division A in the 2nd Nokia-Asha & 35th FBA Basketball Tournament at the Sheraton Jeddah Hotel court here.

Dondon Guanzon top-scored with 18 points for Toyota and ended up as the Best Player of the game, Eric Mabarit made 14 points, Jay Liam had 12 and Ismael Kursid added 11 as the Car makers won pulling away in a game that saw them lead by as many as 30 points.

Big Raymond Borsegue and Denden Amir had 8 and 7 points to go with 6 points by Dorado, 5 by Yoyong Akmad and 4 by Paul Taguba in a balanced scoring by Toyota which limited Giordano to 11 points in the second quarter.

Team manager Beltran said they had prepared hard for this game but to their surprise it was easier than they expected with Juffali mainstays Reyes and Panganiban out of the match.

Sequoia, with Ronald D. Uranza as assistant team manager and Mimi Martin playing head coach, charged out of the gates hard to finish the first half ahead by 21 points at 46-25.

With the baskets coming in torrents Sequoia, whose participation in this tournament was made possible with the support of Saeed Saleh Al Ghamdi, vice president FSO Abdul Latif Jameel Co., encountered little trouble as it scored its second straight win in three games in the division.

The seventh week of the seven-division 48-team competition was not without drama after the Lebanese-Syrian-Egyptian Avengers team upset heavily favored Spicy Fingers 72-70 in the Inter-Commercial Open Rated Division match Friday.

The result threw the race for semifinal berths wide open in the division with Spicy Fingers at 2-1, Friendster 1-1, Jeddah United 1-1 and Avengers 1-2.

Silencer teams won their assignments at the weekend with Silencer 2 thrashing Al-Majal 74-50 Thursday to tie idle Focus Ad for the Inter-Company Bonafide B lead at 3-0 and Silencer 1 whipping Nesma Holding Co. 82-69 Friday.

Saudia Catering won by default over Lutong Pinoy to remain unbeaten in three games in the Inter-Hotel and Restaurant Division.

In a lone game in Inter-Company Bonafide C Friday, Ford Al-Jazeera Raptors routed Gulf Taleed 78-50.

In the Inter-Commercial Open Non-rated Division, Al Muhaidib brought down Tarek Rahal 78-66 Thursday.

Elsewhere, it was KFAFH 94 Saudi German Hospital 81 in Inter-Hospital Reinforced Division, Komatsu ALJ 72 Zahid Tractor 37 and Petromin Express 94 New Breed Alshaya 87 in Inter-Company Bonafide B.