Silencer 2 forged a tie for the lead with idle Focus Ad at 4-0 in Inter-Company Bonafide Division B when it edged out ITC 77-75 while Al-Mabani stayed unbeaten in Inter-Company Bonafide C as eliminations in the 2nd Nokia-Asha and 35th FBA season basketball tournament hit the 9 weeks mark at the weekend.

Best Player of the game Hamdy scored a game-high 29 points including 3 of his team’s last 5 points and Duran added 23 points as Silencer 2 weathered an ITC fourth quarter rally after taking control early on to get the win in the first game Thursday at Sheraton Jeddah basketball court.

In another Inter-Company B match, New Breed Al-Shaya ended a two-game losing streak with a decisive 82-61 victory over Al-Majal in the second game Friday. Mendoze topscored with 20 points for New Breed while Best Player of the game Turla had 15.

Toyota-Sequoia of Jimmy Abdullah Beltran continued to display impressive form, crushing Nesma Holding Co. 101-75 in the fourth game Friday.

Best Player Guanzon scored 16 points, Llamado added 13 and Denden Amir had 12 as Sequoia ripped the game open in the last two quarters behind a deadly running game.

It was the third straight win in four games for Beltran’s charges who tied KIA Motors, which was idle for the week and the only team thus far to beat Sequoia, at 3-1 in the team standings.

In the same division, Giordano-Juffali brought down Mahmoud Gharib 90-80 in the third game Friday with Best Player Silva and De Villa leading the way with 35 and 25 points respectively.

Mabani hardly worked up a sweat in a 93-43 demolition of Gulf Taleed to run its record to 4-0, while Ford Al Jazeera Raptors kept pace at 3-1 by beating Veolia Water 61-56 in the first game Friday.

The lone Inter-Hospital Reinforced Division game had Fakeeh Hospital beating KAAUH 65-52 in the third game Friday. Paler scored 13 points, Villalobos had 12 and Gabitan, named Best Player, came through with 11 points.

Elsewhere, Al Rabea-Faisal Park defeated Tarek Rehal 49-45 in Inter-Commercial Open Non-Rated and Saudia Catering won by default over Movenpick Jeddah Hotel in Inter-Hospital & Restaurant Division.