UV, NU Win SBP Passerelle National Championships

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UV, NU Win SBP Passerelle National Championships

Roxas City - The University of the Visayas (UV) and National University (NU) are this year’s Small Basketeers Philippines (SBP) and Passerelle national champions. UV squeaked past four-time defending champion La Salle Greenhills, 62-58, to bag the SBP division championship while NU dominated International School for Better Beginnings, 89-65, at the national finals of the 34th SBP Passerelle Twin Tournament backed by Milo at the Dinggoy Roxas Civic Center.

UV leaned on the big performances of its second and third period crews to gain control of the game after a close first period that ended at 16-15 in UV’s favor. The lead ballooned to 35-24 at the end of the second period behind the leadership of Denver Bisnar who had eleven points in the period. The stifling full-court pressure of UV limited La Salle to nine second period points. UV maintained the 11-point margin by the end of the third period, 53-42, as Jan Mark Toring took over with 12 points in the period. But as expected, the defending champions didn’t back down and rallied in the end-game. After UV took a 57-42 lead early in the fourth period, the Greenies charged back and chipped away at the lead slowly but surely, and the closest they got was at four, 68-52, on a triple by Camilo Miguel Jugo Jr. with 19 seconds left in the game, the final tally. Bisnar led UV with 18 points while Toring added 14. Bryan Hachuela had 23 points, including all 15 of LSGH’s points in the first period. The championship is a first national SBP title for UV ever since it started its age group program in 2010.

The Passerelle division championship game was all-NU, with the defending champions leading 25-13 after one period before extending this to 51-31 and 68-48 at halftime and the third period. The Bullpups didn’t slow down, stepped on the gas pedal further and cruised to the dominating win. Mark Rainier de Leon leading the souped-up offense with 15 points. Carl Vincent Manding and Kim Tamayo added 13 and 12 points, respectively. With its core intact and its new players already on deck, NU is seeking to establish a dynasty in the Passerelle division and is already looking forward to yet another title run next season.

In the games for third place, Corpus Christi School of Cagayan de Oro tripped Berkeley School of Baguio, 59-36, in the SBP division, while Hercor College of Roxas outsteadied Xavier University High School of Cagayan de Oro, 67-61 in the Passerelle division.

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