Hoopla: Bagumbayan nips San Jose in 2OTs

A double-overtime 83-82 victory by Bagumbayan over San Jose at the Navotas Sports Complex highlighted Day One of the 2nd Coca-Cola Hoopla National Capital Region Intra-City elimination over the weekend. Regulation ended with the score tied, 45-all. A second extra period was forged after the first OT wound up with the outcome unresolved, 57-all. Cliffhangers marked inaugural matches in two other cities as well, with Sto. Domingo nipping Sto. Nino, 81-80, at Teacher’s Village in Cainta, and Black 4 edging Wagas, 64-61, at Brgy. 104, Zone 8 in Manila. Three others teams had smoother sailings: Malinta routed Brgy. Bignay, 92-67, at St. Jude-Malinta in Valenzuela; Brgy. Sta. Elena crushed Sto. Niño, 78-65, at Tambay Kay Lim court in Marikina; and Brgy. Dorotea Rd. used its homecourt advantage in shelling Grace Park, 74-62, at the Brgy. Dorotea Rd. court in Caloocan City. A total cash prize of P500,00 is at stake in this grassroots-to-the-core project launched by JB Baylon, PBA Powerade Tigers governor and director for Public Affairs & Communications of Coca-Cola Export Corp., with P250,000 going to the eventual NCR champion. A huge 15-game schedule is on tap today as 13 cities play host to Day Three, with Quezon City and Makati each housing two matches. Wagas eyes to rebound from an opening day loss when it battles Bukid at 6:30 pm at Brgy. 72, Zone 6 in Manila; WGI meets WGZ at 4 pm at Marik Subdivision in Cainta; Brgy. Sta. Elena eyes a second win against Parang at 7 pm at Tambay Kay Lim in Marikina; Bagumbayan shoots for 2-0 against Tangos at 6 p.m. at the Navotas Sports Complex; homecourt advantage again belongs to Brgy. Dorotea Rd. when it goes up against Bagong Barrio at 4 p.m. at Brgy. Dorotea Rd. in Caloocan; Tinajeros faces Hulong Duhat at 7 p.m. at Plaza Concepcion in Malabon; Masambong tangles with Commonwealth at 4 p.m. at Bernardo Park in Quezon City; Libis collides with Kristong Hari at 6 p.m. at Station 10 Edsa also in Quezon City; Malinta seeks a second win against Canumay at 6 p.m. at the Canumay Covered Court in Valenzuela; Sta. Ana battles San Roque at 6 p.m. at Rosario Kanluran in Pateros; Mauway checks out Namayan at 9 a.m. at the City Gym of Mandaluyong; Pitogo takes on Olympia at 3 p.m. at the Kolesiyum ng Bayan in Makati; Guadalupe faces off with Pio del Pilar at 4:30 p.m. also at the Kolesiyum ng Bayan in Makati; San Juan meets San Isidro at 6:30 p.m. at the San Juan Gym in Taytay; and Bagumbayan clashes with Ligid Tipas at 4 p.m. at Brgy, Bagumbayan Coco Hills Covered Court in Taguig. - RCJ, GMA News