PBL: Magnolia beats Kettle Korn, 97-74

Games Tuesday – Olivarez College Gym, Parañaque 2 pm – Sista Super Sealers vs Mail And More 4 pm – TeleTech vs Hapee-PCU As expected, Magnolia Dairy Ice Cream hammered Kettle Korn, 97-74, to end a two-game losing streak in the PBL Silver Cup Saturday at the The Arena in San Juan. Yousef Aljamal scored a career-high 23 points in leading the Magnolia's offense and in entering the win column after three starts. Also making his presence felt was Gerard Jones who ignited Magnolia's furious start in the first period. Jones scored six of his eight points in the first 10 minutes of the game to give Magnolia a 27-11 lead. And with Rogemar Menor contributing to Magnolia's offense, they posted the biggest margin at 78-27. Jeff Chan contributed 14 points off the bench while Bonbon Custodio, a starter like Aljamal, added 10 points. Except for Alex Angeles and starting center Ricky Natividad all of the players utilized by Koy Banal scored for the Pop Kings. Jojo Cortez led the Kettle Korn Tigers with his 11 points while Jojo Duncil and Allan Evangelista added 10 points each. Kettel Korn absorbed its fourth straight defeat in as many games. GMANews.TV