UP’s Reyes, Epres win 2-ball competition of UAAP-NCAA side events

The team of University of the Philippines’s (UP) Martin Reyes and Vicmel Epres were adjudged champions in the two-ball competition of the side events show of the UAAP-NCAA All-Star Game at the San Juan Arena in San Juan Saturday. Reyes and Epres bagged the title after they scored 45 points in the finals of the tournament, besting the tandem of University of the East (UE) Paul Lee and Jorel Canizares, who scored 41 points. The two teams went to the Finals after they were tied for first and second places, respectively during the 16-team elimination round with a score of 61 points. A trophy, P5,000 cash and MP3 players from Samsung were given out to the winners of the event. The three-point shootout was a La Salle and San Beda finale with King Archer Jvee Casio having the last laugh winning the competition by scoring 23 points in the Finals. Casio bested San Beda’s JR Tescon who finished with just six points. Fr. Mateo de Jesus of Letran and Jerry Lacson of Samsung Philippines handed out a trophy, a check of P5,000 and an MP3 player to Casio who was named as co-MVP in last week’s UAAP Finals. Tecson scored 20 points to enter the shoot-out finals first with Casio and Letran’s RJ Azul being tied for the second spot with 19 points apiece. However, Tecson and Casio entered the Finals as rules state that only players coming from the UAAP and NCAA can go to the Finals of the three-point shoot-out. The scores in the first round: James Martinez of University of the East with 8 points, Jayson Nocom of Jose Rizal University (10 ), Khasim Mirza of University of Santo Tomas (5), JR Tecson of San Beda (20), Migs de Asis of University of the Philippines (11), Kelvin de la Peña of Mapua (12), JVee Casio of De La Salle (19), RJ Azul (19). In the slam-dunk competition, Letran’s Rey Guevarra was named champion after he scored a perfect 50 points in the Finals beating San Beda’s Sam Ekwe and UE’s Hans Thiele. The 6’3’ Guevarra got the nod of the judges by scoring on a one handed dunk over a seated teammate to win the competition. He was given a check of P5,000, a Samsung MP3 player and a trophy for the feat. The judges for the event were Jasmine Payo of Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), Teodore Jurado of Taliba, Fernando Lozano of Mapua, Mr. Rolando Perez of UE and Peter Musngi of ABS-CBN. Francis Soriano of UST, Jerome Cruz of JRU, Aaron Galapon of NU, Jason Bellesteros of SSC, Reil Cervantes of FEU and Elmer Espiritu of UE also joined the slam dunk competition. - GMANews.TV