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SportsBenque and San Ignacio/Santa Elena Basketball Tournament nears playoffs

by Karim  Juan

SAN IGNACIO TOWN, Cayo District, Mon. June 27, 2022

   Week 3 of the Benque and San Ignacio/Santa Elena Basketball Tournament continued this past weekend at the Resilience Center at the Victor Galvez Stadium in San Ignacio Town. The Under 15 and Under 18 teams will battle in a best-of-three playoff series while the top 4 teams in the Open division will advance to the semi-finals. Below are the regular season scores, standings and the upcoming schedule. 

Friday, June 24 results

   (Under 18) Love Soul Mambas, 79-29, over Snipers. Love Soul Mambas – Zoren Deceninck 22 pts, Kishawn Usher 20 pts, Eliel Landero 17 pts. Snipers – Christian Baiza 8 pts, Emerson Corrales 6 pts.

   (Open Male) Assassins, 95-26, over Vikings. Assassins – Shemar White 31 pts, Dominic Gill 14 pts, Denzel Nunez 12 pts, Aaron Allison 10 pts.  Vikings – Alvan Gentle 12 pts, Isaac August 5 pts.

   (Open Male) Venom, 72-30, over Tigers. Venom – Elvert “PG” Arriola 34 pts, Joel Montejo 16 pts, Johan “Cutto” Bermudez 8 pts. Tigers – Brandon Anderson 8 pts, Rupert Hendy 5 pts.

Saturday, June 25 results

   (Under 15) Assassins Jr., 28-17, over Benque Basketball Academy. Assassins Jr. – Jeremy Carbajal 17 pts, Roy “Sonny” Valentine 7 pts. Benque Academy – Hua Qiang Zhao 11 pts, Byron Rosas 4 pts.

   (Open Male) Outdoors, 56-49, over West Kings. Outdoors – Alejandro Baptist 16 pts, Kevin Brown 11 pts. West Kings – Kieran Dart 24 pts, Matthew Morales 19 pts.

   (Open Male) Venom, 54-52, over Assassins. Venom – Johan “Cutto” Bermudez 11 pts, Allizair Rhaburn 10 pts, Elvert “PG” Arriola 10 pts, Frank Fuller  9 pts. Assassins – Shemar White 18 pts, Jamie Carbajal 15 pts, Ryan “Mentes” Carbajal 8 pts.

   Below are the standings with 2 weekends remaining for the regular season. 

 OPEN   
TEAMGames PlayedWinsLossesPoints
Venom55015
Assassins43110
Outdoors3309
West Kings3125
Benque No-Hops3033
Vikings3033
Tigers3033
 UNDER 15   
TEAMGames PlayedWinsLossesPoints
Assassins Jr. 2206
Benque Basketball Academy2022
 UNDER 18   
TEAMGames PlayedWinsLossesPoints
Love Soul Mambas1103
Snipers1011

   Below is the schedule for this coming weekend.  The games for this weekend will be played at the Deacon Basketball Court in Benque Viejo Town. 

   Upcoming schedule:

Friday, July 1

6:30 p.m. – (U18) Snipers vs Love Soul Mambas

7:30 p.m. – (Open) Vikings vs Benque No-Hops

9:00 p.m. – (Open) Tigers vs Outdoors

Saturday, July 2

6:30 p.m. – (Open) Vikings vs West Kings

7:30 p.m. – (Open) Venom vs Outdoors

9:00 p.m. – (Open) Benque No-Hops vs Tigers

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