TEAM STANDINGS
GROUP A W L
JMC 2 0
ACD 1 0
DCNHS 1 1
Ateneo 1 1
Emar 0 1
PWC 0 2
GROUP B
DJA 2 0
Holy Child 1 0
Ford 1 1
DRANHS 1 1
Holy Cross 0 1
Agro 0 2
Jose Maria College and Davao Jones Academy took the early leadership of the ongoing 4th Emilio Escandor Cup Inter-Secondary Basketball Tournament with convincing wins over the weeked.
The JMC cagers, who benefited from Ateneo de Davao’s game forfeiture for a rule infraction last February 26, chalked up its second win in the SBP-sanctioned hoopfest with a 54-46 win over Philippine Women’s College.
JMC is now perched solo at the top of Group A with a 2-0 slate.
Davao Jones Academy also kept abreast with its second straight win in Group B, routing hapless Holy Cross of Sasa 100-33.
Debuting defending champion Holy Child went through the proverbial eye of the needle in eking out a close 79-76 win over Ford Academy for its first win in the tournament. Ford dropped to 1-1.
Assumption College of Davao likewise opened its campaign with a 70-59 rout of Emar while Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School scored its first win via a 68-61 shellacking of Agro-Industrial Foundation College.
ACD is at 1-0 in Group A while Emar is at 0-1. DRANHS now tote a 1-1 record in Group B while Agro occupy the cellar at 0-2.
Ateneo got back on the winning track, blasting away Davao City National High School 93-45. There was no denying the Blue Knights this time after a costly inadvertence on player eligibility cost them a game penalty.
Francis Gabriel Escandor led the Blue Knights with 21 points while Ion Angeles added 11.
