B-MEG Expert Cebu drew a combined 25 points from Jerald Legarda and Mark Linao to beat Smart-Olongapo, 75-66, and bag the Nokia National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) D-League provincial crown recently at the San Juan gym.
The Pepito Delfin-coached Experts thus completed a four-game sweep in the four-team provincial finals in this tournament backed by Nokia Philippines and TAO Corporation with recognition from the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.
For the second placers, the Northern Luzon champions got 10 points each from mythical five members Lomell Loyola and Tristan Perez in the tournament also supported by San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc., Smart Communications and Burlington.
En route to the win over Smart-Olongapo, the Cebuanos beat Smart-Cagayan de Oro (96-92); Trace College Laguna (75-51) and Smart Olongapo (90-69) before meeting the latter anew in the finals.
Smart Cagayan de Oro took third place after a 93-84 win over Trace College Laguna fuelled by a combined 50 points from Giovani Jalalon, Reden Celda Rocky Mejos and Rhonnel Lastimosa, who was named Burlington Most Promising Player.
Joining Loyola and Perez in the mythical selection are Celda, B-MEG Cebu’s Edcor Marata and Kiervin Revadavia of Trace College-Laguna. James Regalado of Cebu was named Most Outstanding Player.
