Manila Chooks reaches Mongolia Super Quest quarterfinals – Manila Bulletin

Manila Chooks received two of three video games in thrilling vogue to succeed in the quarterfinals of the FIBA 3×3 Tremendous Quest held Friday, Could 6 on the UB Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Dennis Santos’ layup sealed Manila’s 21-20 comeback win over Mongolia’s Zaisan earlier than bouncing again from a 21-14 loss to Zavkhan by sneaking previous Sansar with a 19-18 win on Chico Lanete’s basket within the dying seconds.

The two-1 slate in Pool B was sufficient for Manila, composed of Santos, Lanete, Nigerian large man Henry Iloka and Ron Dennison, to rearrange a quarterfinal conflict towards Japanese facet Yokohama on Saturday.

Cebu Chooks, winner of final week’s Tremendous Quest in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, additionally superior regardless of going 1-2 in Pool B.

Mac Tallo, Zach Huang, Brandon Ramirez and Mike Nzeusseu drubbed Mongolia’s Amgalan with a 21-10 determination, however Cebu misplaced its subsequent two assignments.

Cebu suffered a 21-10 loss to Yokohama earlier than falling brief towards host Ulaanbaatar by way of the identical rating.

Slated Saturday for Cebu is a quarterfinal assembly with Zavkhan, with the winner advancing to the semis.

Mongolian squads Ulaanbaatar and Zaisan gained outright semis berths by advantage of topping their respective swimming pools.