Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL)

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Larry Muyang missed only one of his 11 field goal attempts to finish with 20 points, and added 5 rebounds and Jhaymo Eguilos contributed 12 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists as the Pampanga Giant Lanterns beat QC Galeries Taipan 90-73.

Pampanga is now tied with idle Caloocan Batang Kankaloo at 4th place with similar 16win-7loss record.

Jayson Puray topscored for Quezon city with 16 points.

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Basilan started the game on fire, outscoring Davao Occidental 30-14 in the first quarter, fueling their 82-63 victory.

Gab Dagangon (19 points, 8 rebounds), Eman Calo (13 points) and Alex Cabagnot (10 points, 10 rebounds, 9assists) spearheaded the Viva Portmasters' attck to win their 11th game of the season, good for 8th in the South Division.

Davao fell to 8-14 (win-loss), dampening their bid for a play-in spot as they are now one game behind idle team Imus and Sarangani, which both have 9-13 records.

Wowie Escosio scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Davao.

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South Division leading Quezon Huskers dominated Basilan right from the get-go to score a 91-54 win, their 17th in 21 games.

Nine players scored at least 6 points for the huskers in a balance scoring attack.

Gab Dagangon, who finished with 10 points, was the lone player from Basilan to score in double figures.

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Dave Ildefonso scored 27 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and issues 3 assists as the Abra Solid North Weavers beat 2-time defending champions Pampanga Giant Lanterns 94-80.

Marwin Taywan (17 points and 10 assists) and John Uduba (10 points and 10 rebounds) contributed double-doubles for Abra, which tied San Juan atop the North Division leaderboard.

Archie Concepcion led Pampanga with 24 points.

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Aldave Canoy scored 15 points, Mark Ray Malazarte 14 and Mark Ray Dubouzet 13, leading the Bacolod Tubo Slashers to a surprise 76-73 win over Basilan Viva Portmasters.

Enzo Navarro and Gab Dagangon both had 14 points for Basilan.

The win snapped Bacolod's 13-game losing streak (3-18 win-loss overall). The Portmasters dropped to 10-10.

Quezon City vs. Basilan, Caloocan vs. Sarangani and Rizal vs. Nueva Ecija, scheduled for today at the Ynares Center in Montalban, Rizal has ben postponed due to bad weather.

This is the second consecutive game date postponed as rains continue to pour on most of Southern Luzon and Metro Manila.

Reggz Gabat had 20 points and 5 rebounds and James Una and John Cauilan added 12 points apiece as South Division leading Zamboanga Sikat (11-2)  edged 2-time defending champions Pampanga Giant Lanterns 76-63.