STI Colleges  rode on the  heroics of  Ervin Silverie to eke out a  thrilling 103-102  overtime win over erstwhile unbeaten University of  Manila at the start of the second round  iof  the elimination  n the 11th   NAASCU junior division basketball champiosnhip at the Makati Coliseum.

Silverie  nailed a long but desperation three-point shot  as time expired to lift  the Junior Olympians  to victory over the highly-favored  Hawkletts

Silverie’'s  heroics  came after Yves Maverick Nicholas split his free throws to give  UM a two-point  lead, 102-100, with 15 seconds left.

Jim Lontok topscored with a 28 points for the Hubert Delos Santos-mentored  Junior Olympians, followed  by Arjay Napenas with 20, Silverie with 16, and John Roy Parinas and Fernando Ngolong with 11 points each.

STI improved  to 4-5.

Ryanosuke Oka fired  22 points, Rodolfo Marticio added 21 points and John Leyner Santos contributed 20 points for the Hawklets.

Equally impressive were Our Lady of Fatima University, which defeated AMA Computer University, 72-63, and St. Clare College-Caloocan, which  outplayed Centor Escolar University, 88-72.

Bernabe Teodoro and Jerome Juanico scored29 points between them  for the Baby Phoenix of former RP Youth mainstay-turned-coach Ralph Emerson Rivera.

The Baby Saints leaned on the duo of  Joy De Mesa and Norman Mercado to beat the Baby Scorpions for their sixth win in nine outings.

De Mesa  finished with a game-high 30points while Mercado added 20 points foir the Caloocan City-based squad, which is being  handled  by  Benjie Diswe and   assistant coach  Edwin  Ancheta in the absence of head  coach Mark Herrera.

Commssioner is Igmidio "Boy" Cahanding while  tournament director is BJ Diswe.

The scores:

First game

STI  (103) -- Lontok 28, Napenas 20, Silverie 16, Parinas 11, Ngolong 11, Sanchez 6, Delorino 6, Amapro 5, Sultan 0, Baquiran 0.

UM  (102) -- Oka 22,  Marticio 21, Santos 20, Mallari 13, Nicholas 11, Abejar 6, De Guzman 4, Baylen 3, Lugo 2, Mateo 0, Rivera 0, Andor 0.

Quarterscores: 17-14, 46-40, 66-63, 88-88, 103-102.

Second game:

Fatima (72) -- Teodoro 16, Juanico 13, Pineda 8, Estodillo 8, Laquesty 6, Montanez 5, Del Rosario 5, Cabrera 4, Mendoza 4, Gaddy 2, Mocon 1.

AMACU (63) -- Arceo 13,Discipulo 12,Conception 9, Garcia 8,  Favis 6,  Brondial 4, Santos 4, De  Leon 3, Genove 2, Desculatan 2.

Quarterscores :14-15, 30-31, 53-46, 72-63.

Third game

St .Clare (88) -- De Mesa 30, Mercado 18, Cabanilla 12, Calma 7, Callangan 7, Bitoon 6, Villar 2,  Andaya 2, Rosales 2, Martin 2.

CEU (72) -- Sevilla 21, Abundo 14,  Apolinario 12, Banua 7,Tuazon 6, Jeruta 6,Bernardo 6, Anain 6, Navarro 4, Akpa 0.

Quarterscores:  21-17, 34-39, 60-55, 88-72.