Games today: (Lyceum gym)
7 p.m -- . Lyceum-Yummy vs Mapua-Mighty Sports
8:30 p.m. -- MOB Packers vs. Skyforce
MAPUA-Mighty Sports resumes its campaign in the MBL Invitational Cup when it takes on fellow NCAA campaigner Lyceum of the Philippines University-Yummy Hotdogs at the Lyceum gym in Intramuros, Manila.
Game time is 7 p.m. with odds about even between the Cardinals and the Pirates.
The two teams split their two matches during the 87th NCAA season last year, finishing with identical 7-11 win-loss records for a tie for fifth to sixth places.
Mapua and Lyceum are two of four NCAA teams currently seeing action in the league as guest teams.
(The other two teams are Jose Rizal University and Letran College).
Handled by coach Chito Victolero, the Cardinals defeated Skyforce Brokerage (63-54) in its first assignment last Nov. 22 before losing to Jose Rizal (63-65) last Dec. 1 and University of Santo Tomas (55-59) last Dec. 6.
The Bonnie Tan-mentored Pirates, on the other hand, dropped their first four assignments against Letran, Wang’s Ballclub, Skyforce and MOB Packers before winning by default over Now TV-Trinity University.
In the second game, Skyforce and MOB square off at 8:30 p.m.
Skyforce (2-2) is being handled by coach June Longalong, while MOB (1-4) is being handled by playing coach Richie Melencio.
Last Saturday, JRU brought down Wang’s Ballclub, 96-93, to keep its perfect record with five straight wins.
University of Santo Tomas-Ironcon Builers, which has yet to see action in the new year, is second with a 4-0 win-loss record.
Tournament director Albert Andaya said the top four teams after the single-round elimination will advance to the semis outright with the No. 1 team facing the No. 4 squad and the No. 2 team battling the No. 3 squad in a pair of knockout matches.
The winners in the semis will then dispute the title in a winner-take-all encounter.
Multi-titled coach Loreto “Ato” Tolentino is the commissioner.
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