Letran thrashes Sherilin Unisol-City of Naga in PSL Battle of Champions

THE Farm Fresh-Letran handed the Sherilin Unisol-City of Naga their second straight loss with a 101-71 rout in the 2023 Manila Bankers Life-Pilipinas Super League 18-Under Battle of the Champions on Monday, July 24, 2023, at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in Pampanga.

Letran welcomed back their star guard Andy Gemao in style as they followed up their 93-67 thrashing of the Max Ballers Davao with another dominant showing against the team from Cebu and keep them winless so far in this stage of the competition.

The top two teams by the end of the elimination round will move on to the best-of-three finals which begins on Friday, July 28, also at the same venue.

Gemao made his much-awaited return to Farm Fresh-Letran after being with University of the Philippines for its Serbia camp. The NCAA Season 98 Juniors Basketball Finals MVP showed no signs of rust, scoring 15 points.

Arwin Alforque and Juhniel Dela Rama chipped in 12 and 10 markers, respectively, as every player fielded by Allen Ricardo scored in the contest.

Sherilin-Unisol, who fell to 0-2 in the five-team meet, was paced by Jerome Arboiz with 13 points and seven rebounds. (JNP)