DAVAO CITY — Philippine ring icon Manny Pacquiao’s Pacman basketball team won the 2nd Emperador Bandy Battle of Champions Wednesday night over the Duterte Agilas 82 – 66 at the Davao City Recreation Center here.
Both teams finished the single-round robin with 3-1 slates but Pacman prevailed over the Agilas under the “team beats the other format” to claim the title and the P20, 000 prize.
Pacman exploded in the final quarter with a 7 – 0 run to take 63 – 55 lead with 6:31 left and never looked back.
Donald Tadena who won the Most Valuable Player award led the scoring and defensive chores for the Pacman. He had 13 points.
Bullstrong Boris Mejorada added 13 points to help the Gen. Santos City based Pacman copped its first title this year.
Agilas go to guy John Gonzaga was limited to 9 points by the pesky defense of Tadena only had 9 points. Christopher Jatico top scored for the Agilas with 23 points.
National Basketball Conference (NBC) bound North Cotabato Braves clinched the third place.
