A hearbreaking loss for Petron gives Talk n' Text the number 1 slot

it's only 3.7 seconds left in the final period but the Talk n Text tropang Texters still manage to score 4 points off a free throw from Harvey and a 3 point play from Japeth Aguilar to secure a win against Petron Blaze Boosters. The game was very close up to the end game and had the Petron leading 78-76 off a three 3-point shot by Alex Cabagnot 12.8 seconds left on the clock.

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Weisntein on the other court goes for a drive and missed a lay-up but Harvey was their to grabbed the rebound and got a crucial foul from Arwind Santos. Carey sanked in his first free throw making the score 78-77 but missed the 2nd attempt. But the was the key factor on last nights game. Japeth who came off the bench after being seated for a long time because of so many lapses he committed on the first 3 quarters got the rebound, shoot the ball to the ring for a 3-point play.

The Texters proved that even though they lost their key players because of injury that they still have the heart of a champion. Jimmy Alapag and Jason Castro was being pulled out of the game again due to injury but the other Texters didn't lost their composure and manage to win this crucial game against Petron Blaze.

The scores:

TALK N' TEXT 80 - Williams 21, Fonacier 17, Carey 15, Castro 8, Weinstein 6, Gamalinda 4, Alvarez 4, Aguilar 3, Lao 2, Raymundo 0, Alapag 0.

PETRON 78 - Miranda 15, Cabagnot 14, Yeo 12, Santos 11, Reyes 9, Ildefonso 8, Tugade 5, Guevarra 4,Doruelo 0, Baclao 0.

Quarters: 23-28, 29-40, 57-53, 80-78