MIGHTY Sports beat Mighty Baliwag, 94-91, to rule the Fifth Republica Cup Invitational Basketball Tournament held over the weekend at the Malolos Sports and Convention Center.
Former San Beda star center Ola Adeogun was almost unstoppable in the paint and scored 22 points to lead Mighty Sports to its fourth title in the annual tournament.
Adeogun highlighted his game-long brilliance with a power play that shattered an 84-all count and made two defensive stops to take the fight out of Baliwag in the knockout championship match witnessed by a huge crowd, including Malolos Mayor Christian Natividad.
Also providing the needed firepower for the Caesar Wongchuking-managed Mighty Sports were University of the Philippines hotshot Paul Desiderio and import Jamal Thomas. who made clutch baskets to help repel Baliwag’s comeback.
“I would like to congratulate our coaching staff headed by Coach Charles Tiu, as well as our players for a well-played tournament. Mighty Sports will always support the sports programs of Mayor Christian [Natividad] and the municipality of Malolos,” team owner Caesar Wongchuking said.
Showing the company’s legendary generosity, Wongchuking said their P150,000 prize will be donated to a youth-oriented foundation.
Mighty Sports won the first two seasons of the tournament (2013 to 2014) before lording it over again two years ago.
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Excellent job Mighty Sports! Laban ulit tayo sa international!
+1 to this! Mr. Caesar Wongchuking I hope you can read this. When’s the next Jones Cup? Maybe we can make up for that heartbreaking (controversial) loss in SG!