MANILA, Philippines — University of Perpetual Help System Dalta bounced back from an opening day setback with an emphatic 83-72 victory over Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) in Season 102 of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Thursday afternoon at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City.
Perpetual Help started its season campaign with an 84-77 loss to Colegio de San Juan de Letran last Sunday but played well against EAC to enter the win column.
On Thursday, Mark Gojo Cruz lifted the Altas with impressive numbers of 16 points, four rebounds and six assists.
Altas head coach Olsen Racela lauded Gojo Cruz for staying out of foul trouble against the Generals.
“In the first game against Letran is that the team lost composure and this time we played more solid. We mounted enough points to get away against EAC,” Racela said.
“Also, Gojo Cruz delivered today and he was not in foul trouble so that’s good too.”
Angelo Gelsano added 17 points and LA Casinillo chipped in 16 points for Perpetual Help.
Juan Tulabut and Rey Maglupay also scored 15 and 11 points, respectively.
The Altas won the game despite making 21 turnovers compared to only 10 by EAC.
The Generals banked on EJ Castillo who scored 19 points and Harvae Raymundo who netted 17.
