Venues settled at SMART ARANETA COLISEUM, Wednesday's match-up ball game will start at 4:15pm game #63.
STAR HOTSHOTS VS MAHINDRA
EVENTS: Full Game Replay
Where: SMART ARANETA COLISEUM
When: SUNDAY APRIL 10, 2016
When: SUNDAY APRIL 10, 2016
With the win, the Hotshots finished their elimination round campaign with a 5-6 record, closing the door on the Enforcer (4-7).
Star got off to a hot start, scoring 32 first quarter points with Ratliffe, Maliksi and PJ Simon scoring eight apiece in the opening period. They struggled after that, though, mustering a mere 21 points in the second and third quarters combined.
But they came out with a huge effort in the fourth.
With the game deadlocked at 57-all, Cruz was fouled shooting a three, making all of his free throws. Sangalang followed that up with a bucket and Cruz struck again before Ratliffe finished on back-to-back buckets to push the difference to double figures, 68-57.
Dehesa made 1-for-3 from the stripe before Cruz capped the run with a big triple, 71-58.
Mahindra made one last run as they trimmed it down to six, 73-67, on an Aldrech Ramos three-pointer but Cruz made two more treys to seal the win.
The scores:
Star 86 – Ratliffe 24, Cruz 18, Sangalang 12, Maliksi 11, Simon 8, Barroca 5, Melton 4, Pingris 3, Reavis 1, Pascual 0,.
Mahindra 73 — Dehesa 13, Gilchrist 13, Ramos 13, Canaleta 8, Yee 7, Revilla 5, Elorde 4, Guinto 4, Aguular 2, Bagatsing 2, Ballesteros 2, De Vera 0, Digregorio 0, Pinto 0.
Quarters: 32-21; 43-36; 53-51; 86-73.