By ARTHUR LAPAAN ALLAD-IW
nordis.net

BAGUIO CITY – Two teams in the 7th Season of the Phoenix Cup showed what team work means when they lopsidedly defeated their rivals in their games at the Easter College here.

The new Phoenix team defeated the Adrenalin on Wednesay with the score 107 – 74 in the Bracket D while the BENECO defeated the Tazmanians with the score 104 – 68 earlier on Tuesday in Bracket E.

Joey Mang-usan led the Phoenix players with the highest scores through their play characterized by their team’s hustle, fastbreaks, and steals.

The first quarter was slow with Phoenix scoring 28 and Adrenaline 23. The Phoenix team worked hard in the second quarter where it scored total of 56 points. Phoenix score balloned in the third quarter to 79 with Adrenaline’s 50. They never turned their back up to the fourth quarter with the final score 107 – 74.

Aside from Phoenix and BENECO which won in Brackets D and E respectively, Dunamis defeated Easter College High School Varsity with the score 60 – 55 in Bracket G; GWE won over Skycable in Bracket B and Isaac defeated Autofield with 108 – 86 in the same bracket; Curamed won over DAWGS with 97 -87 and ISAAC defeated Justice with 95 – 72 in Bracket A.

In Bracket C, Subzero defeated ISAAC Team in the Bracket C category.

Phoenix Cup is being sponsored by the Cordillera Phoenix Sports Inc. (CPSI), sports organization registered with the Securities Exchange Commission and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Its 7th Season participated by 48 teams in seven brackets will end on February 2013.#www.nordis.net