De Roy@lle Cafe in semi-finals

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Sunday, June 28, 2009

RONEL SUGNAN'S 34 points helped De Roy@lle Cafe book a semi-final berth after coming off a 93-81 victory over Magic in the 111th Philippine Independence Basketball Cup last night at the Brunei Basketball Association Court in Batu Bersurat.

"We just needed to win the game since it was the final game for us in the group stages," said Sugnan. "We wanted to go to the semi-finals, that's the motivation for us in the fourth quarter."

The teams were tied at the end of the third quarter and Sugnan came alive in the fourth quarter to score 10 points including six straight points to extend De Roy@lle Cafe's lead to 10 with three minutes left to play.

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Courtesy of The Brunei Times