Magnolia Beverage Masters Basketball Games Updates

DANNY SEIGLE STARS AS MAGNOLIA GETS BACK AT PUREFOODS: Dynamite Danny back in action, scatters 27 markers to lead all scorers

Danny Seigle proved it once again that an injury would not hinder him from giving his best performance. Having been sidelined for several games already due to an injury, Danny Seigle dished out one of his best performance this conference.

That's the mark of a true champion - getting up after being down. Do you remember how he fought back after a career-threatening achilles tendon injury that took him out of the Busan Asian Games delegation?


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Source: PBA.ph
Friday, 16 May 2008

Danny Seigle was among players who dished out a remarkable basketball game likely to impress foreign scouts up in the gallery.

Coming back from sickbay, Seigle came through with a personal conference high 27 points, and Magnolia got back at Purefoods, 88-81, in the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference elimination round at the Araneta Coliseum Friday night.

The Wagner U product, averaging only 17 points before the basketball game, outdid himself as he went 2-of-2 from the three-point area, 7-of-15 from two-point range and 7-of-9 from the stripe, dealing the Giants tremendous blows as the Magnolia Beverage Masters avenged their 125-127 loss in their previous tiff.

Jameel Watkins, Lordy Tugade and Dondon Hontiveros added at least 11 points apiece for Magnolia, which finished the first half of the preliminaries tied with Air21 at 5-4.

Nino Canaleta, with 29 points, starred for the Express as they clobbered the Coca-Cola Tigers, 104-86, in an earlier basketball game also watched by foreign coaches, including former Red Bull import Tony Lang.

Now an assistant coach for the Mitsubishi team in the Japanese League, Lang, a one-time PBA Best Import awardee, was particularly impressed with Canaleta.

A number of coaches from the Japanese and Korean leagues are now in the country, scouting the imports currently playing in the PBA.

Watkins and Reda Rhalimi both had mediocre showing in the contest taken over by Seigle.

Seigle scored practically from all angles and personally delivered the killer blow on the Giants with a three-pointer beating the shot-clock buzzer that made it 87-79 for Magnolia Beverage Masters entering the final minute of the contest.

Minus injured ace forward Kerby Raymundo, the Giants started flat but waged a fiery chase, putting pressure on the Magnolia Beverage Masters towards the end.

The Giants fell short on their comeback bid, though, suffering a fifth defeat against three wins.

"By no means, pangit ang pagka-panalo namin. Wala na nga si Kerby, nahirapan pa kaming manalo. But of course a win is a win," said Magnolia coach Siot Tanquingcen.

"A 5-4 record halfway through the elims is a pretty decent record. But we still have a lot of room to improve on. We have to become better if we’re to contend for at least the semifinals," Tanquingcen added.

Raymundo sat out the game due to an injured knee. Enrico Villanueva started in Raymundo's spot in his absence, and the former Ateneo Eagle paced the team with 18 points.

Seigle buckled down to work early, tossing in 12 points as Magnolia raced to a 31-11 lead at the end of the first period.

Tugade took over in the second period and, with support from Olsen Racela and Hontiveros, the Magnolia Beverage Masters stretched their spread to 24 twice towards the end of the second period.

The Magnolia Beverage Masters took full control right away while converting 63.6 percent of their field-goal shots in the first 24 minutes of play. The Giants, on the other hand, struggled with a 29.7 percent shooting in the same stretch. (NC)

The scores:

Magnolia 88 – Seigle 27, Watkins 15, Tugade 11, Hontiveros 11, Cortez 9, Bono 6, Racela 6, Pingris 3, Calaguio 0, Pena 0.

Purefoods 81 – Villanueva 18, Rhalimi 17, Salvador 14, Yap J. 13, Simon 11, Yap R. 4. Lanete 2, Yee 2, Sanz 0, Evangelista 0.

Quarterscores: 31-11, 53-29, 66-60, 88-81.