Binan Tatak Gel trounced Negros, 91-72, on Saturday to rev up its drive in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Sixth Season at the Calasiao Sports Complex in Pangasinan.
Kenny Roger Rocacurva posted 22 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists to lead Binan to its 11th win against 7 losses in the round-robin elimination phase of the 29-team tournament.
Other Binan players who delivered were Jonathan Grey with 14 points, Pamboy Ramundo and Jeric James Pido with 11 each, Nino Canaleta with 10 points plus 9 rebounds and Marc Pingris with 6 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals.
Ahead by as many as 20 points, 71-51, Binan handed Negros its 12th loss in 21 starts.
Negros got 12 points each from John Rey Villanueva and Renz Palma, and 11 points from Buenaventura Raflores.
Earlier, Bataan checked a four-game slide with a 103-96 victory over Mindoro.
The Risers, who climbed to 5-24, were powered by Robbi Marion Darang’s 24 points, 9 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals. He was supported by Yves Sazon with 19 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds, Rhaffy Octobre with 17 points plus 6 rebounds, Mitchelle Maynes with 13 points, 13 rebounds, plus 3 assists, and Jeff Santos with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
Mindoro suffered its third straight defeat and tumbled to 5-11 despite the 25-point, 13-assist, 12-rebound, 2-steal, and 1-block effort of John Jerrick Caspe.
The MPBL returns to the FilOIl Ecooil Centre in San Juan on Monday with a triple bill pitting Rizal against Sarangani at 4 p.m., Pampanga against Zamboanga at 6 p.m., and Davao against San Juan at 8 p.m.
