Holy Trinity clobbers St. Therese; Holy Child wins in GS Cup opener

Holy Trinity College of Gen. Santos City clobbered St. Therese High School, 96 - 50 to open its title hunt in the 6^th Gaisano South Cup Junior’s Division II class Saturday at the Gaisano Grand Skygym “Home of the Rising Stars”.

HTC came out matchless at all fronts in beating the defending champions and notching its first victory in the tournament touted as the biggest and longest running school-based tournament in Mindanao.

After establishing a huge 33 points lead 53 - 20 at the half, the Pol Torrijos mentored HTC never looked back to barge into the winning column in Bracket B.

Ryan Paul Sunio top scored for HTC with 13 points but it was Willy Pasco, Jr. came out big for the Gen. Santos City-based squad with a double-double performance.

Pasco, a six-foot-one wing man, poured in 12 points on top of 13 rebounds and 2 steals.

Bonifacio Akim, Jr. paced St. Therese with 20 points.

In Junior Division 1 encounter, Holy Child School of Davao opened their title retention bid by

besting Agro Industrial Foundation College, 91 - 69.

Martin Delfinado starred for Holy Child’s victory with 18 points along with 7 rebounds and 6 steals.

Councilor’s Tomas Monteverde IV and Halila Sudagar, representing Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, graced the opening ceremony

Karla Giorgia Corcino, Gaisano Grand Citimall Ad’s and Promo chief, thanked the participating schools for their active participation and undying support to the league.

“We have a commitment to organize this exciting event every year as our contribution to the development program of basketball in Davao City, “said Corcino in her short but meaningful speech that drew round of applauses from the roaring crowd.

The tournament is sanctioned by BAP-Samahang Basketbolista ng Pilipinas and backed by Unilever, P&G, Abbott and Sunsport. (GS cup press corp.)