Basketball Update Alaska Aces
Aces storm to 2nd victory
The Alaska Aces roared to their second straight victory in the Philippine Basketball Association Preseason Tournament with a devastating 80-71 rout of the undermanned Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants at the Arellano University gymnasium.
Purefoods missed the services of 2006 Most Valuable Player James Yap, who was resting a sprained ankle.
Another victory, tomorrow over the undermanned Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings, who lost their opening game, 82-83, against the Giants, will propel the Aces to the one-game championship of the preseason tourney on Sunday.
By then, the Aces hope to parade the newest addition to their family — rookie Mark Borboran, who was traded by Air21 to Alaska, in favor of big man JR Quinahan.
Quiñahan was the seventh pick overall by the Aces in the 2007 PBA Draft. An outstanding amateur player, he did not get the chance to strut his stuff because the Aces were loaded with big men in Sonny Thoss, John Ferriols and new recruit Ervin Sotto.
Borboran, who was the sixth pick in this year’s PBA Draft averaged close to 20 points and eight rebounds for the University of the East Red Warriors. He averaged 17. 1 points for Hapee Toothpaste in the Philippine Basketball League’s Unity Cup last May.
Borboran is the fifth left-handed player of the Aces. He joins fellow lefties Willie Miller, Joe Devance, Reynel Hugnatan and Ferriols in the squad.
