UNO-R Red House Taiwan Shabu Shabu remained on top but not after it was forced into double overtime by LCC/Davies Paint/J Squared Construction in the 2018 Negros Basketball Association President's Cup at Po Hang gym of Bacolod Tay Tung High School.
The Rams in RHTSS uniform survived LCC, 100-97 on May 12 while in the other game YBAC/ESJ/Fyr Fyter cut into pieces USLS Freeze Sportswear, 80-63.
Running second Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias/Silver Dragon still occupied its spot and finished 7-1 after Supreme ABF Silvergraces appeared with a handful of players and had an easy 102-67 victory on Sunday.
Supreme which succumbed to ESJ/YBAC/Fyr Fyter, 88-91, last week remained number four at 4-3 and will hold the same post even if it loses to LCC on May 19.
A win for the Blue Panthers, which creamed Melfern 125-96 on Sunday, will catapult them to 6th spot and the last quarterfinal berth.
Melfern, USLS and LCC are currently tied at 2-5 and will end up in a triple tie at 2-6 if all go down in the last day of elimination.
In the semifinal, the top team (UNO-R) will wait for the winner between number 3 (YBAC) and number 6 in the knockout QF phase while number 2 (CSAV) has to contend with the winner between 4 (Supreme ABF) and 5 (Duke Jay Game Farm) if it prevailed over Melfern. (HGD)