Michael Cañete posted a double-double performance and played the role as the glue guy for Davao Occidental, which bucked a slow start and finished strong to hammer out a 75-68 win over MisOr in the PSL President’s Cup at the Filoil-EcoOil Centre.
The 6-foot-4 forward finished with 16 points and 10 boards while keeping ahold of the Tigers, who picked up their 13th win in 17 games and primed themselves up in their much-awaited game against Biñan on Thursday.
Jun Manzo added 14 while Justine Sanchez contributed 13 points for the Tigers, who shot a steady 50% from the field (32-of-63) while holding down MisOr to just 37% shooting (22-of-59).
Davao Occidental also outrebounded MisOr, 46-30, and had more points inside the paint, 52-22, which proved to be the biggest factors in the Tigers’ latest win.
MisOr went almost exclusively to Paul Desiderio, who pumped in 22 markers, but lacked the support from the rest of the cast, including Rudy Lingganay, who went scoreless despite seeing action for 30 minutes.
