EMILIO Aguinaldo College avoided another losing slump in the NCAA Season 101 men’s basketball tournament.

The Generals returned to the win column after defeating Arellano, 84-73, at San Juan Arena on Friday.

This, after having absorbed an 81-64 domination at the hands of San Beda on Tuesday.

“I told the boys na nasa bottom kami sa group B right now so this is a very vital game for us and we needed to win this one,” coach Jerson Cabiltes said.

The trio of Wilmar Oftana, Brianne Angeles and Jude Bagay finished with 19, 15 and 12 points, respectively, in EAC’s second win of the season.

Renzo Abiera’s 24-point explosion just wasn’t enough to pace the Chiefs to the dub as they fell to an identical 2-3 card.

The scores:

EAC (84)  – Oftana 19, Angeles 15, Bagay 12, Shanoda 11, Bacud 7, Castillo 7, Ochavo 3, Quinal 3, Lucero 2, Postanes 2, Devara 2, Villarente 1, Omandac 0, Loristo 0, Tolentino 0

ARELLANO (73) – Abiera 24, Ongotan 13, Libang 7, Cabotaje 7, Geronimo 6, Valencia 4, Camay 4, Hernal 2, Vinoya 2, Langit 2, Borromeo 1, Acop 1, Buenaventura 0, Anama 0

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