BIÑAN Tatak Gel pounded Bulacan into submission, 86-48, and gained ground in the Manny Pacquiao presents 1xBet-MPBL 2025 Season on Tuesday at the WES Arena in Valenzuela City.

Heating up in the second quarter, Binan pulled away at halftime, 45-22, and never let up to tally its fourth win against three losses in the round-robin elimination phase of the 30-team tournament.

Powered by high-flyers Jaymar Gimpayan and Poypoy Actub, Pamboy Raymundo and Nino Canaleta, Binan led by as far as 84-37 late in the fourth quarter before easing up on Bulacan, which absorbed its ninth straight defeat and got mired at the cellar.

Gimpayan wound up with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists to earn best player honors over Actub, who posted 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Canaleta with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Raymundo with 10 points.

Other players who delivered for Binan Coach Boyet Fernandez were Carlo Lastimosa with nine points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals, and Christian Fajarito with eight points, all in the second quarter, and nine rebounds.

The hapless Bulacan Kuyas got 11 points and 7 rebounds from Gino Jumao-as, 11 points and 3 rebounds from Rancer Serrano, and 15 rebounds and 2 points from Joseph Celso.

Lording the boards, 60-51, Binan converted more fastbreak points, 32-3, and points in the paint, 44-20.

The MPBL goes to the Kamalig Gym in Orion on Wednesday with games pitting Basilan against Caloocan at 4 p.m., Pampanga against Mindoro at 6 p.m., and host Bataan against Muntinlupa at 8 p.m.

The unbeaten Muntinlupa Cagers are gunning for their fifth straight win against the Bataan Risers, who tote a 2-5 slate.

Pampanga (5-1) is a solid pick over Mindoro (3-5), while Caloocan (5-2) is slightly favored over Basilan (2-5).

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