By Adrian Stewart Co

The San Miguel Beermen earned their first win in the 2019 Honda PBA Commissioner’s Cup following their 127-106 victory over Blackwater Elite last night at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
Charles Rhodes led the win with 32 points, 19 rebounds, and six blocks; Marcio Lassiter drained nine triples to finish with 29 markers; while Alex Cabagnot scored 16 points.
The Elite kept in step with the Beermen early on and trailed 29-24 before the latter pounded them in the second period with consecutive triples from Von Pessumal for a 62-47 halftime edge.
The Elite managed to cut the deficit early in the third but the Beermen answered back with conversions from Rhodes, Lassiter, and Cabagnot for a 92-74 edge on a basket from Matthew Ganuelas-Rosser.
Blackwater made their final push and trimmed their deficit to 92-83 but the Beermen eventually pulled away for good with Lassiter converting five triples for its largest lead of 21./ASC, WDJ