Defending champion team Originals and Ocean View/PCGM aims to stay on top of the team standings as they collide with respective rivals, Sunday in the resumption of the second round of eliminations of the Master’s Basketball League at the Palau High School gym.

Both sporting identical 7-1 win-loss tally in the team standings, the Originals will gun for its eight win when they face a winless WCTC Power Ball in the opener at 12 noon while Ocean View/PCGM will take on Panahon Ko I2 at 2 p.m.

Both squads are expected to come out guns blazing as they aim to take the top spots going into the quarterfinals. On the other hand, in the main game it will pit PPR All Stud versus the ECC Eagles at 3:45 p.m.

The league is organized by The Filipino Community in Palau (TFCP) in cooperation with the Philippine Embassy in Palau and sponsored by WCTC, Shimbros, Sarah’s Yum-Yum, Pinoy Express-Palau, Alpha Phi Omega, Roll ‘Em Productions/OTV, Palau Curtains and General Merchandise, Aqua Drinking Water, CTSI Logistics/Western Union, Ivan Rudimch and Company, Royal Cargo Palau Inc., FR Construction, Mingles Tototo Restaurant, Kabayan Restaurant, Pinoy Restaurant, Payless Market, Jheaff Remittance/HBO, Melusch-Dil Skin Care and Wellness Center, CT Shop, Mog-Mog Restaurant, F.M Barber Shop, Aqua Marine Center, Nayong Pilipino, H.P. Frontline, Bento Palau, Imperial Bar and MJ Trading and General Merchandise.   By Peter Erick L. Magbanua (Island Times News)