PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026
December 29, 2025
Match Summary
MERALCO BOLTS defeated RAIN OR SHINE ELASTO PAINTERS 98-89 on December 29, 2025 in the PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026. MERALCO BOLTS won by a 9-point margin. Chris Newsome led all scorers with 31 points. MERALCO BOLTS shot 45.6% from the field while RAIN OR SHINE ELASTO PAINTERS managed 35.9%. MERALCO BOLTS collected 43 rebounds and RAIN OR SHINE ELASTO PAINTERS grabbed 46. This game was played as part of the PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026 season in Philippines.
Points Leader
Chris Newsome G
35 yrs (1990) 6'2" - 1.88m
Efficiency Leader
Chris Newsome G
35 yrs (1990) 6'2" - 1.88m
MERALCO BOLTS
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | * Chris Newsome | 40:08 | 31 | 8/16 | 7/13 | 1/3 | 14/14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| 71 | * C.j. Cansino | 23:50 | 14 | 6/13 | 5/8 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | * Clifford Hodge | 22:49 | 4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | * Aaron Black | 20:34 | 4 | 1/6 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | * Brandon Bates | 18:11 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Christopher Banchero | 32:18 | 21 | 7/13 | 6/12 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 | Kier Quinto | 30:01 | 11 | 4/10 | 3/9 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | Raymond Almazan | 23:34 | 5 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 27 | Jansen Rios | 19:58 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Kyle Pascual | 05:48 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Reyson | 02:44 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 239:55 | 98 | 31/68 | 26/54 | 5/14 | 29/37 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 108 |
RAIN OR SHINE ELASTO PAINTERS
| # | Player | Min | Pts | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | Ast | Stl | TOv | Blk | BlkR | PF | PFR | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Caelan Tiongson | 32:32 | 6 | 3/9 | 3/7 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | * Adrian Nocum | 30:47 | 29 | 9/17 | 7/13 | 2/4 | 7/9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| 22 | * Jhonard Clarito | 27:50 | 9 | 2/6 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | * Gabe Norwood | 21:50 | 3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| * Stanley Pringle | 19:16 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | |
| 3 | Gian Mamuyac | 33:44 | 20 | 8/18 | 8/13 | 0/5 | 4/7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Michael Malonzo | 25:40 | 8 | 3/7 | 3/5 | 0/2 | 2/3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| 25 | Leonard Santillan | 21:18 | 7 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Andrei Caracut | 12:11 | 7 | 1/8 | 0/4 | 1/4 | 4/6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Manaytay | 07:24 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | |
| Luis Alberto Varela Villegas | 07:22 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 239:54 | 89 | 28/78 | 24/53 | 4/25 | 27/39 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 81 |
* Players marked with * are starters.