PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026

October 29, 2025

MERALCO BOLTS Logo MERALCO BOLTS Philippines
98 - 100
TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS Logo TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS Philippines

Match Summary

MERALCO BOLTS lost to TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS 98-100 on October 29, 2025 in the PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026. TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS won by a 2-point margin. Chris Newsome led all scorers with 24 points. MERALCO BOLTS shot 52.6% from the field while TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS managed 42.5%. MERALCO BOLTS collected 43 rebounds and TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS grabbed 37. This game was played as part of the PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026 season in Philippines.

Points Leader

Chris Newsome basketball player - G

Chris Newsome G

35 yrs (1990) 6'2" - 1.88m

Efficiency Leader

Chris Newsome basketball player - G

Chris Newsome G

35 yrs (1990) 6'2" - 1.88m

98

MERALCO BOLTS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
7 * Clifford Hodge 36:01 21 9/16 9/14 0/2 3/4 6 4 1 1 4 2 0 5 0 23
33 * Brandon Bates 34:25 2 1/2 1/2 0/0 0/2 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 6
1 * Aaron Black 34:08 14 6/12 4/7 2/5 0/0 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 14
19 * Kier Quinto 30:51 6 3/6 3/5 0/1 0/0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 6
71 * C.j. Cansino 15:37 8 3/8 3/7 0/1 0/0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
11 Chris Newsome 39:22 24 8/14 6/11 2/3 6/6 4 1 6 3 2 0 0 3 0 30
6 Christopher Banchero 31:20 12 6/10 6/10 0/0 0/2 1 1 3 1 4 0 0 2 0 8
20 Raymond Almazan 16:25 4 2/4 2/4 0/0 0/0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Jeff Comia 12:32 2 1/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
22 Allein Maliksi 07:19 5 1/2 0/0 1/2 2/2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
32 Kyle Pascual 06:55 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 264:55 98 40/76 35/62 5/14 11/16 31 12 16 6 19 2 0 24 0 105
100

TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
18 * Calvin John Oftana 42:42 24 9/15 7/11 2/4 4/6 4 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 24
16 * Roger Ray Pogoy 37:10 14 7/16 7/12 0/4 0/0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 9
* Brandon Rosser 32:07 14 5/11 5/9 0/2 4/5 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 16
21 * Kelly Williams 20:22 0 0/3 0/0 0/3 0/0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2
* Simon Enciso 12:37 0 0/3 0/1 0/2 0/0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Rey Nambatac 32:24 22 7/18 7/15 0/3 2/3 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 17
32 Henry Galinato 25:38 8 3/4 3/4 0/0 2/2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15
12 Glenn Khobuntin 20:23 4 1/4 0/2 1/2 1/2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 5
Kevin Ferrer 19:23 4 2/7 2/4 0/3 0/0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Jiovani Jalalon 14:53 10 3/5 3/5 0/0 4/5 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 12
35 Kim Aurin 05:10 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Nieto 02:05 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 264:54 100 37/87 34/63 3/24 17/23 20 17 12 11 9 3 0 19 0 98

* Players marked with * are starters.