PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026

December 12, 2025

PHOENIX FUEL MASTERS Logo PHOENIX FUEL MASTERS Philippines
78 - 88
MERALCO BOLTS Logo MERALCO BOLTS Philippines

Match Summary

PHOENIX FUEL MASTERS lost to MERALCO BOLTS 78-88 on December 12, 2025 in the PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026. MERALCO BOLTS won by a 10-point margin. C.j. Cansino led all scorers with 22 points. PHOENIX FUEL MASTERS shot 37.0% from the field while MERALCO BOLTS managed 43.2%. PHOENIX FUEL MASTERS collected 40 rebounds and MERALCO BOLTS grabbed 42. This game was played as part of the PHILIPPINES PBA CUP 2025-2026 season in Philippines.

Points Leader

C.j. Cansino basketball player - G

C.j. Cansino G

26 yrs (1999)

Efficiency Leader

C.j. Cansino basketball player - G

C.j. Cansino G

26 yrs (1999)

78

PHOENIX FUEL MASTERS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
3 * Jason Perkins 35:10 13 5/13 5/10 0/3 3/3 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 9
20 * Kenneth Tuffin 29:01 12 4/8 2/5 2/3 2/2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
19 * Tyler Tio 25:50 8 3/7 2/3 1/4 1/1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
* Bryan Santos 25:00 6 2/5 2/3 0/2 2/2 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 13
* Kainoa Ballungay 17:30 3 1/6 1/5 0/1 1/2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1
25 Ricci Paolo Rivero 23:13 13 3/11 1/7 2/4 5/9 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
Evan Nelle 20:50 10 4/9 4/8 0/1 0/0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
Yousif Taha 19:43 0 0/2 0/2 0/0 0/0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
8 R.r. Garcia 15:51 9 4/9 3/7 1/2 0/0 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 12
13 R.j. Jazul 07:22 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Ando 07:19 4 1/2 1/2 0/0 2/2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
2 Sean Manganti 05:42 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
James Kwekuteye 05:31 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Prince Caperal 01:51 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 239:53 78 27/73 21/52 6/21 16/21 30 10 15 4 7 3 0 18 0 82
88

MERALCO BOLTS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
7 * Clifford Hodge 34:43 10 5/7 5/7 0/0 0/0 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 18
11 * Chris Newsome 31:21 17 6/16 4/11 2/5 3/3 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 13
71 * C.j. Cansino 23:56 22 8/13 6/8 2/5 2/3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 21
33 * Brandon Bates 21:42 4 2/2 2/2 0/0 0/1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 11
1 * Aaron Black 16:25 0 0/5 0/2 0/3 0/0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 -4
6 Christopher Banchero 26:54 6 1/5 1/4 0/1 4/4 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 10
20 Raymond Almazan 23:27 0 0/3 0/3 0/0 0/0 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 6
19 Kier Quinto 21:58 11 3/7 2/6 1/1 4/6 8 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 14
Kurt Reyson 18:35 9 4/9 3/4 1/5 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2
27 Jansen Rios 14:55 9 3/4 0/0 3/4 0/0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11
32 Kyle Pascual 03:23 0 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 Allein Maliksi 02:36 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
Totals 239:55 88 32/74 23/49 9/25 13/17 33 9 17 3 8 4 0 19 0 100

* Players marked with * are starters.