Castro and the TNT Katropa squad gets first win against Rain or Shine

(c) Aldrin Alejo



Jason Castro leads the TNT Katropa to their 1st win this reinforced conference together with their Import Mario Little who debuted with 18 pts, 11 rebounds, three assists and one steal as they survived their first in the PBA 3rd conference.


Castro listed a total of 19 points while their Asian import contributed with 17 points, 3 rebounds, one assist and one steal.
ROS, almost had the chance to tie or win the game during the last 2.5 seconds on the clock when Castro was called for a deliberate foul on Gabe Norwood. But Gabe missed his 2 freethrows which caused them the loss. Rain or shine was down by as much as 15 points (16-31) when they fought their way back and actually grabbed the lead at 64-63 with the help of Jeff Chan and Paul Lee.

Rain or Shine lead with as much as 14 points during the first part of the 4th quarter but eventually losing the tempo as the TNT Katropa surged for an 11-0 run to get their first win at 101-98.