STEFANIE Berberabe carved her name into Philippine basketball history after recording the first-ever quadruple-double in the Women’s Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League presented by Akari, Sunday night.
Coming off a triple-double outing last week, Berberabe turned it up a notch with a historic all-around performance that powered Tagaytay-Tol to an 82-70 victory over Pangasinan-Solar Home at the Batangas City Coliseum.
The former National University guard, playing only her second game of the tournament, delivered 20 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals in almost 38 minutes of action to lead the Patriots to sweet revenge over the Suns, avenging their 79-76 first-round loss in the tourney backed by Uratex, Black Mamba, Red Dynasty, Aktive Balls, and Pocari Sweat.
Berberabe secured the milestone with 2:20 left, swiping Stifanny Larrosa’s bailout pass to Ara Abaca after Larrosa got trapped in the corner, sealing Tagaytay-Tol’s second straight win after a 0-4 start to the tournament.
In doing so, she became only the third player in Philippine professional basketball history to record a quadruple-double.
She joined Donbel Belano, who posted 17 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 10 steals in Davao’s victory over Nueva Ecija on August 14, 1999, during the 1999 MBA season, and Kyt Jimenez, who tallied 33 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, and 11 steals in Sarangani’s 125-74 rout of Mindoro on October 10, 2022, during the 2022 MPBL season.
This followed up her 13-point, 12-rebound, 10-assist performance in Tagaytay-Tol’s 91-63 win over RK Hoops-Quezon City last Sunday.
“It’s an honor,” said Berberabe, who was coming off a stint with Joondalup Wolves in Australia’s NBL1, after the win.
“It feels good, I definitely wouldn’t have done it without my teammates and coaches. My teammates make it easy to play on the court with them. They make it fun. So it’s just fun to play out here,” she added.
Her feat capped a wire-to-wire victory for the Patriots, who even led by as many as 23 points late in the third after a Monique Del Carmen triple with 3:13 remaining for a 62-39 cushion. The Suns mounted a rally in the fourth, but their comeback fell short as Tagaytay-Tol held firm to secure the win.
Bernice Paraiso chipped in 16 points, five rebounds, and three assists for Tagaytay-Tol, who climbed to solo fifth with a 2-4 slate, while Del Carmen came close to a triple-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists.
Charmain Natural tallied a double-double of 12 points and 15 boards in the victory, while Danica Pacia rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Patriots with 12 points laced with four rebounds.
On the other hand, Pangasinan-Solar Home dropped its second consecutive game to fall to 3-3 in the standings.
Lee Sario paced the Suns with 16 points and nine rebounds along with three assists, while Gabi Bade added 15 points, 17 rebounds, seven assists, and two steals but committed eight turnovers.
Jhenn Angeles and Abaca had 10 points apiece in the loss.
The Scores
Tagaytay-Tol 82 – Berberabe 20, Paraiso 16, Del Carmen 15, Natural 12, Pacia 12, San Juan 5, Quingco 2, Cantimbuhan 0
Pangasinan-Solar Home 70 – Sario 16, Bade 15, Angeles 10, Abaca 10, Larrosa 8, Gonzales 7, Medina 2, Miranda 1, Cancio 1, Generoso 0, Go 0
Quarterscores: 16-9, 38-22, 63-47, 82-70
