WITH Glen Bocolon and JP Alvarez leading the way, San Mig Coffee notched its second straight win yesterday, an 86-68 drubbing of Noosa Shoes in the PBL Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

Bocolon, who has been silent the past games, opened the third quarter with a triple and completed a three-point play in a bristling 7-0 run two minutes after to finish with a career-high 19 points. In all, Bolocon had three triples on top of 9 rebounds, five of them offensively, to lead the scoring for the Coffee Kings for the first time.

The Coffee Kings also drew huge numbers from veteran Neil Raneses and birthday boy Alcarez who chipped in 18 and 14 points, respectively.

"We have yet to win two straight games so I challenged the boys to go for it," said coach Koy Banal. "Itinaas ko lang ang ante and the boys responded well. Next time three straight naman.

"Kahit papaano, malaking tulong ni JP sa team ngayon, iba talaga kapag birthday mo, inspired ka," beamed Banal of the former Letran star who also had eight assists and three steals in 32 minutes of action.

In the second game, Pharex continued its giant-killing run by downing Hapee Toothpaste 100-96.

Francis Allera, Sean Co and Don Villamin came through with clutch baskets down the stretch as Pharex notched its fourth win in five games. In their maiden campaign last year, the Medics won only twice in 10 matches.

Allera sizzled with a game-high 18 points but it was Villamin who stood out the most with 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

Ian Saladaga managed only six points this time but he made life miserable for Fil-Am Gabe Norwood in the payoff period with his pesky defense.

"He did an awesome job guarding Norwood," said Pharex coach Carlo Tan.

Alcaraz’s explosion made up for the absence of ace guard Bonbon Custodio who suffered a calf muscle injury the last time out.

Aside from the red-hot shooting of the three, Banal also credited the team’s solid defense for the win.