BATANGAS CITY—James Yap of Rain Or Shine won the 3-point shooting contest, his second after 9 years, one of the side events in the second leg of the PBA All Stars series at Batangas City Sports Center here on Friday.

Yap tallied 24 points in the final, making 9 out of 10 money balls and in the process edging Stanley Pringle of GlobalPort (21) and 2-time winner Terrence Romeo of TNT (16).

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The Rain Or Shine swingman first won the event in 2009, when neither Pringle nor Romeo was in the league.

Yap said the plan was to focus on making the colored balls that were worth 2 points.

"Iyon ang nasa isip ko. Every time na ititira ko iyong money ball, ito iyong pinaka-importante na bola. Buti na lang pumapasok," Yap said.

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Yap also topped the preliminary stage with the same score, followed by Romeo (23) and Pringle (22).

Allein Maliksi of Blackwater, the defending champion, finished with just 11, the lowest score in the preliminaries.

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The rest of the elimination-round scores are as follows: Ronald Tubid of Columbian Dyip with 20; Matthew Wright (Phoenix) 20; LA Tenorio (Barangay Ginebra) 19; Paul Lee (Magnolia) 17; Marcio Lassiter (San Miguel Beer) 16; Niño Canaleta (Meralco) 15; JVee Casio (Alaska) 14; and Larry Fonacier (NLEX) 13.

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