MANILA, Philippines – Cignal HD clobbered Gamboa Coffee Mix to march its way to the history books of the PBA D-League with a 118-51 victory in the 2017 Foundation Cup on Thursday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

Anchored by the strong starts from Pamboy Raymundo and Jason Perkins, the Hawkeyes duo teamed up for 13 of the squad's 27 first-quarter points before the rest of the team followed suit, jumping to a 50-24 halftime edge.

Further compounding the Coffee Lovers' problems is that Mark Sarangay suffered an ankle injury early in the game, leaving a huge hole in the middle that Cignal exploited repeatedly.

Mark Bringas fired the finishing blow with a lay-up with just 13.9 seconds left to seal the new PBA D-League record for the biggest margin of victory at 67 points.

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The Hawkeyes erased their previous record set by NLEX – a team that was also coached by Boyet Fernandez – when it battered Zambales, 125-61, back on January 30, 2014.

"Ang reminder ko lang is I wanted to see the discipline in our execution," said Fernandez, whose team improved to 4-2.

Raymundo topped Cignal with 17 points, Raymar Jose did it all in his short time on the floor with 15 markers, seven rebounds, and two dimes, and Perkins unfurled all of his nine points, 10 boards and four assists in the first half.

The huge lead allowed the Hawkeyes to share the minutes to their bench players, with Byron Villarias going for 17 markers, five rebounds, and two assists, Jeremy Bartolo pouring 14 points, and Dan Sara dropping 10.

Cignal can now move forward and prepare for its Finals rematch against Racal on Tuesday to cap off its seven games-in-10 playdates schedule.

"Ito na 'yung preparation namin our game against Racal. Again, we need to win these games so that we’ll have a little buffer in order for us to achieve our goal of making the quarters," said Fernandez.

Ken Acibar led Gamboa (1-2) with 10 points and four rebounds, while Val Acuña chipped in nine.

The scores:

CIGNAL HD 118 - Raymundo 17, Villarias 17, Jose 15, Bartolo 14, Sara 10, Perkins 9, Bringas 9, Arboleda 6, Potts 6, Cahilig 6, Batino 4, Sumalinog 3, Arong 2, Atkins 0.

GAMBOA COFFEE MIX 51 - Acibar 10, Acuña 9, Montuano 8, Dadjilul 5, Jumao-as 4, Vidal 3, Avenido 3, Padilla 2, Knuttel 2, David 2, Lacastesantos 2, Sarangay 1, Riva 0, Arellano 0.

Quarters: 27-17, 50-24, 90-35, 118-51

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