Yap reclaims 3-point shootout title after 9 years

The Rain Or Shine sniper reclaimed the PBA All-Star 3-Point Shootout title with a solid stint in both rounds at the Batangas City Sports Center on Friday night. (File PBA photo)

BATANGAS CITY — After nine years, James Yap is the king of the downtown again.

The Rain Or Shine sniper reclaimed the PBA All-Star 3-Point Shootout title with a solid stint in both rounds at the Batangas City Sports Center on Friday night.

The 36-year-old Yap gathered 24 points in the first round and another 24 in the finals, edging GlobalPort’s Stanley Pringle and TNT’s Terrence Romeo in the last phase.

Romeo, who went for 24 points by himself in a special shootout on Wednesday night in Digos, was on track of repeating the feat with a 23 in the first round, but could only muster 16 points in the championship round.

Pringle, on the other hand, had 21 points in the final round after a 22 in the preliminaries for second place.

“Pwede pa,” Yap, who last won the shootout title in 2009, simply said.