REIGNING five-time Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo powered defending champion San Miguel Beer to a 113-107 win over Northport on Sunday to clinch a quarterfinal berth in Season 44 of the Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.

The 6’10 behemoth showed the way by piling up 28 of his 40 points in the final two quarters in addition to his 19 rebounds to hand the Beermen their sixth win after nine games for solo third place.