In the first game of the Sunday matchup of the 78th season of the UAAP at the Araneta Coliseum, the DLSU Green Archers beats down the UE Red Warriors 71-64 to extend their winning streak.
It was a close start for both squads making a neck and neck race early in the first quarter exchanging lead until La Salle took a single point advantage over the Red Warriors at the end of the first 17-16, In the second period La Salle were able to dominate UE, even with the Red Warriors's valiant effort to trim down the lead of the Green Archers they still end the first half down 32-26.
In the second half La Salle continues to show its dominance over the young Red Warriors squad, extending the lead up to 10 points to end the third period 51-41. Early in the fourth period La Salle started to pull away as the 10 point lead ballooned to a 17 point advantage 68-41, though the Red Warriors were also able to create a run of their own to cut the deficit to 60-56 with still 5 minutes left in the game, the run of the Red Warriors was just too late for them to shift the momentum on their side as the Green Archers were able to secure the lead and the win.
La Salle's Blue Chip Rookie Andrei Caracut finally made his presence felt in the league as he and Jeron Teng scored 16 points for La Salle in this game, meanwhile, Nick Abanto top scored on the UE side with 14 points as UE's number scoring option Edson Batiller was only able to score 2 points in this game.
Score;
De La Salle Green Archers 71:
Caracut 16, Teng 16, Muyang 11, Torres 8, Torralba 7, Perkins 6, Sargent 5, Navarro 2.
UE Red Warriors 64:
Abanto 14, De Leon 12, Charcos 8, Varilla P. 7, Palma 5, Penuela 5, Javier 4, Derige 3, Batiller 2m Gagate 2, Yu 2.
The FEU Tamaraws were just seconds away from disaster as the Adamson Soaring Falcons leading them with just a few ticks left in the game, but Mike Tolomia's heroic acts saved the Tamaraws from the impending doom as they send the Soaring Falcons crashing down 64-60 in the second game of the Sunday match up of UAAP.
It was not the usual game for the Tamaraws that happened yesterday no huge end game run, no double digit lead, and like the crowd the energy of the players is somewhat down in the beginning of the low scoring ball game. The game began with FEU leading the Soaring Falcons 13-11 at the end of the first quarter, though the Tamaraws started the second period with a 23-14 lead with 3:24 remaining in the first half Adamson were able to cut the lead down to just 27-20 to end the second quarter.
Entering the second half, the Tamaraws gets more sluggish as they get stuck to a 29 points to give Adamson the chance to tie the game and eventually getting the lead with 7 minutes in the third period, even with the run of the Falcons, FEU still manage to take the lead back 48-45 to end the third period.
In the fourth quarter the Adamson Falcons came in more aggressive and more determined to score an upset win against the Tamaraws, as they take over the lead 48-53 with still 7 minutes left in the game, but FEU didn't go down yet as they were able to regain composure to make a 12-5 run to take the lead back 60-58 with less than a minute remaining.
It was Mike Tolomia's three point shot that changes the pace of the game in the last minute mark of the match as it shifted the momentum back to the side of the Tamaraws to secure the victory. Tolomia along with Mac Belo and Russell Escoto scored 10, 10, and 11 points respectively for FEU in their fifth victory.
In the other side Pape Sarr scored a huge game for Adamson as he scored a double double 26 points and 22 rebounds to carry the Falcons in this loss.
Score:
FEU Tamaraws 64:
Escoto RU, 11, Belo 10, Tolomia 10, Pogoy 9m Inigo 8, Jose 5, Arong 4, Tamsi 3, Escoto 2, Orizu 2.
Adamson Falcons 60:
Sarr 26, Nalos 9, Tungcab 7, Escalambre 6, Bernardo 2, Garcia 2, Margallo 2, Ng 2, Ochea 2, Polican 2.
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