#UAAP78 Day 3: UP, UST Scores Back To Back Win

In the first game of the 3rd day of action in the 78th season of the UAAP at the Araneta Coliseum, the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons scored their biggest win after almost a decade as they stun the De La Salle University Green Archers 71-66

The UP Fighting Maroons is proving that they will not be this seasons cellar dwellers after dominating the DLSU Green Archers in their game, leading by as much as 21 points in fourth quarter, the Maroons were able to capitalize the weak defense of the Green Archers.

Though rookie guard Andrei Caracut was able to spark a huge run for La Salle as they trimmed the huge lead down to a 61-55 lead with less than a minute left in the game, but even with the huge run by La Salle, UP still were able to keep their lead after Jeron Teng fouled out of the game after an offensive foul was called on him with few seconds left in the game.

Jett Manuel and Paul Desiderio led the UP Fighting Maroons combining 27 points to win this game, meanwhile Prince Rivero and Andrei Caracut also combined 27 points for the Green Archers in losing efforts.

Score:

UP Fighting Maroons 71: 

Manuel 14, Desiderio 13, Longa 10, Dario 9, Asilum 7, Moralde 5, Hrris 4, Vito 3, Amar 2, Gallarza 2, Prado 2. 

De La Salle Green Archers 66: 

Rivero 15, Caracut 12, Teng 10, Sargent 8, Torres 8, Go 5, Perkins 5, Muyang 3. 

In the second game, after their big win last Sunday, the FEU Tamaraws fell against the UST Tigers 72-71, after the Tamaraws failed to get a game winning shot as Mike Tolomia was forced to  turn over the ball with less than 8 seconds left in the game.

Early in the game the Tamaraws were already struggling with their offense as UST's defense was bugging and preventing them to create plays like what they did in their last game, the Tigers gave a hard time for FEU's guards Mike Tolomia and Achie Inigo to score only letting them score 8 and 3 points respectively in the game.

Even though the Tigers leading the match the Tamaraws were able to keep it close and finally were able to taste the lead in the third quarter after a 30 point explosion heading to the final quarter, UST were able to recover and grab back the lead as Kevin Ferrer shoots back to back three to take back the lead at 66-65, meanwhile with less than two minutes left Ed Daquioag scored 6 points for the Tigers to get an 72-69 lead, but a perimeter shot by Russell Escoto almost tied the game but it was only called as 2 points due to a stepping violation,

Ed Daquioag stars in this game with 18 point for UST while Mac Belo scored 17 points for FEU. Last year FEU also lost to UST in the first round with only a single point lead.

Score:

UST Tigers 72:

Daquioag 18, Ferrer 13, Abdul 12, Bonleon 9, Sheriff 7, Vigil 6, Lao 4, Lee 3. 

FEU Tamaraws 71:

Belo 17, Pogoy 13, Jose 12, Escoto RU 9, Tolomia 8, Dennison 5, Arong 4, Inigo 3.