After falling short in forcing a rubber match to enter the final four, the University of the East Red Warriors still were able to end the season on a high note after defeating the University of the Philippines 79-67.
The first period went tight for both squad with UP getting a single point advantage at the end of the quarter 17-18, but suddenly in the second period the Red Warriors became more aggressive and started to pull away though UP were still able to tie the game at 28 all the Red Warriors were able to pull off a 9-0 run to end the first half 37-28.
In the second half UE was able to maintain a double digit lead over the Fighting Maroons, though the latter were still able to fight back, UE still manage to finish the third period on top with a huge 61-47 lead. In the fourth period the Fighting Maroons tried to make a comeback, but to no avail red hot UE was just in control of the game as they wanted to finish strong.
Clark Derige again topped the scoring for the UE Red Warriors with 18 points, adding to that is Paul Varilla's 14 and Chris Javier's 13 points, meanwhile on the side of the UP FIghting Maroons it was all Paul Desiderio as he poured in 26 points, adding to that is Henry Asilum's 12 points.
UE Red Warriors 79
Derige 18, P. Varilla 14, Javier 13, De Leon 8, J. Varilla 7, Palma 5, Yu 5, Batiller 3, Manalang 3, Gagate 2, Sta. Ana 1.
UP Fighting Maroons 67
Desiderio 26, Asilum 12, Amar 8, Juruena 7, Manuel 6, Moralde 4, Dario 2, Gallarza 2.
In the second game, though it was no longer a bearing game for the Far Eastern University Tamaraws, they were still able to stage a huge comeback to oust the De La Salle University Green Archers 71-68.
It was a tight start for both squad with FEU getting the lead to end the first period 22-19, coming in to the second period the Green Archers were able to turn things around to take the lead on their side and pull away to end the first half in top 38-29.
In the third period La Salle were able to take a 12-5 run to extend the lead to 52-37, but the Tamaraws still holding on to the game were able to cut the deficit down to a 45-54 lead at the end of the third period.
Entering the fourth period La Salle already smelling blood in the water as they were able to extend their lead 57-45 with the Tamaraws still not showing any aggressiveness inside the court, at that point many thought that FEU will give away the win since the game is already a non bearing game for the Tamaraws.
But entering the 6 minute mark of the game the Tamaraws started to come alive and slowly but surely erased the lead of La Salle after Roger Pogoy that is fresh from the bench poured in 11 straight points for the Tamaraws to get 63-61 lead over La Salle. The Green Archers tried to snatch the lead back as they were still able to keep the game close at 69-68 after a Jeron Teng drive to the basket with a 7.0 seconds remaining.
Monbert Arong stars for the Tamaraws as he led them with 13 points, adding to that is Roger Pogoy's 11 points that all came in the fourth period. On the other hand Jeron Teng and Prince Rivero combined 36 points for the Green Archers as they fell short in forcing a rubber match against the NU Bulldogs.
FEU Tamaraws 71
Arong 13, Pogoy 11, Belo 10, Iñigo 9, Ri. Escoto 8, Orizu 5, Ru. Escoto 4, Trinidad 3, Tamsi 2, K. Holmqvist 2, Tolomia 2, S. Holmqvist 2
De La Salle Green Archers 68
Teng 20, Rivero 16, Torralba 8, Torres 7, Perkins 6, Muyang 5, Caracut 3, Langston 3, Gob 0.
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