In the second to the last game day of the elimination round of the 78th season of the UAAP held at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan, the De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers eliminates the Adamson Baby Falcons in the final four race after a lopsided 47-35 victory.
Aljun Melecio led the Junior Archers with 14 points in this game to strengthen their hold to the second spot with a 11-2 record securing atleast a twice to beat advantage in case NU sweep the elimination round. Meanwhile on the side of Adamson, Jayson Celis led the way for the Baby Falcons with a double double performance of 12 points and 13 rebounds. Adamson drops to 5th spot with a 6-7 record.
This is the lowest game output of the season with Zobel scoring only 2 points in the third period and Adamson scoring 3 points in this 9 am match.
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In the second match the Ateneo Blue Eaglets fend off the late run of the UST Tiger Cubs 80-57 to remain the third spot with a 9-4 record. Jolo Mendoza top scored for the Eaglets with 14 points and adding to that is Gian Mamuyac and SJ Belangel both scoring 10 points.
On the side of UST Miguel Ratuiste top scored with 12 points as the tiger cubs exits the final four race with a 3-10 record, they still have one remaining no bearing game this Saturday against Adamson.
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The National U Bullpups extends their winning streak to 13 after beating the UE Junior Warriors 94-60 to remain undefeated in the tournament. Justine Baltazar topped the scorers with a huge 16 points and 16 rebounds performance, adding to that is John Lloyd Clemente and Muhammed Sarip both scoring 12 points for the Bullpups.
On the side of UE, Dustin Angeles top scored for the Junior Warriors with 11 points as UE remain winless in the tournament, the exact opposite fate of their opponent.
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The FEU FERN Baby Tamaraws return to the Final Four after missing out last year, the Rookie Baby Tams Squad defeated the gritty UPIS Junior Maroons 81-71. Eric Jabel led the charge of the Baby Tams as he scored a career high 22 points in this game, Kenji Roman added 10 points for FEU FERN as the go up 8-5 and secured of the final spot in the final four.
Meanwhile on the side of the Junior Maroons the Gomez De Liano Brothers remained the bright spot for UPIS with Juan scoring 15 and Javi scoring 12 points, John Gregorio, Will Gozum, and Bryan Lina contributed 13, 12, and 11 points respectively for the Junior Maroons as they stay at the 7th spot with a 2-11 record.
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The final elimination game day will be this Saturday, February 6, still at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.
February 6, Saturday, San Juan Arena
9am: UP vs UE
11am: NU vs DLSZ
1pm: FEU vs Ateneo
3pm: UST vs Adamson
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