#UAAP80 Day 13: UE ends first round with a win over UST, Tamaraws tramples against Adamson.

The University of the East Red Warriors finally chalked up their first win this season at the expense of teh UST growling Tigers after their grueling battle that ended up at 96-91.

Consistency was the key for the UE in winning this game, taking a 27-20 lead in the opening quarter and doubling their output in the next quarter to end up the first half with a commanding 54-43 lead.

Meanwhile, going to the second half the Growling Tigers started to stage a comeback after outscoring UE to cut the deficit down to 71-75.

In the final period the game went down the wire as UST is within a striking distance and was even able to tie the game at 83, but Alvin Pasaol didn't let the Red Warriors down as he brought them to their first win.

Alvin pasol gives another stellar performance for the Red Warriors after pouring in 32 points and 10 rebounds, Philip Manalang also had his career high 20 points, while Mark Olayon and Jason Varilla added 15 points each.

Steve Akomo's 19 points and 18 rebound performance didn't pushed the Growling Tigers to their first win. Marvin Lee added 20 points, Jordan Sta Ana had 13 points, Enrique Caunan contributed 12 points, and Wendell De Guzman adds up 10.

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Inconsistency, that drags the Far Eastern University Down in their match against the Adamson Falcons that ended at 79-95.

The Tamaraws were completely disoriented coming to this game, that gave Adamson the chance to pull away early in the game with a 29-19 lead then finishing the first half at 61-40.

The Soaring Falcons continues to punish the sloppy FEU squad in third period pushing the lead up at 25, the Tamaraws tried to closed in but they were not successful as they struggled to find their rhythm inside the court that gives Adamson the win.

Former Baby Tamaraw, Jerie Pingoy starred in this game after he had his best performance in the collegiate level with 10 points and 10 assists. Jerrick Ahanmisi and Jonathan Espeleta both had 17 points, Papi Sarr added 14 points and 14 rebounds, while Rob Manalang had 11 points.

Jasper Parker led the Tamaraws in this defeat with 12 points, followed by Ron Dennison with 11 markers. FEU finishes the elimination round with a 4-3 record behind Adamson with 5-2.

#NCAA93 Day 34: Red Lions feast on EAC, JRU assured of a play off after beating Golden Stags, Lyceum nears elimination round sweep

 

 

The San Beda Red Lions continues their winning streak after they feasted on the EAC Generals 88-51.

The Red Lions didn't waste anytime as they unleashed an early 26-11 lead in the opening quarter, though they slowed down in the second period that gave EAC the chance to slice the lead down to a 28-40 deficit.

San Beda went on a beast mode again as they kicked off the second half with a huge 20-6 run to finish the third period with a huge 60-34 lead, they even pushed their lead as high as 37 in the final period to seal off their 15th win in 16 outings.

Four Red Lions scored in double digit and two of them had double double, AC Soberano led the scoring with 17 points, followed by Javee Mocon with 15 points and 12 rebounds, Donald Tankoua added another with 12 points and 10 rebounds, lastly Franz Abuda had his best game producing 10 points.

Sidney Onwubere's 22 points didn't pushed the Generals to gain atleast a play off as they bowed out of the final four contention asfter falling down to a 6-10 record.

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The Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers escaped past the San Sebastian Golden Stags 60-58 to secure their hold of the third spot in the final four rankings.

The Heavy Bombers had a good start in this game after taking a 22-17 lead in the opening period and finishing the second half on top 33-30, but going to the second half the Golden Stags started to make a comeback as they started to exchange leads with JRU still taking a slight 46-45 advantage going to the final period.

In the final period the Stags were able to snatch the lead at 58-57 with less than one minute remaining, but the charities and the breaks of the games that the Heavy Bombers had gave them the win.

Ervin Grospe and Jed Mnedoza teamed up for JRU with 14 points each, Teytey Teodoro added 11 points, while Abdel Poutouochi added 10 points and 14 rebounds. The Heavy Bombers are now at 10-6.

Michael Calisaan had 15 points and 13 rebounds for San Sebastian as they go down 7-8, still at 4th spot.
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The Lyceum of the Philippines Pirates continues to break record as they move one game away to make them the first win to sweep the 18 elimination game after they dominated the Letran Knights 81-69.

CJ Perez had 24 points for Lyceum, Jesper Ayaay added 12 points, Jayvee Marcelino had 11 points, while Mike Nzeusseu added 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Rey Nambatac led the Knights with his 12 points and 15 rebound performance, while JP Calvo topped the scoring with 15 points and Bong Quinto added 13 points. The Knights still has a chance to make to the final four with an 8-8 record.

The Barker

Empoy Marquez is back on the big screen as he stars in the action comedy movie "The Barker", directed by Dennis Padilla and Arlene Dela Cruz. Empoy is paired with Viva princess Shy Carlos, the movie is set to premiere this October 25, 2017! 

#NCAA93 Day 33: Arellano feats on Blazers to keep hopes up, Mapua ends losing streak at the expense of the Attas

The Arellano Chiefs keeps their final four hopes alive after they feasted on the hapless CSB Blazers 95-65.

The Chiefs unleashed an early 28-16 lead to kick off the game, extending it to a 47-33 at the end of the first half. They extend their streak in the second half where they pushed the lead to 30 points leaving behind the Blazers.

Kent Sallado led the Chiefs with 16 points, Zach Nicholls added 13 points, Lervin Flores had 12 points, while Levi Dela Cruz, Rence Alcoriza, and Richard Abanes all added 11 points for Arellano to stay in contention at 6-9.

Former Baby Tamaraws Kendrix Belgica and JJ Domingo had 18 and 14 points to lead CSB.

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The Mapua Cardinals finally put an end to their missery as they went home triumphant after beating the Perpetual Altas 76-71.

Andrew Estrella provided 22 points to lead all scorers of Mapua, Laurenz Victoria had 14 points while Christian Bunag added a double double 19 points and 14 rebounds.

GJ Ylagan had 22 points for the Altas, while Keith Pido added 18 points. prince Eze added 15 points and 14 rebounds.

This Time I'll Be Sweeter

Coming from the success of their recent serye "Meant To Be" Barbie Forteza and Ken Chan or more popularly known as Kenbie is bringing the sweetness and kilig to a different level this November as  Regal Films proudly brings them to you for the first time on the big screen in This Time I'll be Sweeter! Directed by Joel Lamangan, coming to cinemas November 8!   

#UAAP80 Day 12: Manganti upsets UP, La Salle survives Pasaol's 49 points.

Sean Manganti became Adamson's hero in their match against UP as the latter saves the Falcons in going to overtime after he shoot down buzzer beater to give Adamson their 4th win after a 73-71 victory.

UP was in control in the most part of the game, taking a 25-16 opening quarter output, though going to the second period the Falcons were able to soar as they slowly trimmed the lead of the Maroons down to a 43-44 lead.

In the third period Adamson finally succeeds in taking over the lead after they took a 57-54 lead. It was a tight contest as the match entered its final quarter, both teams wouldn't let anyone take the lead as they had 4 lead changes and 2 deadlocks.

Jerrick Ahanmisi led the way for the Soaring Falcons with 21 points, Jerie Pingoy added 10 points.

Paul Desiderio and Jun Manzo both had 19 points for the Fighting Maroons.
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Breaking, it was the best word to describe the match between the DLSU Green Archers and UE Red Warriors that went down the wire and break records in the UAAP.

The match that ended up 106-100 in favor of DLSU is one for the books, one of the unexpected match this season as it became a slugfest and a shooting contest between the two squads.

Alvin Pasaol the guy that has been carrying UE this season just unleashed a 49 point output, the highest output so far in the history of seniors basketball in the UAAP, shattering the old record of James Yap with 48, Pasaol still wasn't able to carry his team to their first win eventhough he had an impressive 20/30 field goal output.

Ben Mbala and Abu Tratter teamed up to stop Pasaol after they produced 39 points and 15 rebounds for Mbala and 24 points and 10 rebounds for Tratter.

Review: The Debutantes

The Debutantes

Directed By: Prime Cruz

Starring: Sue Ramirez, Jane De Leon, Michelle Vito, Chanel Morales, and Miles Ocampo

Genre: Horror

The Debutantes tackles the story of five girls that is bound to celebrate their debut, namely Jenny (Jane De Leon), Candice (Michelle Vito), Shayne (Chanel Morales), Lara (Miles Ocampo) and Kate (Sue Ramirez). A series of unfortunate events unfolds to the five girls after Jenny’s debut as one by one the girls died as they celebrate their 18^th birthday, but who’s killing who?

The Debutantes has a simple yet good and satisfying storyline. Yes, there were five characters, but there weren’t any sub story or sub plots that will make the movie complicated to understand. I love the fluidity of the story telling used by Direk Prime, direct to the point and focused on what will happen to the characters.

One thing I also liked about The Debutantes is the use of colors in lighting to emphasize what is happening in every scenes, it made the movie a visually entertaining one, well it is not called a color horror movie without it.

The five girls delivered a stellar performance and they were all a revelation, starting off with Jane, Michelle, and Chanel who really did well in shocking us in their scenes though it was quick it really did make an impact.

Sue and Miles were hands down did a really great job in this movie, Sue owned the character of Kate though the character was really far from her personality you can see and feel that it wasn’t Sue that you are watching in the movie, Meanwhile, Miles subtle and the innocent attack on the character was really impressive, the character matched with her persona that made the character lovable until the end.

Overall The Debutantes is a must watch movie, I could say that it is different from the past horror movies we’ve seen from Regal it a straightforward horror movie that will not tell you anything fancy about. This horror movie may be fast paced but, the storytelling was well stitched together and I love the ending that you shouldn’t miss! This is one movie worthy of your money and worth giving a try to watch.

Rating: 9/10

#NCAA93 Day 32: San Beda survive Altas, JRU solidifies hold on the third spot

The San Beda Red Lions extends their winning streak after they survive the upset ax of the Perpetual Help Altas 55-50.

Final four is just around the corner and the Red Lions aren't playing petty anymore as every game count specially now that they are just a game behind the top seed Lyceum who's still undefeated until now.

Robert Bolick and Donald Tankoua led the Red Lions with 15 and 14 points respectively, they go up 14-1. Meanwhile, Jeff Coronell, Keith Pido, and Gab Dagangon all scored 9 points for the Altas as they bowed out of the final four race with a 4-10 record.

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The JRU Heavy Bombers solidifies their hold to the third spot after winning big time over the CSB Blazers 90-77.

10 is the magic number that JRU needed to secure a seat in the final four and luckilly the Heavy Bombers are just one game away in sealing their place in the final four after they dominated the CSB Blazers in their whole match thanks to the huge 30-15 second quarter output that bolster their lead and confidence thru out the game.

Jed Mendoza led the Heavy Bombers once more after pouring in 19 points, Teytey Teodoro had 16 points, Ervin Grospe added 14 markers, while Abdulwahab Adbulrazak provided 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Clement Leutcheu had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Blazers, but still they dropped 3-12 in the standings, Dino San Juan added 14 points and JJ Domingo gave 10 points.

Ai Ai Delas Alas For Pitalicious

The Queen of Comedy, Ms Aiai Delas Alas has another blessing to give thanks for as she is tapped by Pitalicious, one of the fast growing Shawarma food cart business in the metro today!

Though the Comedy Queen has a special diet to keep her slim figure, she didn't hesitate to endorse Pitalicious as it is different from other shawarma out there because this one has a home made recipe made by the owner herself making it more natural and healthier, also the comedy queen said that even her family wants the taste of the shawarma of Pitalicious specially her fiance.

The Shawarma of Pitalicious is priced at Php 65 for Large and Php 55 for medium and a buy one take one promo for Php 100, they also offer Shawarma Rice for only Php 75.

Pitalicious is also open for franchise, for inquiries visit pitalicious.com or contact them at pitaliciousfoodcarts@gmail.com, 09391299288, and (02) 9857918.

#UAAP80 Day 11: FEU cools down Fighting Maroons

 

The Far Eastern University Tamaraws sends the UP Fighting Maroons down after beating them up in their match that ended up with a dominating 78-59 output.

The Tamaraws went hot early in the game, taking a slight 18-14 lead at the end of the opening quarter. Moving to the second period FEU stuns the Maroons after they went on a shooting spree to make it a 22-10 quarter output to push their lead up 40-24 to end the first half.

Going to the second half the Tamaraws even ballooned the deficit as high as 27 points in the second half as UP continues to struggle in their succeeding plays giving FEU a comfortable 56-43 lead at the end of the third period.

In the final period the Maroons tried to play catch up in the final minute of the match, but FEU managed to keep the hold of their huge deficit that ended UP's winning streak.

Ron Dennison  gave 16 points for the Tamaraws in this game followed by Richard Escoto with 12 points. Prince Orizu provided solid defense for FEU as he provided 14 rebounds. The Tamaraws moves up to 4-2 record.

Ibrahim Qattara's 17 points and 13 rebounds plus Juan Gomez De Liano's 16 points didn't materialized for UP as they go down 3-2.
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