UP Combating Maroons throughout a sport towards UST Growling Tigers within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
College of the Philippines asserted its dominance towards College of Santo Tomas after sweeping their preliminary matchups within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event on Sunday at Good Araneta Coliseum.
The Combating Maroons are coming from a 68-56 loss to rival La Salle to wrap up the primary spherical as Francis Lopez completed with 20 factors, 8-of-9 from the sector, and 7 rebounds.
Article continues after this commercial
“It was a tough loss for us final week, however we’re right here to bounce again and we did that,” Lopez stated after UP improved to a 7-1 file, tied with present league chief La Salle. “That is actually a lift for us as a workforce. Hopefully, we will get it within the subsequent sport.”
READ: UAAP: UP seeks to enhance execution after first loss
Terrence Fortea heated issues up after scoring 14 of his 16 factors within the second half, 9 of which within the fourth quarter to permit UP to pad up a cushion. Harold Alarcon added 11 factors whereas Quentin Millora-Brown delivered 10 factors and 6 rebounds.
Article continues after this commercial
The Combating Maroons beneath coach Goldwin Monteverde at the moment are 8-0 all-time towards the UST Growling Tigers since he took over in 2022.
“Being according to what we’ve at all times stated within the first spherical, responding to the problem at hand. I consider the workforce, in a method like within the first half, I feel we’ve been forcing the UST to overlook photographs more often than not,’ coach Goldwin Monteverde stated. “However then, they have been in a position to management the offensive rebounds. So, I feel the workforce labored collectively to regulate the rebounds within the second half.”
UP Combating Maroons’ Terrence Fortea throughout a sport towards UST Growling Tigers within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Christian Manaytay gave UST the lead on the finish of third quarter with a triple which the Maroons instantly erased with a 16-5 run began by an emphatic Dikachi Ududo dunk.
Fortea, JD Cagulangan, Quentin Millora-Brown and Mark Belmonte additionally had a hand within the blistering run that put UST in a deep gap that it couldn’t climb out of anymore.
READ: UAAP: Francis Lopez after UP-La Salle sport: ‘one motion made it private’
UST’s Tounkara shot a protracted two earlier than Fortea drained back-to-back triples for good measure.
“Within the first half [UST] had a excessive second likelihood factors and we eradicated that going into the second half. 4 offense, we solely exploited what the protection gave us,” Fortea stated.
Tounkara nonetheless shot nicely with a 10-out-of-17 clip on the way in which to 24 factors together with 9 rebounds. Nic Cabañero matched Tounkara’s effort with 17 factors and in addition 9 rebounds whereas Manaytay added 12 factors because the Tigers sank to a 4-4 card.
UP weapons for a second consecutive win towards College of the East on Oct. 23 after the league rescheduled the Oct. 20 video games on the Quadricentennial Pavilion as a result of UST entrance examination.
UST, in the meantime, may have a brief turnaround time because it battles one other league heavyweight La Salle subsequent on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Area.
