MANILA, Philippines – Championship-caliber composure all the time units aside those that are able to contend and those that are usually not.
San Beda proved simply that to Mapua of their first encounter for the reason that NCAA Season 99 males’s basketball finals, because the defending champion Purple Lions reasserted mastery over the misfiring Cardinals in a 76-69 time beyond regulation thriller in a rocking Mall of Asia Enviornment on Tuesday, October 8.
Yukien Andrada was considered one of a handful of San Beda standouts who donned the hero’s cape within the cardiac affair, as he powered by with a team-high 18 factors on 8-of-18 capturing, capped with a go-ahead three on the 2:14 mark of the additional interval, 71-69. Later he canned a extremely contested fadeaway with 1:13 left, 73-69.
Reigning Finals MVP James Payosing once more shone below the intense lights with 15 factors, star transferee Bryan Sajonia scored 10, whereas resurgent guard Penny Estacio added 9, together with the wide-open game-tying layup that pressured time beyond regulation, 66-all, 7.4 seconds left in regulation.
With the win, San Beda mirrored Mapua and Letran’s an identical 6-3 information, however now holds the superior tiebreaker to settle at second place behind No. 1 School of St. Benilde (7-2).
“Each time we play Mapua, with Clint Escamis and [Cyrus] Cuenco, you understand these guys received’t surrender,” San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta mentioned in Filipino. “We have now to present it to our boys for taking part in protection ultimately of the fourth and through time beyond regulation.”
“As I mentioned, we is perhaps struggling offensively, and we’re shedding video games additionally within the first spherical, however all through the primary spherical, the one factor that’s been saving us is our protection. I’d prefer to imagine primarily based on the stats that we’re the No. 1 defensive staff.”
Certain sufficient, it was Mapua’s Cuenco and Escamis who gave a contemporary batch of complications to the Purple Lions within the nail-biting affair, as the previous topscored in 20 factors on 7-of-14 capturing, whereas the latter scored 19 in a 7-of-19 clip.
Escamis, nonetheless, emptied the chamber too early within the contest, because the reigning MVP was answerable for 14 first-half factors to present Mapua a 37-24 peak lead within the second quarter, however solely 5 the remainder of the way in which on a putrid 2-of-10 second-half clip.
In the meantime, within the first recreation of the triple-header, the CSB Blazers stored solo first place with an 84-69 blowout of the JRU Heavy Bombers for a 7-2 file after what was a tumultuous first spherical for his or her lofty, title-or-bust standarads.
Quick-rising guard Jhomel Ancheta led the way in which with a game-high 17 factors on 8-of-15 capturing, backstopped by 15 on a 3-of-8 three-point clip from Gab Cometa.
Star large man Allen Liwag added 12 factors however noticed his usually-hefty rebounding numbers disappear with simply 3 boards within the win. Entrance court docket companions Mark Sangco and Justine Sanchez picked up the slack within the put up with 10 and 9 rebounds, respectively, to spice up their an identical 12-point finishes.
Joshua Guiab paced JRU’s descent to a 3-6 slate with a near-perfect outing of 24 factors on 11-of-13 capturing.
Nonetheless enjoying as of posting time had been the botton-dwelling San Sebastian Stags and the middling EAC Generals.
The Scores
First Recreation
CSB 84 – Ancheta 17, Cometa 15, Liwag 12, Sangco 12, Sanchez 12, Ondoa 9, Torres 5, Jarque 2, Eusebio 0, Cajucom 0, Ynot 0, Serrano 0.
JRU 69 – Guiab 24, Raymundo 12, Pangilinan 12, Argente 5, Mosqueda 5, Bernardo 3, De Jesus 2, Panapanaan 2, Garcia 2, Ferrer 2, Ramos 0, Benitez 0, De Leon 0, Sarmiento 0, Barrera 0.
Quarters: 27-17, 55-29, 70-47, 84-69.
Second Recreation
San Beda 76 – Andrada 18, Payosing 15, Sajonia 10, Estacio 9, Gonzales 6, Puno 6, Lina 5, Tagle 3, Celzo 2, Royo 2, Calimag 0.
Mapua 69 – Cuenco 20, Escamis 19, Concepcion 9, Mangubat 6, Hubilla 6, Bancale 5, Igliane 2, Jabonete 2, Ryan 0, Fermin 0.
Quarters: 19-16, 30-38, 53-53, 66-66 (reg.), 76-69 (OT).
– Rappler.com
