In a spectacular show of clutch, one-on-one basketball, FEU gunner Jorick Bautista goes wild in extra time to assist the Tamaraws edge Ateneo for a UAAP Season 87 breakthrough win
MANILA, Philippines – Through the years, followers of UAAP males’s basketball rivals FEU and Ateneo have grown accustomed to gritty, nip-and-tuck battles between the Tamaraws and Blue Eagles, with both aspect refusing to offer an inch to the opposite till the ultimate buzzer.
Not a lot has modified in Season 87 as win-hungry FEU edged out reeling Ateneo, 66-65, in extra time for its first win after 5 straight losses on the Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, September 29.
In a Tamaraws workforce filled with prospects, it was veteran gunner Jorick Bautista who single-handedly confirmed the younger weapons the way it’s finished in crunch time, scoring 8 of his game-high 18 factors within the additional interval amid an astounding show of one-on-one dribbling showcases and contested mid-range swishers.
After Bautista sank his first three extra time subject objectives for a 61-56 edge with 1:21 to go, FEU knew higher than to get within the third-year guard’s method, as 4 Tamaraws stood all the best way out of bounds to let their chief dance on a hapless Chris Koon and sink one other mid-ranger, 63-57, with 34 seconds left.
Rookie Kristian Porter did his finest to drag Ateneo inside hanging distance, sinking two of three free throws with 22.9 ticks left, 59-63, then burying a 3 with 5.1 ticks left after a Janrey Pasaol cut up on the line, 62-64.
Massive man Mo Konateh, one among FEU’s silent anchors coming off a monstrious 12-point, 25-rebound double-double, then selected the right time to observe the clutch path, sinking two big freebies off the intentional foul to create a two-possession recreation, 66-62.
Thus, Shawn Tuano’s desperation pull-up triple for Ateneo made no distinction as solely 0.1 second was left on the clock, placing the Tamaraws nicely out of hurt’s method on their closing inbound.
“We advised you it’s gonna take a while as a result of these guys are so younger, they’re nonetheless getting used to taking part in at this stage, and studying my system,” mentioned PBA legend Sean Chambers, who lastly skilled his first-ever win as a collegiate head coach.
“All of these losses, I received to be man sufficient to take all of these, however I mentioned final recreation that fairly quickly, each workforce is gonna have a tough time taking part in towards us.”
Koon paced yet one more forgettable loss with a team-high 12 factors, backstopped by a pair of 11-point outings from Jared Bahay and Kristian Porter.
Nonetheless, the trio solely mixed for an 11-of-39 clip, whereas Ateneo as a complete solely transformed 10-of-23 from the charity stripe on the best way to a 1-4 report.
The Scores
FEU 66 – Bautista 18, Alforque 12, Konateh 10, Pre 10, Pasaol 10, Montemayor 4, Daa 2, Nakai 0, Ona 0, Bagunu 0, Jones 0.
Ateneo 65 – Koon 12, Porter 11, Bahay 11, Quitevis 9, Lazaro 6, Tuano 6, Gamber 6, Espinosa 3, Balogun 1, Bongo 0, Espina 0, Ong 0.
Quarters: 19-14, 27-32, 40-41, 51-51 (reg.), 66-65 (OT).
– Rappler.com
