Coach Topex Robinson and the La Salle GReen Archers throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball sport towards FEU Tamaraws. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
La Salle averted a second consecutive loss by escaping Far Jap College, 68-62, within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event on Wednesday at Good Araneta Coliseum.
The duo of Mike Phillips and Kevin Quiambao, who each got here up with double-double digits, made it occur for the Inexperienced Archers who improved to a 4-1 file.
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Phillips completed with 13 factors, 14 rebounds and two blocks whereas Quiambao, the reigning MVP, had 12 factors and 11 rebounds apart from eight assists and three steals.
La Salle was coming off a shocking defeat to College of the East (UE), 75-71, on Sunday.
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“Despite the fact that that was a tough loss to UE, it actually give us the chance to check our character and take a look at that tradition that we’ve been constructing for final couple months and final couple years that coach Topex [Robinson] has been right here so we knew that this sport wasn’t gonna be straightforward as effectively,” Phillips stated.
“Coach Topex kinda set the tone within the locker room earlier than the sport, he stated it’s gonna be a grind out win and so we’re blissful, it simply feels good to win. We nonetheless have so much to work on however we actually wanted this simply to maintain all people going and prepare for our subsequent fast turnaround on Sunday,” he added.
La Salle Inexperienced Archers’ Mike Phillips throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event sport. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
La Salle already led by as a lot as 12 earlier than halftime with a 42.9 taking pictures from the sector with Quiambao, Abadam, Gollena and Ramiro taking turns nailing pictures from past the arc.
However Tamaraws got here out of intermission with renewed convention and slowly chipped away on the lead. A vital three from Janrey Pasaol introduced them inside 51-50 on the finish of the third body the place FEU outscored La Salle, 22-13.
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“FEU will actually come out giving every part. It’s gonna be one of many highlights of their season taking part in towards us and we simply caught it out and we’re additionally drained similar to they had been however I believe we simply targeted on just a few issues which might be important which is ensuring that we’re not gonna give them any straightforward lane,” Robinson stated.
“Offensively additionally we kinda settled down and actually seemed for our benefit which these guys actually responded on that,” he added.
Robinson and his wards received their act collectively within the payoff interval, with Earl Abadam ending the nip-and-tuck begin stretch for the 59-56 lead that the Inexperienced Archers had been capable of widen comfortably.
The Tamaraws stay in seek for the primary win this season regardless of a 13 level outing from Pasaol who additionally had three rebounds, assists and steals and Konateh’s monster double-double of 12 factors and 25 rebounds in addition to 4 blocks.
Rookie Pre completed with 11 factors, 4 rebounds and three assists.
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The Archers hope to string up one other profitable streak towards College of Santo Tomas on Sunday in the identical Quezon Metropolis venue whereas the Tamaraws hope to lastly cease the skid reverse Ateneo.
