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UP finishes the sport on a fiery 12-2 run to outlast Adamson and punch its ticket to the Last 4 of the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event
MANILA, Philippines – After a two-week hiatus, the UP Combating Maroons lastly returned to motion and formally secured a Last 4 spot within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event after holding off the Adamson Hovering Falcons, 70-59, on the Mall of Asia Area on Sunday, October 27.
JD Cagulangan confirmed the best way with a game-high 17 factors, whereas Gani Stevens stepped up large with 10 factors on an ideal 3-of-3 discipline purpose clip for the Combating Maroons, whose earlier outing was means again October 13 of their 83-73 rout of the UST Growling Tigers.
The Combating Maroons had been presupposed to face the NU Bulldogs final October 20 and the UE Pink Warriors final October 23, however each video games bought moved to later dates as a consequence of a schedule change and the inclement climate brought on by Tropical Storm Kristine.
Nonetheless, UP picked up the place it left off two Sundays in the past and hiked its document to 8-1, turning into simply the second staff to punch its ticket to the semifinals, together with the league-leading La Salle Inexperienced Archers (10-1).
“This was a clinching semifinal recreation so you recognize, it’s one thing that we’re going to have fun tonight,” mentioned UP assistant coach Christian Luanzon.
“However on the similar time, the purpose is the large image, which is to enter the finals, [and we’re] giving ourselves a chance for that,” added Luanzon because the Combating Maroons look to avenge their back-to-back finals losses to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in Season 85 and the Inexperienced Archers in Season 86.
After trailing a lot of the first half, UP ended the second quarter on a fiery 10-0 run to show a 28-31 drawback right into a 38-31 lead at halftime.
It was a nip-and-tuck battle between UP and Adamson all through the second half, and with the Hovering Falcons solely down by a single level on the 3:48 mark of the fourth quarter, 57-58, the Combating Maroons as soon as once more uncorked a livid 12-0 blast to lastly draw back with a 70-57 cushion with simply 52.4 seconds to play.
Mathew Montebon carried the combat for the Hovering Falcons of their fifth straight loss with 14 factors, whereas AJ Fransman and Cedrick Manzano added 13 and 12, respectively.
The setback put Adamson’s document right down to 3-7 — tied with the Blue Eagles at sixth place.
The Scores
UP 70 – Cagulangan 17, Stevens 10, Fortea 9, Belmonte 9, Abadiano 7, Torres 4, Millora-Brown 4, Bayla 3, Ududo 3, Lopez 2, Felicilda 2, Alter 0, Torculas 0.
Adamson 59 – Montebon 14, Fransman 13, Manzano 12, Yerro 6, Mantua 5, Ojarikre 4, Calisay 3, Ignacio 2, Alexander 0, Anabo 0, Ronzone 0.
Quarters: 17-20, 38-31, 55-48, 70-59.
– Rappler.com
