UST’s Nic Cabañero throughout a sport in opposition to FEU in UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines–At this level of the match, it was much less necessary that College of Santo Tomas snapped out of a three-game slide.
What’s necessary was that the Tigers, on Sunday, put a semblance of distance between themselves and the chase pack for a Last 4 spot.
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“Proper now, we’re considering that our final 4 video games are all do-or-die video games,” UST coach Pido Jarencio stated after a 79-70 victory over Far Japanese College within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
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For now, loss of life should wait exterior the door.
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The Tigers received their fifth sport in 11 outings to remain a sport and a half up on three groups tied at 3-7 (win-loss): The Tamaraws, Ateneo and Adamson.
UST’s maintain on that fourth spot—behind defending champion La Salle, College of the Philippines and College of the East—regarded tenuous at finest after a three-game slide put an enormous dent on a powerful begin to the season.
“We had a three-game dropping streak, so everyone needed to work,” Jarencio stated.
Whereas the slide was alarming, UST didn’t lose sight of what the aim is.
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“Within the locker room, we all the time say that we’re aiming for the Last 4. When out coaches say that, we all the time get motivated,“ stated senior Nic Cabañero, who joined palms with Kyle Panarada to assist the Tigers struggle off a powerful efficiency by the Tamaraws’ Veejay Pre.
The 19-year-old rookie was a thorn all evening to UST’s facet, ending with a career-best 31 factors on 11-of-17 capturing from the sphere and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Cabañero completed with 16 factors, eight within the final quarter whereas Panarada dropped all 13 factors within the second half.
“Panarada had a breakout sport,” Jarencio stated.