UP Preventing Maroons’ Mark Belmonte throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball recreation towards UE. –UAAP PHOTO
College of the Philippines bought a share of the lead within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event after cruising previous College of the East, 81-71, on Saturday at Sensible Araneta Coliseum.
The Maroons joined La Salle and College of Santo Tomas, who all have 2-0 information, on the prime of the standings behind JD Cagulangan’s 21 factors highlighted by seven rebounds and 4 assists.
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Mark Belmonte and Harold Alarcon completed with 9 factors apiece whereas Jacob Bayla, Francis Lopez and Dikachi Ududo added seven factors every.
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“Each recreation is a instructing second for us. We performed nicely for the primary two and a half quarters. Within the first half, our offense was flowing properly, and we had been taking pictures nicely. Our protection was additionally robust, permitting solely 29 factors, however we gave up 42 factors within the second half,” UP assistant coach Christian Luanzon mentioned.
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The Preventing Maroons bought the higher of the Pink Warriors in just about each side as UP wasted no time taking management of the sport. Cagulangan and UE’s Rainier Maga traded threes late within the third quarter earlier than Lopez hammered a runaway slam to provide UP its greatest lead, 69-42, with 1:50 left.
“We scored 21 factors within the third quarter however gave up 20, which isn’t as much as our defensive requirements. Nonetheless, as Coach Gold [Monteverde] at all times says, we have to enhance with each recreation all through the season. This recreation will certainly assist us as we work on getting higher.”
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Alarcon was referred to as for an unsportsmanlike foul on the taking pictures Nico Mulingtapang, who cleared all his 4 free throws earlier than Maga sank a jumper to cap a 7-0 run by UE to finish the third body.
The Pink Warriors refused to surrender and introduced the warmth within the remaining body in an try and steal the sport with Treasured Momowei’s putback narrowing the deficit to 76-65 after an 8-0 run.
Momowei made two free throws for UE with 2:14 left, Quentin Millora-Brown scored two of his personal earlier than the Warrior large man was fouled whereas doing a layup however missed the freebie.
Momowei paced UE with a double-double of 20 factors and 13 rebounds whereas Wello Lingolingo added 11 factors and eight rebounds.
Mulingtapang and Maga completed with 9 factors apiece because the Warriors dropped its second recreation in as many video games.
UP faces Nationwide College subsequent on Wednesday in the identical Quezon Metropolis venue.