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UAAP Finals Game 2: La Salle Green Archers v UP Fighting Maroons.gvg777
UAAP Season 87 basketball Finals scheduleDecember 11, Wednesday – Game 1 – Mall of Asia Arena
1pm – women’s awarding Ceremony 1:30pm – UST Growling Tigresses vs NU Lady Bulldogs 5pm – men’s awarding Ceremony 5:30pm –UP Fightings Maroons vs. La Salle Green Archers UAAP Finals: Relief for Topex as missed FTs nearly doom La Salle
La Salle coach Topex Robinson in Game 2 Game 2 of UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament Finals against UP FIghting Maroons. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — La Salle coach Topex Robinson heaved a big sigh of relief the Green Archers overcame missed crucial free throws to survive with cardiac win over University of the Philippines and take the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals to a deciding Game 3. ADVERTISEMENT
In front of a pressure-packed 17,112 fans, Phillip missed crucial free throws with 19.6 seconds left after giving La Salle a 76-75 lead in the final minute.
The Green Archers got a lucky break when Fighting Maroons star Francis Lopez grabbed the rebound off Phillip’ but committed a costly passing turnover.FEATURED STORIES
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La Salle Green Archers star Kevin Quiambao reacts after La Salle gets away with the win in Game 2 of UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament Finals against UP FIghting Maroons. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIREr.net
MANILA, Philippines—UAAP Season 87 MVP Kevin Quiambao was overcome with emotions after La Salle lived to fight another day for the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball championship, forcing a Game 3 against University of the Philippines in the Finals on Wednesday.
Quiambao missed two crucial freethrows that could’ve given La Salle some breathing room with 14 seconds left as UP, eager to finally end the series, got the final possession of the game.
UAAP Finals: Francis Lopez offers no excuse for endgame blunders
UP Fighting Maroons’ Francis Lopez in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals against La Salle Green Archers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Francis Lopez offered no excuse for his costly missed free throws and turnovers that allowed La Salle to drag University of the Philippines to another Finals rubber match in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament.
After Mike Phillips put La Salle ahead with a 76-75 lead with a minute remaining, Lopez missed four straight free throws that could have given UP back the crucial advantage.
When Phillips missed a pair of free throws, Lopez got the rebound but his pass to JD Cagulangan went out of bounds with 15 seconds remaining.
UAAP Finals: La Salle beats UP in tense finish to force Game 3
Kevin Quiambao reacts after a crucial play in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals against UP Fighting Maroons. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
La Salle can breathe a little better now after getting a chance to live another day and forcing an all-or-nothing Game 3 in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament Finals.
The Green Archers leveled the series after completing a 76-75 win over University of the Philippines on the back of Kevin Quiambao and Mike Phillips Wednesday night at Mall of Asia Arena.
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UAAP Finals: La Salle beats UP in tense finish to force Game 3
Kevin Quiambao reacts after a crucial play in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals against UP Fighting Maroons. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
La Salle can breathe a little better now after getting a chance to live another day and forcing an all-or-nothing Game 3 in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament Finals.
The Green Archers leveled the series after completing a 76-75 win over University of the Philippines on the back of Kevin Quiambao and Mike Phillips Wednesday night at Mall of Asia Arena.
Quiambao showed once again why he is a two-time MVP after nailing two crucial three-pointers, both in front of the Maroons defense with the second over of towering Quentin Millora-Brown, to save the Green Archers in the dying minutes of regulation. He finished with 22 points and nine rebounds.
LIVE UPDATES: UP Fightings Maroons vs. La Salle Green Archers (UAAP Finals Game 2)
Reyland Torres has been ejected after an unsportsmanlike foul on CJ Austria.
UP up 73-68, with 2:40 left in Game 2 of the #UAAPFinals. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/Uh3LpgpJVt
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) December 11, 2024
Reyland Torres has been ejected after committing a clear path foul. JD Cagulangan drives to the middle and scores off the glass. UP 71-63 La Salle. 5 minutes to play. Kevin Quiambao with a much needed 3 for La Salle! UP lead down to 4, 67-64. Gate attendance for Game 2 of the UAAP Finals: 17,112. KQ scored his 13th point. La Salle trailing, 57-64. END OF 3RD: UP 62, La Salle 54 JD Cagulangan from the same stop, and he makes the 3 with five seconds left! UP takes a 62-54 lead–its biggest of the game. Four straight misses by La Salle from the stripe. UP still leads 59-54. Cagulangan left with open and he makes another 3! UP opens a 59-54 lead. La Salle calls time. JD Cagulangan with a 3 in transition! And UP now with a 54-52 lead with over 3 minutes. UP briefly takes the lead 47-46, but La Salle answers right away to wrest the advantage again. KQ from deep! La Salle with a 46-43 lead. Cagulangan ties it at 43-all with 6:48 left in Q3. Abadiano scores his 12th point as UP cuts La Salle lead to 41-43 with over 7 minutes left in the third. Halftime stats: Mike Phillips leading La Salle with 14 points Francis Lopez has 14 points for UP. HALFTIME: La Salle 39, UP 36. Gerry Abadiano from midrange. He also draws a foul. UP 29. La Salle 33. Frenzied couple of possessions for both sides for the past few minutes. La Salle holding onto a 33-27 lead midway through the second quarter. Reyland Torres with a 3, Gani Stevens inside stab and UP now just down 27-28 with 7 minutes in the second. END OF 1ST: La Salle 28, UP 22. Francis Lopez answers back 3. UP behind 26-22. KQ and Phillips leading La Salle’s charge so far as the Green Archers take a 24-18 lead. Mike Phillips stretches La Salle’s lead, 20-13, with 2:43 left in the first. La Salle takes the lead, 12-11. La Salle cuts it down to one, 10-11, with 5 mins left in Q1. UP unleashes a 9-4 start in Game 2.A sea of Maroons fill up the entrance way of the Mall of Asia Arena ahead of the #UAAPSeason87 Finals Game 2.
UP looks to close out the series today while La Salle aims to push the series to a decider. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/DGsbB0RVeh
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) December 11, 2024
UAAP: Kevin Quiambao hailed MVP anew as La Salle title bid hangs
La Salle’s Kevin Quiambao during the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Kevin Quiambao was officially named MVP for the second straight year moments before La Salle’s do-or-die Game 2 against University of the Philippines in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.
After another masterclass season with 81.357 statistical points after averaging 16.64 points, 8.64 rebounds, 4.07 assists, and a steal in the elimination round, Quiambao became the first Green Archer to win back-to-back MVPs since Ben Mbala in 2017.
Quiambao became the first local to win two consecutive MVPs since Ateneo guard Kiefer Ravena in 2014 and 2015. Jun Limpot (1987-88), Mark Telan (1996-97) and Don Allado (1998-99) are the only other Archers to bag successive MVP awards.
Kevin Quiambao’s MVP speech. #UAAPSeason87 @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/dDV6vf1TH2
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball individual awarding
MVP Kevin Quiambao completes the mythical five. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/U0oY235PmN
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
FEU’s Veejay Pre wins the #UAAPSeason87 Rookie of the Year | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/OAlIH8CSH3
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
UST star Nic Cabañero earns his mythical selection. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/Vmaonf8fhy
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
JD Cagulangan earns a mythical selection in his final season. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/hDtomumNG7
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
Mike Phillips gets his second career mythical team award. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/TrzblIRtN1
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
FEU’s Mo Konateh, the league’s best rebounder, receives his mythical 5 trophy. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/hJYibZbPrA
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
UAAP Finals: UST Tigresses fend off NU, force title decider
UST Growling Tigresses celebrate after beating NU Lady Bulldogs in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 women’s basketball Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — New heroes emerged for University of Santo Tomas as Brigette Santos and Karylle Sierba kept their title repeat bid alive on Wednesday.
Behind Santos and Sierba, the Growling Tigresses got back at National University, 78-68, in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 women’s basketball finals.
Santos set the tone and unleashed a career-high 27 points while Sierba flourished in the fourth quarter, where she fired 15 of her 18 points as UST forced a winner-take-all duel on Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
LIVE UPDATES: UST Growling Tigresses vs NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP Finals Game 2)
Danganan with a dagger 3!
UST looks to force a Game 3 with a 76-65 lead. 34.7 seconds left. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/JLBaYsGSI5
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NO SWEEP! FINAL: UST forces a rubber match with a 78-68 win over erstwhile unbeaten NU in Game 2. Danganan with a dagger 3! UST looks to force a Game 3 with a 76-65 lead. 34.7 seconds left. Santos gives UST a 70-62 advantage with 3 mins remaining. Sierba heats up early in the fourth giving UST a 62-59 lead with 6:56 to play. END OF 3RD: NU 49, UST 48. Fabruada scores again. NU, 43-39, 4:13 remaining in the third. NU takes the lead! Fabruada sinks two free throws, 41-39, with 4:56 to go in the third quarter. Surada ties the game at 39-all with 5:35 left. Surada sinks a trey! NU within two, 37-39, with 6:05 left. Pagdulagan cuts down UST’s lead to three. NU still trails, 34-37, with 6:31 to play in the third.
Ateneo’s Kacey Dela Rosa wins her second straight UAAP women’s basketball MVP.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Becoming a two-time UAAP MVP only fueled Kacey Dela Rosa’s desire to deliver a championship to Ateneo.
Dela Rosa led the Blue Eagles to the playoffs but lost in the first game of the stepladder semifinals to eventual bronze medalist Adamson in overtime.
“Siyempre ako super happy po kasi nakuha ko yung back-to-back MVP. And siguro hindi pa rin ako satisfied kasi marami pa akong kulang din sa games ko. Kasi naglu-look talaga ako sa team effort. Pero I’m happy naman,” said Dela Rosa, who became first Blue Eagle to win consecutive women’s basketball MVPs since Cassy Tioseco in 2007, shortly after the awarding ceremony on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.
VIDEO: Kacey Dela Rosa on her second straight UAAP MVPKacey Dela Rosa on winning her second MVP. #UAAPSeason87 @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/i2VyIimYl3
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
Ateneo’s Kacey Dela Rosa is officially a two-time UAAP women’s basketball MVPKacey Dela Rosa receives her #UAAPSeason87 MVP award. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/dRou3xWBP9
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
Two-time MVP Kacey Dela Rosa headlines the #UAAPSeason87 women’s basketball awardees. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/p8wrcvib8r
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
RECLAIM OR RETAIN?
The NU Lady Bulldogs 🐾 are on the brink of reclaiming the coveted crown! However, the defending champs, the UST Growling Tigresses 🐯 are determined to retain their title and push the series to the limit in the #UAAPSeason87 Women’s Basketball Finals! pic.twitter.com/hHtRCsgOod
— The UAAP (@uaap_official) December 10, 2024
UAAP Finals: La Salle ready for rough patch with crown loose on its head
UP Fighting Maroons’ Quentin Millora-Brown, Jacob Bayla and La Salle Green Archers’ Kevin Quiambao during Game 1 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball finals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
La Salle coach Topex Robinson has always preached culture, love and sticking together since he was given the keys to the Green Archers program last year, where they ended a six-year championship drought for one of the esteemed programs in the UAAP.
And it seems like the Archers will continue to live by it even after University of the Philippines pushed the defending champions’ backs against the wall with a 73-65 victory in Game 1 of the Season 87 men’s basketball finals on Sunday.
“The good thing about the team in the dugout was nobody was blaming nobody,” Robinson said as the Maroons defeated them for the first time this season. “We’ve gone this far because of how we really became a united front and we will not let any negativity get in our way.”
UAAP Finals: La Salle, UP know nothing is decided yet after Game 1
Kevin Quiambao–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
Both University of the Philippines (UP) and La Salle talked down Game 1 of their UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament title duel like the result mattered less than what it did on paper.
“Game 1 doesn’t win a championship,” UP coach Goldwin Monteverde said after the Maroons’ 73-65 victory in Sunday’s series opener. “[Part of] the process [toward getting a championship] is to get the Game 1. And [we’ve done that] so we’ll just have to focus on what we need to improve in terms of [our] lapses [during] the game.”
“The only thing that I told the team [was] there’s a reason why this is a series: you don’t win a championship by winning one game, you need two games,” La Salle coach Topex Robinson said after the Archers lost to the Maroons for the first time since, coincidentally, Game 1 of their title bout last season.
La Salle hopes to pull off another UAAP Finals comeback
Mike Phillips, right, and Kevin Quiambao look to lead the way for La Salle in Wednesday’s UAAP Finals Game 2.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—A year ago, La Salle completed a UAAP Finals comeback against University of the Philippines after losing Game 1.
On Sunday, the Green Archers found themselves facing the same predicament against familiar rivals following a 73-65 loss in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals opener.
However, to pull off another rally, La Salle will need immense belief, according to Mike Phillips.
UAAP Finals: Topex Robinson lifts La Salle’s morale after Game 1 loss
La Salle coach Topex Robinson during Game 1 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—For coach Topex Robinson, preparing La Salle for Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 Finals against University of the Philippines is like clockwork and keeping the team’s morale right where he wants it to be following a tough loss is the real challenge.
“The only thing I told the team [after the loss] was, this is the reason why this is a series,” said Robinson after the 73-65 loss in Game 1 on Sunday at Araneta Coliseum.
“The players in the dugout just reminded each other to be positive and try to learn from this experience. That’s a tough team that we played against. They’re one of the best so we just have to slug it out with them on Wednesday.”
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