Falcons halt Maroons, near F4
Blow-hot, blow-cold Adamson got its second wind and pulled through with an 80-72 victory over University of the Philippines to soar closer to the Final Four in the UAAP Season 81 men’s basketball Final Four last night at Filoil Flying V Center.
Sean Manganti, the man responsible for the game-winner in the Falcons’ close call over the Maroons back in the first round, played the hero’s role once more and delivered the dagger trey with 1:14 left as Adamson recovered from a fourth-quarter meltdown to seal its eighth W in 10 starts.
Earlier, Marvin Lee put in a careerhigh 30 points spiked by eight treys and CJ Cansino turned in the first tripledouble (20-14-10) for a rookie since 2003 as Santo Tomas dumped UE, 79-68. The scores: First Game UST 79 – Lee 30, Cansino 20, Huang 14, Bataller 4, Bonleon 4, Agustin 2, Caunan 2, Mahinay 2, Zamora 1, Marcos 0.
UE 68 – Pasaol 26, Manalang 15, Conner 12, Bartolome 6, Varilla 4, Strait 3, Lacap 2, Beltran 0, Cullar 0, Gallardo 0, Guion 0. Quarterscores: 17-19, 39-33, 59-49, 79-68 Second Game AdU 80 – Ahanmisi 24, Lastimosa 14, Sarr 12, Manganti 10, Catapusan 5, Magbuhos 4, Camacho 3, Mojica 3, Pingoy 3, Bernardo 2, Zaldivar 0.
UP 72 – Akhuetie 24, Ju. Gomez de Liano 15, Desiderio 13, Manzo 8, Ja. Gomez de Liano 5, Vito 5, Jaboneta 2, Dario 0, Gozum 0, Lim 0, Prado 0.
Quarterscores: 12-12, 34-26, 67-48, 80-72