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The ational College of Business and Arts Wildcats made their presence felt yesterday at the start of the 1 th season of the niversities and Colleges Athletic Association ( CAA) basketball tournament.
They struck hard with their fastbreak offense in the last period and wore down the Philippine School of Business Administration Jaguars, 9- , at the Ateneo Blue Eagle gym on atipunan Ave., uezon City.
Mario Junio and Ikee Asturia tallied 1 and 1 points, respectively, to lead the Wildcats in this cagefest supported by Mikasa and Molten Balls.
The cat-quick pace in the last period allowed them to limit the
Jaguars to just five points.
“ D fastbreak D D D . PD D PD D P D D D D D D D D Jaguars,” said Wildcats coach Lester del osario.
The Wildcats forced five big turnovers during a seven-minute stretch in the last quarter and shut down the Jaguars in the process, moving away from a slim 1- edge to - , behind drives by Eljohn Limpin and Jeff isquitado.
A pair of driving layups from Junio in the last saw the Wildcats grabbing a - spread.
Christian Canicula showed the way for the Jaguars with 1 points while Brian Agustin and Artistotle ionisio had 1 apiece.
The Wildcats clash with the izal Technological niversity Blue Thunder when action resumes tomorrow at the livarez College gymnasium in Sucat, Para aque.