Archers, Lions target Filoil semis

Games today 11:15 a.m. – Perpetual Help vs Ateneo 1:15 p.m. – NU vs Adamson 3:15 p.m. – San Beda vs Arellano U 5 p.m. – La Salle vs FEU

La Salle stakes its unbeaten run as it faces reigning UAAP champion Far Eastern U in the featured match of an explosive four-game bill in today’s knockout quarterfinals of the Filoil Flying V Premier Cup at The Arena in San Juan City.

The Archers swept their seven-game elims matches in Group B, including a 78-70 victory over the Letran Knights, the current NCAA titlists, last Sunday to set up an interesting 5 p.m. duel with the Tams, who ended up No. 4 in Group A at 4-3.

Jeron Teng and Cameroonian Ben Mbala have been leading the way for the Taft-based squad with the former averaging 22.7 points and the latter norming 21.3 markers and an impressive 15.4 rebounds a game.

National University, which topped Group A with a 6-1 mark, slugs it out with Adamson, which edged University of the East, 84-82, in a do-or-die game Sunday to finish No. 4 in Group B at 4-3, at 1:15 p.m.

San Beda, second in Group B with a 6- 1 slate, tackles fellow NCAA rival Arellano U, No. 3 in Group A with a 5-2 record, at 3:15 p.m. with hopes of staying in the hunt of its titleretention bid.

Perpetual Help, which wound up No. 2 in Group A, tangles with Ateneo, which finished No. 3 in Group B with a 4-3 slate, at 11:15 a.m.