Louna Ozar and the UP Combating Maroons within the UAAP girls’s basketball event. –UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — College of the Philippines remained unbeaten in 4 video games after surviving the gritty Far Jap College, 64-61, to maintain the solo UAAP Season 86 girls’s basketball lead on Wednesday at Adamson College Fitness center.
Driving on the crest from their large win over defending champion Nationwide College final Sunday, Louna Ozar led the Combating Maroons with 15 factors, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and two steals for an unscathed 4-0 document with a median successful margin of 13.75 factors.
“It’s anticipated from (Ozar),” mentioned UP coach Paul Ramos. “I’m simply constantly reminding her to only be within the second and benefit from the expertise and proceed to get higher together with her teammates.”
In addition to Ozar, who campaigned with the Gilas Pilipinas Girls within the Asian Video games, UP leaned on Christie Bariquit, Favour Onoh, and Kaye Pesquera.
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Bariquit delivered 11 factors and 7 rebounds. Pesquera contributed 10 factors, 4 rebounds, and three assists, whereas Onoh had six factors and 13 rebounds for the Combating Maroons.
UP squandered a 64-50 lead after the Woman Tamaraws unleashed an 11-0 run to chop it down to only three with 1:41 remaining but it surely was capable of make the essential defensive stops to remain unbeaten.
“I feel FEU ready very nicely,” mentioned Ramos. “We have been late in our changes and that’s my teaching fault. I’m joyful that in the direction of the latter a part of the sport, we have been capable of collectively discover a answer on a few of their deployments.”
Josee Kaputu led FEU with 19 factors, 17 rebounds, and three steals. Shane Salvani had eight factors, six rebounds, and 5 assists, whereas Jamerin Delos Santos additionally scored eight and had 12 rebounds just for their crew to drop to a 2-2 document.
NU bounces again in opposition to UST
NU Woman Bulldogs’ Karl Pingol. –UAAP PHOTO
In the meantime, NU vented its ire on the College of Santo Tomas, bouncing again with a 76-64 win to tie its sufferer and Ateneo to equivalent 3-1 information.
After the Woman Bulldogs’ first loss in 12 years, Karl Pingol led the balanced assault of the seven-time defending champion with 13 factors, 4 rebounds, three assists, and two steals at hand UST’s first defeat in 4 video games.
Joinaba Konateh delivered 12 factors and 9 rebounds. Angel Surada contributed 11 factors, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists, as Camille Clarin added 10 factors, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals.
“We simply advised the women to only study from the UP recreation and transfer ahead and focus our consideration on UST,” NU coach Aris Dimaunahan mentioned. “I assumed we did an important job on the preparation and on the dedication of the gamers to do the sport plan to the letter. Pleased with these ladies for coming again after a loss.”
Kent Pastrana led the Growling Tigresses with 18 factors. Tantoy Ferrer had 17 factors and 6 rebounds, whereas Cheesy Tacatac had 15 factors and 4 assists solely to soak up their first lack of the season.
Final season’s Rookie of the Yr Kacey Dela Rosa poured in 23 factors, 18 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 blocks to steer Ateneo to its third straight win after beating the winless College of the East, 72-62.
Junize Calago additionally put up a double-double for the Blue Eagles with 13 factors, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sandra Villacruz had 13 factors, whereas Sarah Makanjuola added 10 factors and 6 rebounds.
Within the different recreation, La Salle lastly ended its three-game skid as Lee Sario dropped 20 factors to tow the winless Adamson, 63-55, and improved to a 1-3 card.
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Bernice Paraiso was additionally instrumental with 11 factors and 4 rebounds, whereas Betts Binaohan contributed 10 factors, 5 rebounds, and three steals as final season’s runner-up barged into the win column and stored the Woman Falcons winless in 4 video games.
