La Salle moves 1 win away from finals

Rappler.com

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.

BULL-STRONG. Torres and the Archers are one win away from the finals. Photo by Rappler/Josh Albelda.

MANILA, Philippines — De La Salle University controlled the game from start to finish to beat Far Eastern University, 74-69, and move one win away from the 76th UAAP men’s basketball finals on Saturday, September 21 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The Green Archers went on a 9-0 run in the first quarter to take the driver’s seat and never let it go, as the Taft-based squad scored its 8th straight win and pulled ahead, 1-0, in a virtual best-of-three for the second finals slot.

With Jeron Teng and LA Revilla leading the sniping, La Salle built a 66-51 advantage with 7:43 left in the final period.

FEU climbed its way back into the game behind back-to-back triples by skipper Gryann Mendoza and a Roger Pogoy baseline jumper capped a 12-2 run that drew the Tamaraws within 5 at 68-63 with 1:19 remaining on the clock.

But Revilla struck the dagger with a 3-pointer with 55.1 seconds left to finally put FEU away and grab the second seed entering the Final 4.

Revilla fired 6 triples to finish with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Season MVP Terrence Romeo led the Tamaraws with 22 points and 4 rebounds but that couldn’t prevent his team from failing to get the coveted twice-to-beat advantage. – Rappler.com

Add a comment

Sort by

There are no comments yet. Add your comment to start the conversation.

Summarize this article with AI

How does this make you feel?

Loading
Download the Rappler App!