National University decimates Adamson, 62-25

MANILA, Philippines – The Adamson Soaring Falcons made history against the National University Bulldogs, but not for the right reason.

After their valiant effort against the UST Growling Tigers last Saturday, July 26, the Soaring Falcons followed up by letting the Bulldogs pull them apart, 62-25, on Wednesday evening, July 30, at the Mall of Asia Arena.

It was the lowest scoring output for a team dating back to 2003. 39 was the previous record.

It was a lopsided contest from start to finish, as the now 4-1 Bulldogs got rolling quick and early en route to dominating the Falcons.

NU opened the game striking first by leaning on a tandem of 3-balls by John Cauilan and Gelo Alonino to go ahead, 6-0.

Adamson Coach Kenneth Duremdes called a time-out to re-group, but the Bulldogs continued to convert from outside. With less than three minutes to go in the first period, the score read 12-3 in favor of National University.

No positives came out for AdU for the remainder of the quarter, as Alonino and Rodolfo Alejandro continued to put up points. Entering the second canto, the lead was up to 16, 19-3.

The rest of the match was a cakewalk for the Bulldogs.

Alejandro finished with 13 points, while Alonino contributed 10 markers, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Troy Rosario also pitched in, putting up 10 points and 10 boards.

Adamson received 7 points from Celedonio Trollano, as the team drops to 0-4.

The Falcons shot 16% from the field, going 9-of-57. In the first half, the team totaled only 11 points.

“When we watched Adamson play, the last two games, they were shooting well,” mentioned NU head coach Eric Altamirano after the game.

“Before the game, I told the boys it’s not who we play, it’s how we play.”

AdU will look to forget its disappointing performance when it takes on DLSU on Saturday, while NU aims to win their fifth game of the season against UE on Sunday.

“We want to forget about this game,” Altamirano added. “We have two remaining games in the first round – we want to focus on that.”

He added: “Every game is important.”

Adamson also shot poorly from downtown, making only 23% of their shots whole not cracking double-digit scoring in any quarter.

National U led by as much as 39. – Rappler.com