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UP Maroons umangat sa No. 2

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UP Maroons umangat sa No. 2

MANILA, Philippines — Muling sinandalan ng University of the Philiuppines Fighting Maroons si Bright Akhuite upang matuhog ang kanilang ikatlong sunod na panalo para agawin ang No. 2 spot sa Season 82 UAAP men’s basketball tournament na nagpatuloy kahapon sa Mall Of Asia sa Pasay City.

Dalawang crucial freethrows ang binitawan ni Bright Akhuetie sa huling 16.1 segundo ng fourth quarter tungo sa kanilang 78-71 panalo sa National University Bulldogs.

Umangat sa 3-1 win-loss slate at agawan ng puwesto Ang University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers na inilampaso ng Adamson University Soaring Falcons, 78-71 sa ikalawang laro.

Si Akhuetie rin ang nagpanalo sa State U kontra sa Adamson, 83-82 noong Linggo sa pamamagitan ng kanyang free throws sa huling 2.8 segundo ng labanan.

“We need to learn how to close out games toge-ther as a team, but that’s a process. We’ve got 3 close games already, we are smart enough, wise enough. we have to learn how to close it out because the fact of that , i know we can, there were jut lapses but we’re going to learn from that” ani coach Bo Perasol.

Nagsalpak naman si Kobe Paras ng 25 puntos at anim na rebounds habang umani uli ng double-double figures si Bright Akhuetie na may 19 puntos at 12 rebounds matapos magtala ng 18 points at 18 rebounds sa nakaraan nilang panalo.

Sa sumunod na laro, matinding 16-0 come-back run ang bpinakawalan ng Soparing Falcons sa fourth quarter na pinangunahan nina Val Chauca, Jerick Ahanmisi at Jerom Lastimosa para umangat mula sa siyam na pagkatambak, 71-62 sa huling 3:07 minuto ng huling period para makabawi sa kanilang kabiguan at saluhan ang kanilang biktimang UST sa 3-2 panalo-talo. PJCarpio

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