Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Shawn Tuano flanked by his teammates throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball recreation. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Ateneo lastly notched a primary win within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match with a 60-51 victory towards Adamson on Saturday at Good Araneta Coliseum.
Shawn Tuano’s essential free throws down the stretch gave the Blue Eagles the respiratory room they wanted to comfortably take residence the win
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“We’re clearly very joyful. The blokes fought actually laborious. I stated early on that we are going to be a group that performs in patches. The fourth quarter was a extremely dangerous patch however we survived it. We took care of our third quarter woes, at the very least for this recreation,” coach Tab Baldwin stated.
SCHEDULE: UAAP Season 87 basketball
Tuano led the scoring for Ateneo with 11 factors along with 4 rebounds and Kristian Porter’s efforts lastly resulted in a win as he completed with eight factors and 10 rebounds for the Eagles to enhance to a 1-3 document.
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Chris Koon completed with eight factors and 4 rebounds, pulling off an excellent comeback after lacking two video games attributable to an harm in Ateneo’s opening recreation versus College of the Philippines.
Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Kristian Porter throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball recreation. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Sophomore Kyle Gamber nailed a trey within the third quarter to offer Ateneo its largest lead at 41-25.
Adamson manufactured a 13-2 run within the fourth body to deliver the warmth to the Blue Eagles, narrowing the deficit to only three, 54-51 with a minute and 4 seconds left courtesy of Ced Manzano’s charity photographs.
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Ian Espinosa scored his solely factors from the road and after makes an attempt of the Falcons to in some way take the sport, Tuano was despatched to the road and sank 4 of his 5 free throws to seal the end result.
Manzano was the lone brilliant spot for the Hovering Falcons as he ended up with 14 factors and 7 rebounds.
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The win might assist Ateneo lengthen its profitable methods because it battles winless Far Jap College on Sept. 29 at Good Araneta Coliseum.
