Emilio Aguinaldo School’s King Gurtiza.-NCAA PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—King Gurtiza got here via within the clutch and helped Emilio Aguinaldo School avert catastrophe in a 90-88 escape of Lyceum within the NCAA Season 100 males’s basketball event on Sunday.
Gurtiza scored the sport’s closing 5 factors, together with a few game-winning free throws with 6.7 seconds left because the Generals salvaged a victory after blowing an 18-point lead.
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“This a giant win and it’s essential. If we lose right this moment we’ll be on the backside of the standing so I emphasised that we would have liked to offer all the pieces on this recreation,” stated coach Jerson Cabiltes after one other EAC nail-biter. “It’s an unpredictable season… Each recreation is significant so we now have to deal with it as a playoff recreation in every recreation.”
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“I instructed myself, ‘I apply this,’ so I used to be assured that I might shoot these free throws,” stated Gurtiza.
Lyceum rallied from a 46-28 deficit and even took an 88-85 edge after a triple by Gyle Montano.
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However that’s when Gurtiza, who collected 21 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, took over and gave the Generals their third win in seven tries.
Paolo Bagay helped EAC’s trigger with 11 factors and three rebounds whereas the guard tandem of Axel Doromal and Harvey Pagsanjan completed with 9 and eight factors, respectively.
John Barba completed with a double-double of 19 factors and 14 rebounds for the Pirates, who dropped to an similar 3-4 card.
Mapua grabs share of No. 2
Mapua’s Clint Escamis.-NCAA PHOTO
Mapua turned again Jose Rizal College, 88-81, for a tie at No. 2.
Reigning MVP Clint Escamis continued his stellar play with 19 factors, 4 rebounds and two assists for the Cardinals, who claimed a share of second place with the Letran Knights with related 5-2 slates.
The troika of Lawrence Mangubat, Chris Hubilla and Mark Cuenco additionally stepped up for Mapua.
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Mangubat scored 16 factors whereas Hubilla and Cuenco added 15 and 13 factors, respectively.
The Heavy Bombers, in the meantime, fell to 2-5, tying Arellano on the backside of the standings.
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Joshua Guiab had 17 whereas Ivan Panapanaan tallied 15 factors for JRU within the loss.
