Nic Cabañero explosion fuels UST nearer to Closing 4

UST Growling Tigers’ Nic Cabañero throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match sport. -UAAP PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Because the Closing 4 race for the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match reaches a fever pitch, Nic Cabañero boosted UST’s hopes of climbing up the ladder.

The Growling Tigers defeated the College of the East, 76-67, and pushed them nearer to their objective of reaching the Closing 4 behind the heroics of their offensive chief in Cabañero

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However as a substitute of reveling in a brand new season-high, the sharpshooting guard instantly turned his consideration to the Growling Tigers’ subsequent outing amid the extraordinary struggle for the fourth seed.

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“We’ll simply take in this win and perhaps tomorrow, we’ll give attention to the subsequent sport instantly,” mentioned Cabañero in Filipino.

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“The race for the Closing 4 isn’t carried out but. We now have Adamson subsequent. I do know the teaching employees are doing they’re finest so I do know that they’re doing the best factor.”

Cabañero exploded with a game-high 27 factors plus eight rebounds to go together with it to push UST to a 6-7 file, protecting different groups at bay for now.

The previous Tiger Cub standout shot effectively from the sphere with a 50 p.c capturing clip, lacking simply eight of his 16 tries from the sphere.

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Serving to out Cabañero on the offensive finish was the tandem of Gelo Crisostomo and Christian Manaytay, who completed with 14 and 10 factors, respectively.

Now, it’s as much as Cabañero and firm to maintain management of the third seed with Far Japanese College (5-8), Adamson (4-7) and Nationwide College (4-8) respiration down their necks.

“Our crew is targeted. I instructed them they usually know from the beginning that that is the second spherical, it’s a unique theme, everybody desires to maneuver up and get the Closing 4 so I instructed them to simply settle for what we will get,” mentioned coach Pido Jarencio in Filipino.

Up subsequent for UST is Adamson on Saturday at San Juan Enviornment.