Game Result: ADMU 70 - UE 50
70 Points
36 Rebounds
19 Assists
_8 Steals
_3 Blocks
28/61 (45.90%) FG
_6/14 (42.86%) 3P FG
_8/9_ (88.89%) FT
UE Red Warriors
50 Points
29 Rebounds
_9 Assists
_8 Steals
_4 Blocks
15/50 (30.00%) FG
_5/19 (26.325%) 3P FG
15/20 (75.00%) FT
Quarters: 17-11, 32-21, 49-28, 70-50
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Archers, Eagles collide in finals
By Jonas Terrado - Manila Bulletin - September 15, 2008
Defending champion De La Salle and Ateneo arranged a dream title showdown by sending home separate opponents yesterday in the 71st UAAP Final Four at the Araneta Coliseum.
The top-seeded Blue Eagles, who finished the season with a 13-1 record, routed University of the East, 70-50, while the Archers outlasted Far Eastern University, 67-62.
La Salle and Ateneo, which will meet in the finals for the fourth time in UAAP history, start their best-of-three titular showdown on Sunday.
"There will be no secrets between us I guess, we know each other pretty well," said Ateneo coach Norman Black who steered his team to its seventh finals appearance since the school joined the league in 1979 while aiming for a fourth title in history.
"I think not only we’ll it be good for college basketball but also it will be good for Philippine basketball," said La Salle mentor Franz Pumaren.
Jai Reyes led Ateneo with 13 points 5-of-8 shooting, Nonoy Baclao made 12 points and nine rebounds and Eric Salamat added 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals.
Ateneo pulled away in the second quarter behind Reyes and Salamat who combined for 19 points in the first half.
The Eagles took a commanding 56-28 fourth quarter lead with 8:09 remaining.
"Actually we didn’t expect it to turn out that way," Black added. "Just getting closer to the end, I think our concentration in this game and the next two will be focused on defense and try to limit the other teams as much as possible."
The Archers leaned on the heroics of James Mangahas to grab the first berth in the finals.
Mangahas scored his team’s last eight points, including the go-ahead three-point basket with 35.2 remaining as the Green Archers eliminated feisty Far Eastern University, 67-62.
The Archers, who entered the finals for 13th time in the last 15 seasons, are gunning for their seventh crown since joining the league in 1986.
"We really showed our championship poise down the stretch and I think our experience in playing the final four really helped us," said La Salle head coach Franz Pumaren. "The players just don’t want to lose, they don’t want to play another game."
With DLSU trailing 62-61, FEU’s Benedict Fernandez missed a turnaround shot off JV Casio. Rico Maierhofer, who grabbed the rebound, threw a pass to an open Mangahas who scored off Fernandez for the go-ahead basket.
After converting his bonus shot, FEU bungled on two foul shots of Mac Baracael and then Paul Sanga missed a long game-tying three-point attempt with less than six seconds to go that sealed the Archers’ victory.
In a tight contest that saw five deadlocks and three lead changes in the second half, the 21-year old former Philippine Christian University Baby Dolphin led DLSU with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting together with eight rebounds in 30 minutes.
"JV (Casio) is usually covered, people will surround him but they forgot about James Mangahas," said Pumaren. "He has been playing terrible, we have talked to him and I’m happy he assumed the hero’s role in this ballgame."
JV Casio added 11 points, four rebounds and six assists while Rico Maierhofer fell two points shy of a double-double with eight points and 10 boards.
JR Cawaling scored 13 of his 18 points in the first half while Aldrech Ramos made 12 points, eight rebounds and six blocks as FEU, who made its first final four since winning the championship in 2005, ended its season on a sad note.
"I think we played a great series against FEU," said Pumaren. "Kudos to (FEU head coach) Glenn Capacio, they made it a difficult series for us if he could be given more free hand to coach maybe they can be a better team."
Defending champion De La Salle and Ateneo arranged a dream title showdown by sending home separate opponents yesterday in the 71st UAAP Final Four at the Araneta Coliseum.
The top-seeded Blue Eagles, who finished the season with a 13-1 record, routed University of the East, 70-50, while the Archers outlasted Far Eastern University, 67-62.
La Salle and Ateneo, which will meet in the finals for the fourth time in UAAP history, start their best-of-three titular showdown on Sunday.
"There will be no secrets between us I guess, we know each other pretty well," said Ateneo coach Norman Black who steered his team to its seventh finals appearance since the school joined the league in 1979 while aiming for a fourth title in history.
"I think not only we’ll it be good for college basketball but also it will be good for Philippine basketball," said La Salle mentor Franz Pumaren.
Jai Reyes led Ateneo with 13 points 5-of-8 shooting, Nonoy Baclao made 12 points and nine rebounds and Eric Salamat added 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals.
Ateneo pulled away in the second quarter behind Reyes and Salamat who combined for 19 points in the first half.
The Eagles took a commanding 56-28 fourth quarter lead with 8:09 remaining.
"Actually we didn’t expect it to turn out that way," Black added. "Just getting closer to the end, I think our concentration in this game and the next two will be focused on defense and try to limit the other teams as much as possible."
The Archers leaned on the heroics of James Mangahas to grab the first berth in the finals.
Mangahas scored his team’s last eight points, including the go-ahead three-point basket with 35.2 remaining as the Green Archers eliminated feisty Far Eastern University, 67-62.
The Archers, who entered the finals for 13th time in the last 15 seasons, are gunning for their seventh crown since joining the league in 1986.
"We really showed our championship poise down the stretch and I think our experience in playing the final four really helped us," said La Salle head coach Franz Pumaren. "The players just don’t want to lose, they don’t want to play another game."
With DLSU trailing 62-61, FEU’s Benedict Fernandez missed a turnaround shot off JV Casio. Rico Maierhofer, who grabbed the rebound, threw a pass to an open Mangahas who scored off Fernandez for the go-ahead basket.
After converting his bonus shot, FEU bungled on two foul shots of Mac Baracael and then Paul Sanga missed a long game-tying three-point attempt with less than six seconds to go that sealed the Archers’ victory.
In a tight contest that saw five deadlocks and three lead changes in the second half, the 21-year old former Philippine Christian University Baby Dolphin led DLSU with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting together with eight rebounds in 30 minutes.
"JV (Casio) is usually covered, people will surround him but they forgot about James Mangahas," said Pumaren. "He has been playing terrible, we have talked to him and I’m happy he assumed the hero’s role in this ballgame."
JV Casio added 11 points, four rebounds and six assists while Rico Maierhofer fell two points shy of a double-double with eight points and 10 boards.
JR Cawaling scored 13 of his 18 points in the first half while Aldrech Ramos made 12 points, eight rebounds and six blocks as FEU, who made its first final four since winning the championship in 2005, ended its season on a sad note.
"I think we played a great series against FEU," said Pumaren. "Kudos to (FEU head coach) Glenn Capacio, they made it a difficult series for us if he could be given more free hand to coach maybe they can be a better team."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Eagles, Archers eye UAAP duel
By Jonas Terrado - Manila Bulletin - September 14, 2008
Will it be an Ateneo-De La Salle duel in the UAAP basketball tournament finals?
This will be the quest of both the Blue Eagles and the Green Archers today when they face separate rivals in the Final 4 at the Araneta Coliseum.
The defending champions Archers meet Far Eastern University at 2 p.m. while the Eagles, who finished the double-round eliminations on top with a near-perfect 13-1 record, face University of the East iat 4 o’clock.
But while this possible scenario could happen for the first time since Ateneo defeated La Salle in 2002, UE and FEU hope to spoil it by forcing a rubber match and eventually beat their more-favored opponents.
"Hopefully maganda pa rin laro namin pero kumpiyansa ako na maganda itatakbo ng team," said UE coach Dindo Pumaren, whose team will look to become the first team in history to beat a top-seeded team since the Final Four format was institutionalized in 1997.
As for FEU mentor Glenn Capacio, a revenge of their 59-62 loss to the same Archers for the second twice-to-beat incentive is on his sight.
"Our backs are against the wall," said Capacio. "Siguro susubukan ng mga bata na pakita nila yung puso nila tulad nung mga games sa eliminations pero dapat gawin naming yung part namin sa laro para magkaroon pa ng isang game."
Despite having the advantage, both Ateneo and La Salle are not taking their opponents lightly.
"All our games against UE have been very close, not just this year but last season so we played them pretty well," Black said. "It’s never a game that has been lopsided so I think it’s going to be a tough game."
"They really picked up their intensity (UE) you can see it with the way they are playing," Black said. "They are pressuring the ball quite well these days and I think they have changed a little bit by going to their big men on the post, they are playing great basketball."
For his part, Pumaren said of the Tamaraws: "I think they are a very good team that can compete against us and I don’t think they will give the game to us,"
Hoping to make win for the third time after winning 64-58 last July 13 and 61-57 in overtime last August 21, Ateneo will rely on big man Rabeh Al-Hussaini, team captain Chris Tiu, rookie Ryan Buenafe and its other reliable players on the bench such as Noy Baclao and Eric Salamat.
But UE, which almost pulled off an upset over the Eagles in their second meeting, will counter with veteran Marcy Arellano, who has regained his consistent play, along with rookie Paul Zamar, Raffy Reyes, James Martinez and big men Pari Llagas, Elmer Espiritu and Hans Thiele.
As for Pumaren and his Archers, a better endgame execution is one of the main keys in their game against the Morayta-based squad.
"FEU really played hard last game, I guess we really need to have more effort, down the stretch things would have been over but we didn’t execute well," Pumaren said of his team’s playoff match with the Tamaraws.
In last Thursday’s match, JV Casio erupted for 16 points while Rico Maierhofer added 14 and 10 rebounds while Simon Atkins, Peejay Barua and Bader Malabes also contributed in the win.
Will it be an Ateneo-De La Salle duel in the UAAP basketball tournament finals?
This will be the quest of both the Blue Eagles and the Green Archers today when they face separate rivals in the Final 4 at the Araneta Coliseum.
The defending champions Archers meet Far Eastern University at 2 p.m. while the Eagles, who finished the double-round eliminations on top with a near-perfect 13-1 record, face University of the East iat 4 o’clock.
But while this possible scenario could happen for the first time since Ateneo defeated La Salle in 2002, UE and FEU hope to spoil it by forcing a rubber match and eventually beat their more-favored opponents.
"Hopefully maganda pa rin laro namin pero kumpiyansa ako na maganda itatakbo ng team," said UE coach Dindo Pumaren, whose team will look to become the first team in history to beat a top-seeded team since the Final Four format was institutionalized in 1997.
As for FEU mentor Glenn Capacio, a revenge of their 59-62 loss to the same Archers for the second twice-to-beat incentive is on his sight.
"Our backs are against the wall," said Capacio. "Siguro susubukan ng mga bata na pakita nila yung puso nila tulad nung mga games sa eliminations pero dapat gawin naming yung part namin sa laro para magkaroon pa ng isang game."
Despite having the advantage, both Ateneo and La Salle are not taking their opponents lightly.
"All our games against UE have been very close, not just this year but last season so we played them pretty well," Black said. "It’s never a game that has been lopsided so I think it’s going to be a tough game."
"They really picked up their intensity (UE) you can see it with the way they are playing," Black said. "They are pressuring the ball quite well these days and I think they have changed a little bit by going to their big men on the post, they are playing great basketball."
For his part, Pumaren said of the Tamaraws: "I think they are a very good team that can compete against us and I don’t think they will give the game to us,"
Hoping to make win for the third time after winning 64-58 last July 13 and 61-57 in overtime last August 21, Ateneo will rely on big man Rabeh Al-Hussaini, team captain Chris Tiu, rookie Ryan Buenafe and its other reliable players on the bench such as Noy Baclao and Eric Salamat.
But UE, which almost pulled off an upset over the Eagles in their second meeting, will counter with veteran Marcy Arellano, who has regained his consistent play, along with rookie Paul Zamar, Raffy Reyes, James Martinez and big men Pari Llagas, Elmer Espiritu and Hans Thiele.
As for Pumaren and his Archers, a better endgame execution is one of the main keys in their game against the Morayta-based squad.
"FEU really played hard last game, I guess we really need to have more effort, down the stretch things would have been over but we didn’t execute well," Pumaren said of his team’s playoff match with the Tamaraws.
In last Thursday’s match, JV Casio erupted for 16 points while Rico Maierhofer added 14 and 10 rebounds while Simon Atkins, Peejay Barua and Bader Malabes also contributed in the win.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Final 4 coaches pick Ateneo
By Jonas Terrado - Manila Bulletin - September 13, 2008
Coaches from three of the four teams in the Final Four of the 71st UAAP basketball tournament are in agreement: Ateneo is the team to beat this year.
And for Bong Ravena, an assistant coach at University of the East, which goes to Sunday’s semifinals against the Blue Eagles surrendering a twice-to-beat edge, having to beat Ateneo twice is a task almost Herculean in nature.
"They have the twice-to-beat advantage. That is the task we will try to overcome," Ravena said.
"And of course, they play smart basketball on every possession so kailangan talaga naming I-value pag nasa amin ang bola."
Far Eastern coach Glenn Capacio, De La Salle assistant Tonichi Yturri, and Ravena graced yesterday’s SCOOP sa Kamayan-Padre Faura and pointed to the imposing presence of center Raveh Al-Hussaini as Ateneo’s biggest asset.
"Siyempre yung advantage nila yung sa big man, lalo na si Rabeh," said Capacio. "Kasi kailangan mong siya i-double siya pero kailangan mo din bantayan ang mga shooters nila so may advantage talaga sila."
"Like what coach Glenn said, Rabeh has become a player that you have to think of," Yturri said. "I think they are playing the best basketball among the top four teams."
The object of the coaches’ high regard, Norman Black, their Ateneo counterpart, offered no contrasting view.
Black, who also attended the weekly forum, credited his team’s size for its 13-1 record during the elimination.
"I think the thing that we have been utilizing most over the course of the year has been our size and our ability to get the ball inside," Black said.
"Rabeh has improved a lot this season. In the beginning, I don’t think anybody took him seriously. But I think in the second round, teams started double-teaming him more, giving our shooters more good looks."
Regardless of their sparkling record and playoff advantage, Black said he isn’t looking beyond their semifinal encounter with UE.
"There’s always pressure, it’s part of the game,"said Black. "At this point of the season, we already played 14 games and we have a big game on Sunday so we’ll just concentrate on the game and not be too worried about the pressure because it’s always there."
Pressure is neither a factor for the defending champion Green Archers when they go up against the FEU Tamaraws, said Yturri.
"I think that from the start of this season, big things are expected from La Salle," he said. "I think there should not be any pressure on us. What we are more concerned of is our seeming inability to close out games resoundingly. It’s more mental than physical."
FEU’s 62-59 loss to La Salle, which blew a 15-point lead before regrouping, in the playoff Thursday was a huge disappointment for Capacio.
"Our backs are against the wall," Capacio said. "Siyempre mababa ang morale ng team pero para ma-extend namin ng isa pang game dapat magawa namin yung aming part."
Ravena, on the other hand, relishes their underdog label against Ateneo.
"Since the Nike Summer League championship, hindi pa namin tinatalo ang Ateneo," said Ravena. "But we will play hard and do whatever it takes to win."
Coaches from three of the four teams in the Final Four of the 71st UAAP basketball tournament are in agreement: Ateneo is the team to beat this year.
And for Bong Ravena, an assistant coach at University of the East, which goes to Sunday’s semifinals against the Blue Eagles surrendering a twice-to-beat edge, having to beat Ateneo twice is a task almost Herculean in nature.
"They have the twice-to-beat advantage. That is the task we will try to overcome," Ravena said.
"And of course, they play smart basketball on every possession so kailangan talaga naming I-value pag nasa amin ang bola."
Far Eastern coach Glenn Capacio, De La Salle assistant Tonichi Yturri, and Ravena graced yesterday’s SCOOP sa Kamayan-Padre Faura and pointed to the imposing presence of center Raveh Al-Hussaini as Ateneo’s biggest asset.
"Siyempre yung advantage nila yung sa big man, lalo na si Rabeh," said Capacio. "Kasi kailangan mong siya i-double siya pero kailangan mo din bantayan ang mga shooters nila so may advantage talaga sila."
"Like what coach Glenn said, Rabeh has become a player that you have to think of," Yturri said. "I think they are playing the best basketball among the top four teams."
The object of the coaches’ high regard, Norman Black, their Ateneo counterpart, offered no contrasting view.
Black, who also attended the weekly forum, credited his team’s size for its 13-1 record during the elimination.
"I think the thing that we have been utilizing most over the course of the year has been our size and our ability to get the ball inside," Black said.
"Rabeh has improved a lot this season. In the beginning, I don’t think anybody took him seriously. But I think in the second round, teams started double-teaming him more, giving our shooters more good looks."
Regardless of their sparkling record and playoff advantage, Black said he isn’t looking beyond their semifinal encounter with UE.
"There’s always pressure, it’s part of the game,"said Black. "At this point of the season, we already played 14 games and we have a big game on Sunday so we’ll just concentrate on the game and not be too worried about the pressure because it’s always there."
Pressure is neither a factor for the defending champion Green Archers when they go up against the FEU Tamaraws, said Yturri.
"I think that from the start of this season, big things are expected from La Salle," he said. "I think there should not be any pressure on us. What we are more concerned of is our seeming inability to close out games resoundingly. It’s more mental than physical."
FEU’s 62-59 loss to La Salle, which blew a 15-point lead before regrouping, in the playoff Thursday was a huge disappointment for Capacio.
"Our backs are against the wall," Capacio said. "Siyempre mababa ang morale ng team pero para ma-extend namin ng isa pang game dapat magawa namin yung aming part."
Ravena, on the other hand, relishes their underdog label against Ateneo.
"Since the Nike Summer League championship, hindi pa namin tinatalo ang Ateneo," said Ravena. "But we will play hard and do whatever it takes to win."
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