UNIVERSITY of the Philippines made it five straight wins with a 31-point rout of a sorry UST side, 110-79, in the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena on Saturday.
Harold Alarcon had the lion’s share of the points with 21 to go with four assists and four rebounds as the Fighting Maroons stayed unbeaten and kept the rebuilding Tigers the only winless team this season at 0-5.
The game ended up as the most lopsided of the season.
The Maroons were so dominant they recorded the first 100-point output of Season 86 — just five shy of La Salle’s all-time high of 115 points against UST in 2017.
“Sobrang happy ako sa team namin kasi coming from a bad game (in the overtime win versus FEU), nag-bounce back kami,” said Alarcon.
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“Hindi naging maganda ‘yung first half namin (versus UST) pero sinabi ni Coach Gold (Monteverde) na mag-focus kami sa defense at nagawa naman namin ‘yun,” he added.
Although UP’s starters failed to ouscore UST’s (42 to 69), Maroons’ second stringers did the most damage by outscoring their Tiger counterparts, 68 to 10.
The Maroons' lead reached a high of 37 points and all 14 players fielded by Monteverde scored as the team sustained its best start to a season in the Final Four era.
The scores:
UP (110) – Alarcon 21, Cagulangan 16, Briones 14, Lopez 11, Cansino 9, Diouf 8, Gonzales 8, Torres 6, Gagate 6, Torculas 3, Felicilda 2, Belmonte 2, Alter 2, Pablo 2.
UST (79) – Cabañero 24, Manaytay 23, Calum 8, Crisostomo 8, Pangilinan 6, Moore 6, Laure 4, Llemit 0, Duremdes 0, Manalang 0, Madrigal 0, Esmena 0, Gesalem 0, Ventulan 0, Lazarte 0.
Quarterscores: 28-24, 59-45, 94-59, 110-79.
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