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UE's Alvin Pasaol was instrumental in his team's masterful win over the Season LXXIX hosts
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By Ricky Manliguis
PASAY—University of the East posted its second victory
this season as it tamed the skidding University of Santo Tomas, 71-61, in the
first game of Saturday’s action of the UAAP Season LXXIX men’s basketball
tournament second round at the Mall Of Asia Arena.
Fresh from its morale-boosting maiden victory after a woeful
0-6 start, the Red Warriors frustrated the Tigers with its defensive intensity
and balanced offense en route to the wire-to-wire win.
UE had a brilliant start, erecting a comfortable 10-point
cushion after the first quarter, 23-13. They kept the double-digit advantage
the entire ballgame, before UST mounted a mini-uprising to come within 59-69.
Mark Olayon scored 14 points and seven rebounds for UE,
which forced UST to commit 32 turnovers and missing all six of its three-point
attempts.
Alvin Pasaol and Edgar Charcos contributed nine points each,
even as Emil Palma and Edcor Batiller accounted for eight and seven markers,
respectively.
Wilson Bartolome had six markers before he sustained a cut
above his left eye after William Afoakwah unintentionally elbowed him on a
rebound sequence.
For this season’s hosts, it will be the team’s fourth loss
in a row, and sixth over-all, despite the 21-point effort of Louie Vigil. Afoakwah and Jeepy Faundo
were the other double-digit contributors with 10 apiece.
The scores:
UE 71 — Olayon 14, Pasaol 9,
Charcos 9, Palma 8, Batiller 7, Bartolome 6, Manalang 4, De Leon 4, Varilla 4,
Abanto 2, Derige 2, Gagate 2, Penuela 0
UST 61 — Vigil 21, Afoakwah 10,
Faundo 10, Sheriff 5, Subido 3, Basibas 3, Lao 2, Lee 2, De Guzman 2, Huang 2,
Macasaet 1, Caunan 0
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