La Salle’s Kevin Quiambao reacts throughout a recreation in opposition to Ateneo in UAAP Season 87.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines–Kevin Quiambao reset his career-high to energy La Salle previous Ateneo, 80-65, within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event Saturday night time at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
Quiambao unleashed 33 factors on high of 11 rebounds because the league-leading Inexperienced Archers stretched their profitable streak to seven to enhance to 10-1.
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The reigning MVP eclipsed his earlier excessive of 29 he tallied in a victory over College of Santo Tomaso 10 days in the past.
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“It’s win for us. However we’re nonetheless removed from the place we wish to go. After which, coach informed us that after this recreation, we have now a protracted break so, he informed us to be all out. After which, that’s it. I simply waited for the sport to return to me after which, coach informed me to “mag-bakaw,” so binakaw ko na. I simply adopted what he stated, I’m sorry,” Quiambao stated with amusing.
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Ateneo lower an 18-point deficit in half late within the fourth quarter earlier than La Salle responded by closing the sport on a 7-0 run.
“Each time you play Ateneo, it’s all the time going to be one thing to all the time worth and we had been speaking about this earlier throughout the pregame huddle, that you just wish to ensure that when the time comes 10, 20 years from now and also you see that recreation, it’s a must to ask your self what did you do to assist or to contribute to that victory,” stated La Salle coach Topex Robinson, whose squad had already secured a Ultimate 4 spot following a win over Adamson final week.
“We all know it’s going to be a hard-fought recreation. The staff can be a stable staff with loads of profitable custom so, we simply stored our composure. We all know that there’s going to be a run that they’re going to make and we simply wish to be certain we keep on with what we ready for taking part in in opposition to Ateneo,” Robinson added.
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La Salle, which additionally beat Ateneo by double digits final month of their first-round assembly, gained massive regardless of turning the ball over 20 occasions in comparison with Ateneo’s 12 miscues.
Ateneo rookie Jared Bahay additionally scored a career-high after dropping 22 factors on 53 % taking pictures. He additionally had 4 assists.
The Inexperienced Archers gained’t be again in motion till Nov. 6 in opposition to Far Japanese College whereas Ateneo faces one other league heavyweight in College of the Philippines on Wednesday.
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