UST’s Nic Cabañero throughout a recreation in opposition to FEU in UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines–At this level of the event, it was much less essential that College of Santo Tomas snapped out of a three-game slide.
What’s essential was that the Tigers, on Sunday, put a semblance of distance between themselves and the chase pack for a Closing 4 spot.
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“Proper now, we’re pondering that our final 4 video games are all do-or-die video games,” UST coach Pido Jarencio stated after a 79-70 victory over Far Jap College within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event at Mall of Asia Area.
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UST coach Pido Jarencio after regaining their successful methods. #UAAPSeason87 @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/J4i8G7hzQ1
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For now, demise must wait outdoors the door.
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The Tigers gained their fifth recreation in 11 outings to remain a recreation and a half up on three groups tied at 3-7 (win-loss): The Tamaraws, Ateneo and Adamson.
UST’s maintain on that fourth spot—behind defending champion La Salle, College of the Philippines and College of the East—appeared tenuous at finest after a three-game slide put an enormous dent on a powerful begin to the season.
“We had a three-game shedding streak, so all people needed to work,” Jarencio stated.
Whereas the slide was alarming, UST didn’t lose sight of what the purpose is.
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“Within the locker room, we all the time say that we’re aiming for the Closing 4. When out coaches say that, we all the time get motivated,“ stated senior Nic Cabañero, who joined arms with Kyle Panarada to assist the Tigers combat off a powerful efficiency by the Tamaraws’ Veejay Pre.
The 19-year-old rookie was a thorn all night time to UST’s facet, ending with a career-best 31 factors on 11-of-17 taking pictures from the sphere and grabbing 14 rebounds.
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Cabañero completed with 16 factors, eight within the final quarter whereas Panarada dropped all 13 factors within the second half.
“Panarada had a breakout recreation,” Jarencio stated.
