La Salle Inexperienced Archers’ Mike Phillips throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match recreation. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
After a primary loss within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match, La Salle turned to its rule for consolation and with it, discovered a method to return to successful.
“We’ve got a 24-hour rule that no matter occurs to a earlier recreation, we’re gonna transfer ahead after,” coach Topex Robinson advised the Inquirer after the Inexperienced Archers improved to a 4-1 file following a 68-62 triumph towards Far Japanese College (FEU) on Wednesday.
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La Salle’s beforehand unbeaten run was stopped sharply by College of the East (UE), 75-71, on Sunday because the defending champion was visibly perplexed by the underdogs.
However the Archers, even when they have been once more pushed to the restrict by the Tamaraws, didn’t let that first loss have an effect on them even additional.
“Whenever you get so used to successful, it’s such as you’re committing a sin once you lose,” Robinson stated in a separate interview. “However I suppose what it did to us as a crew is it grounded us. It simply reminded us that this season is gonna be exhausting and even tougher similar to what occurred in the present day (Wednesday) with FEU.”
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“If it doesn’t kill us, it’s gonna make us stronger. That’s simply the story of our season proper now,” he added.
Major gunners Mike Phillips and new father Kevin Quiambao, who simply had a son along with his girlfriend on the eve of La Salle’s matchup towards the Tams, undoubtedly confirmed up stronger with respective double-double outings.
Archers’ 1-2 punch
Phillips, who hammered the nails within the coffin towards FEU, completed with 13 factors and 14 rebounds to go together with two blocks whereas the reigning MVP, regardless of missing sleep earlier than the sport, got here up with 12 factors and 11 rebounds and neared a triple-double with eight assists.
Being the go-to man for La Salle, Quiambao uncharacteristically missed two essential free throws that might’ve helped his crew full a come-from-behind win towards UE. However there are not any fingers being pointed on the La Salle cornerstone.
“No one desires to overlook these free throws so we’re not gonna put him on the spot. It’s gonna be me who’s gonna take that accountability and it’s simply one other expertise for us,” Robinson stated.
“These issues are the stuff that we’re gonna be laughing at 30 years from now, like, ‘Oh, you bought nervous,’ so we don’t wanna take away the enjoyable out of what we’re doing proper now as a result of this received’t occur once more so we wanna make sure that we get pleasure from it.”
La Salle is making no excuses for the UE loss and Robinson has taught the Archers one thing that might assist them obtain their final objective down the road.
“As a lot as discovering for causes or excuses, we simply advised ourselves that UE did a fantastic job [and] we can not dwell on that anymore. So we put a dot on it and stated UE did a fantastic job, what did FEU decide up from that UE recreation that is perhaps used towards us … turned our [focus],” Robinson stated.
“[The Warriors] actually did their job, we actually don’t think about it as an upset and UE simply gave us one thing that helped us. It kinda cleaned up the strain of not dropping,” the sophomore coach added.
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“Clearly, you at all times play to win and I suppose I’m simply glad that [the loss] occurred prior to later for us as a result of it kinda grounded us … and expertise will at all times be the most effective trainer, so clearly it’s a tricky capsule to swallow, but it surely’s only a take a look at of how these guys, us coaches will reply.”
