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 evening at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
Quiambao unleashed 33 factors on prime of 11 rebounds because the league-leading Inexperienced Archers stretched their successful 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 need to go. After which, coach informed us that after this recreation, we’ve an extended 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 mentioned, I’m sorry,” Quiambao mentioned with fun.
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Ateneo minimize 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 in the course of the pregame huddle, that you just need to make it possible for 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,” mentioned La Salle coach Topex Robinson, whose squad had already secured a Last 4 spot following a win over Adamson final week.
“We all know it’s going to be a hard-fought recreation. The crew is mostly a stable crew with loads of successful custom so, we simply saved our composure. We all know that there’s going to be a run that they’re going to make and we simply need to be certain that 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 instances in comparison with Ateneo’s 12 miscues.
Ateneo rookie Jared Bahay additionally scored a career-high after dropping 22 factors on 53 % capturing. He additionally had 4 assists.
The Inexperienced Archers gained’t be again in motion till Nov. 6 in opposition to Far Jap College whereas Ateneo faces one other league heavyweight in College of the Philippines on Wednesday.
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