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Sports: UPIS keeps game close, stumbles at finish line against Adamson
Up Strong. Torculas takes the ball up against his defender. Photo Credit: The UAAP
The Junior Fighting Maroons Basketball Team fell to the Adamson Baby Falcons, 81-70, in their match on January 29 at the Blue Eagle Gym.
UPIS won the opening tip but it was Adamson who won the first quarter, starting the game with an 8-0 run and finishing the quarter with 22 points. On the other hand, UPIS only reached 10 points with a little over a minute left in the quarter. The Junior Fighting Maroons went into the second quarter down 10, 22-12.
The Junior Fighting Maroons did not give up, starting a rally to get back into the game in the second quarter. This rally peaked with a ball save play from Aldous Torculas which led to a three-pointer from Ray Torres that cut the lead down to 2. The game went into halftime, 34-30 in favor of the Baby Falcons.
The Baby Falcons emerged from the break with ferocity, widening the gap back to 10, 43-33, in a span of 2 minutes. The Junior Fighting Maroons were not deterred, going on a 15-7 run led by Torres and Collin Dimaculangan. The Baby Falcons were able to hold their lead and end the quarter leading by 5, 59-54.
The first part of the fourth quarter went well for the Junior Fighting Maroons as they were able to tie the game, 61-61, off a basket by Torres who was fouled and had a chance to give UPIS its first lead of the game. The rest of the game did not go so well for UPIS. Torres missed the lead-taking free throw and the Junior Fighting Maroons collapsed, scoring only 9 points for the rest of the game and falling to the Baby Falcons.
UPIS shot a better effective field goal percentage (49.15%) than their opponents (45.39%). However, Adamson was able to grab 21 rebounds while the Junior Fighting Maroons only got 6. This gave the Baby Falcons more opportunities to shoot and let them outscore UPIS.
Adamson had better inside scoring while UPIS got more points from the perimeter. Depth also played a huge part with Adamson getting 60 points off the bench while UPIS got only 6.
The Junior Fighting Maroons will be facing the undefeated Bullpups tomorrow 9 am, at the Filoil Flying V Arena.
TALLY OF SCORES:
UPIS(70) - Torres 28, Torculas 17, Canillas 7, Dimaculangan 6, Gomez de Liano 6, Armamento 3, Lopez 3
Adamson(81) - Erolon 18, Dominguez 17, Hanapi 13, Figueroa 11, Guarino 8, Barcelona 4, Cosal 4, Natura 3, Gonzaga 2, Quinal 1
//by Justin Polendey
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