UPIS Junior Maroons scores first win in 3 years
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| The team in a huddle, congratulating each other after their victory over UE. |
The UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons finally had a taste of victory after 3 long years when they beat the UE Junior Warriors, 73-71, in overtime last September 10 at the Blue Eagle Gym.
Sophomore Adam Lopez grabbed the ball off a missed free throw by Jozhua General and scored the game-winning put-back with less than 10 seconds left in the clock.
With the score tied at 26 at the half, the Junior Warriors opened the third quarter with a 12-3 run to lead by 9, 38-29, but the Junior Maroons fiercely battled back to keep the game close.
Angelo Sablan scored a lay-up to put UPIS in the lead, 61-59, towards the end of regulation but UE was able to tie the count and force overtime.
Sablan finished the game with 17 points to lead all UPIS scorers. Kim Cinco scored 11, Freddy Pajarillaga added 10, while Lopez and Paolo Ancheta chipped in 8 apiece. -- CC, with reports from Anna Angala, Ysmael Mendoza, and Nadine Maximo
