UP vs Ateneo Game 3

AND it has come to this. Game 3. For all the marbles. Defending champ University of the Philippines (UP) and Ateneo de Manila University go at it one last ...

And now I think we have every reason in the world to fight, and we have every reason in the world to believe. We should also work on our execution," said Fighting Maroons head coach Goldwin Monteverde, whose team is also expected to lean Cagulangan and Mythical Team member Carl Tamayo.On the other hand, Ateneo looks to reclaim what it lost to UP last season and the Blue Eagles are out to tussle in what coach Tab Baldwin describes as a "more physical" and "tougher" Game 3." For all the marbles.Defending champ University of the Philippines (UP) and Ateneo de Manila University go at it one last time for the glory in the decider of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 85 men's basketball best-of-three Finals today, December 19, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. He finished the game with six points and 11 boards.It's a tough blow for the Maroons considering Lucero was all over the place for them in the finals where he averaged 10.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in two games. That is not to mention the energy and the defensive intensity that the athletic cager had brought for UP.With Lucero, someone who can manufacture his own points by himself, the Fighting Maroons are pressed to execute better, especially after shooting just 31.8 percent from the field including 20.0 percent from beyond the arc last timeout.Playing honest defense is also key, especially for UP center and this season's MVP Malick Diouf, who managed to produce two points and 11 rebounds only due to early foul trouble." Game time is 6 p.m, with the Fighting Maroons and the Blue Eagles facing off in another decider just like they did last season seven months ago that ended with the former winning via a JD Cagulangan buzzer-beating triple.UP is out to pull off the unprecedented two titles in one calendar year but it's a lot easier said than done, especially after losing Game 2, 55-65, and key guy Zavier Lucero to ACL and meniscus tear.Lucero, who just played his final UAAP game last Wednesday and will be on the sidelines for at least a year, sustained the injury in Game 2 of the finals against the Ateneo when he tried to drive past Chris Koon.The 6-foot-7 Lucero went down in pain at the 8:31 mark of the fourth quarter despite him and Koon not making contact whatsoever.

MANILA, Philippines -- The UAAP Season 85 men's basketball tournament is down to its final game, with Katipunan rivals University of the Philippines and ...

Last season's result, he stressed, will have no bearing on how either team will play in Game 3 at the Big Dome. Carl Tamayo will once again be a marked man, after nearly leading UP to a comeback and finishing with 15 points in Game 2. Ateneo head coach Tab Baldwin, for his part, still believes that his team has "the DNA of underdogs" even after knotting the best-of-3 series at one game apiece. Lucero suffered a torn ACL in the fourth quarter of Game 2, which Ateneo won 65-55 to force a decider. "We didn't play well [in Game 2]," UP coach Goldwin Monteverde had acknowledged after their loss, wherein they had few answers for Ateneo center Ange Kouame. The Fighting Maroons were triumphant last May, claiming their first UAAP crown in nearly four decades and dethroning the Blue Eagles in the process.

ATENEO pulled off a hard-earned 75-68 Game Three conquest over rival University of the Philippines on Monday at a jampacked Smart Araneta Coliseum to ...

What is the Japan B. Spin.ph It was a shortlived reign for UP which leaned on James Spencer's 14 points from four triples to mount a late comeback.

Ateneo gingerly traveled the road to redemption strewn with obstacles throughout the season that the Blue Eagles cautiously removed one after the other.

It was the first time UP lost back-to-back matches in 36 games under coach Goldwyn Monteverde. The moment. Ateneo’s punishing defense was obviously the culprit. The buzzer. Lucero tore the ACL in his left knee in a no-contact injury in Game 2 when the Blue Eagles leveled the best-of-three series, sending them both to a winner-take-all. The Blue Eagles leaned on one huge scoring spurt early on and weathered a late charge by the Maroons to wrap up their best-of-three series in an electrifying Game 3 atmosphere with the glitzy trophy in their hands.