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Kris Porter leads the Ateneo Blue Eagles previous NU Bulldogs within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match second spherical. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines–Ateneo held on for a slender 70-68 win towards Nationwide College within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match on Sunday at Good Araneta Coliseum.
Behind Kristian Porter’s greatest outing with a double-double of 14 factors and 10 rebounds, the Blue Eagles bought again on the Bulldogs who gave them a 78-68 loss on the finish of spherical one.
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“My mindset coming into the sport was to only do my job, assist the group regardless of how and simply play by the system and the factors simply got here, the rebounds, every thing else,” Porter stated. “I simply trusted my teammates, particularly, I’m going to insert this right here, the Ateneo group.”
“Going out on the court docket, seeing the entire group there, regardless of our standing, how we carried out, they have been nonetheless there for us. In order that’s a chip on my shoulder that gained’t go away anytime quickly or anytime ever. And that’s what motivated me particularly for right this moment’s sport,” he added.
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Porter helped Ateneo fend off a pesky NU facet, placing his crew up, 68-65, within the payoff body. He additionally confirmed up on the protection finish and rejected an try by Jake Figueroa with 14 seconds left.
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Ateneo was bailed out by Ian Espinosa who break up his journeys twice from the road sufficient for the Blue Eagles to separate previous additionally skidding NU regardless of the late-game bombs by Steve Nash Enriquez and Jolo Manansala.
Manasala had an opportunity to be the hero for NU however missed his final ditch triple.
Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Jared Bahay throughout a sport towards NU Bulldogs within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball match second spherical –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
Rookie guard Jared Bahay supported his longtime teammate from Ateneo de Cebu with 12 factors, six rebounds and 5 assists as captain Chris Koon added 10 factors and eight rebounds.
Andrew Bongo performed an important function in serving to the Blue Eagles draw back within the second body, scoring all his factors from past the arc to finish up with 9 factors aside from seven rebounds.
Ateneo began sluggish however managed to determine a lead within the third quarter with their zone protection paired with Bongo’s deadly pictures from past that helped the Eagles to a 32-19 lead.
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However the Bulldogs refused to right away concede and by halftime, Ateneo’s benefit was down to only 4.
“It was sufficient to get us over the end line. Very, very satisfying. I do know for the gamers that it’s been a troublesome first half of the season and so they’ve caught collectively. You bought to offer them credit score for that,” coach Tab Baldwin stated as Ateneo improved to a 2-6 card.
Figueroa nonetheless got here up with 15 factors and 10 rebounds within the dropping stand for NU, Manansala added 12 factors and 7 rebounds. Kenshin Padrones, regardless of a 2-of-6 subject objective try, confirmed up within the rebounding facet with 11 so as to add to his meager 4 factors.
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Ateneo will look to even one other matchup with College of Santo Tomas on Saturday whereas NU may have a troublesome opponent subsequent in College of the Philippines, at the moment battling UST as of posting, on Sunday each on the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.
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