Video games on Wednesday
(UST Quadricentennial Pavilion)
12 p.m. – DLSU vs NU (girls)
2 p.m. – DLSU vs NU (males)
6:30 p.m. – UE vs Ateneo (males)
A HISTORIC ultimate 4 ticket is up for the taking.
And College of the East (UE) needs at least its complete piece with no problems when it tries to snap a 14-year drought in opposition to also-ran Ateneo de Manila College (ADMU) within the tailend of the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event on Wednesday on the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion in Manila.
Regardless of a three-game dropping skid, the Warriors are regular at No. 3 with a 6-6 slate and may seal their coveted spot with a win in opposition to the Blue Eagles (3-9) at 6:30 p.m. after the bid of reigning champion De La Salle College (12-1) for a close to sweep in opposition to Nationwide College (NU) (4-9) at 2 p.m.
UE’s final Ultimate 4 look was in 2009 in the course of the batch of now-PBA star Paul Lee. And the Warriors, who have been the lone group to deal the Archers a loss, have proven huge potential to lastly finish that futility.
As soon as the league’s hottest group and within the warmth of competition for a twice-to-beat bonus, UE nonetheless cooled down in probably the most unlucky time to immediately shut the hole with fellow Ultimate 4 hopefuls.
“We simply need to climate the storm,” declared coach Jack Santiago as College of Santo Tomas (6-7), Adamson College (5-7) and Far Japanese College (5-8) moved to inside hanging distance for a doable logjam at 6-8 with solely two spots left within the Ultimate 4.
However with Santo Tomas and Adamson nonetheless having a scheduled match on Saturday that might give both squad its eighth loss, UE controls its personal destiny by merely replicating a 69-62 win over Ateneo within the first spherical to achieve the magic variety of seven wins.
That’s whatever the absence of prized import Treasured Momowei, who will serve a one-game suspension following his ejection in 76-67 loss to Santo Tomas final weekend as a result of two unsportsmanlike fouls.
“Earlier than, we would have liked eight wins to make it to the Ultimate 4, now its solely seven. We now have 6th win, now we have now two video games (to get it executed),” added Mr. Santiago as UE additionally faces College of the Philippines (9-3) in a still-to-be-announced date following the sport’s suspension final month as a result of Hurricane Kristine.
Within the different sport, certain No. 1 seed La Salle shoots for a second-round sweep in a non-bearing match with NU for a powerful momentum approaching its title protection bid within the Ultimate 4, the place it can sport a win-once bonus together with rival UP.
“We all the time try for greatness. We honor basketball and we honor the sport, it’s been good to us and short-handling or short-handling these guys is unfair to them,” stated La Salle mentor Topex Robinson, promising an all-out effort from his expenses even with no prize at stake. — John Bryan Ulanday
