San Beda Red Cubs sweeps elims, books ticket to NCAA jrs finals
MANILA, Philippines—Unstoppable on all accounts, San Beda booked an outright seat to the 87th NCAA juniors basketball finals with a stunning18-game sweep of the eliminations.
The Red Cub will carry a precious thrice-to-beat advantage in the finals as an incentive for the sweep after it destroyed San Sebastian Staglets, 96-68, Wednesday at the Arena in San Juan.
A balanced attack—led by Francis Abarcar and Daryl Nazareno’s 14 and 10 points, respectively—gave the Red Lions a virtual 1-0 lead in a best-of-five finals.
The other finals seat in the juniors division will be disputed by the second place Letran, La Salle Greenhills and EAC-ICA via a stepladder format.
The Red Lions wasted no time in dumping the Staglets as they surged to a double-digit lead as early as the second quarter before pushing the lead to more than a month, 74-43, at the end of third—the biggest of the game.
