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San Beda smelled blood and feasted on Letran, 84-70, in the Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup Sunday at San Juan Arena.
It was the first meeting between the two teams since the NCAA Season 91 Finals when the Knights took down the Red Lions in three games.
This time, though, it was San Beda that came out on top as the Red Lions improved to 4-1 while the Knights slid to 2-4.
Red Lions head coach Jamike Jarin said it was his team’s adjustments in the second half that helped them recover from their shaky start.
“We made some adjustments in the second half, probably because of the live coverage everybody got excited, and these are kids and sometimes you go away from the things you should be doing when you’re this excited,” said Jarin.
“We were able to settle down and hit our shots.”
San Beda finished the game shooting 49 percent from the field after hitting just 40% in the first two quarters while Letran shot 36%.
JV Mocon filled up the stat sheet for San Beda finishing with 19 points, including 10 straight in the third, that went with eight rebounds, five assists, two blocks, and a steal.
Donald Tankoua added a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double while William Navarro, who only played eight minutes, had 15 points.
Rey Nambatac and Bong Quinto had 13 points apiece to lead Letran while Jom Sollano posted 11 points and 11 rebounds./rga