JRU overcomes Adamson, enters semis in Filoil
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Jose Rizal University booted Adamson University, 67-56, in the quarterfinal stage of the Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup Thursday at the tournament’s namesake arena in San Juan.
The semifinals-bound Heavy Bombers will face the winner between San Beda and University of the Philippines in the other quarterfinals series.
Article continues after this advertisementTeytey Teodoro went off for the Heavy Bombers, erecting a game-high 23 points to go along five rebounds.
JRU head coach Vergel Meneses credited his team’s stingy defense, especially on the three-point area where the Falcons went dry hitting just 6-of-33.
“It’s our defense, our defense carried us the whole game,” said Meneses. “Even though we weren’t scoring, the other team wasn’t able to get on a big run.”
Article continues after this advertisementErvin Grospe played lieutenant for the Heavy Bombers and put up 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Papi Sarr led Adamson with 19 points and 18 rebounds.
