Baltazar, Melecio lead La Salle past winless UE
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La Salle notched its second consecutive win after trouncing University of the East, 82-72, in the UAAP Season 81 men’s basketball tournament Sunday night at Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
Aljun Melecio waxed hot from the 3-point area, going 5-of-7, to finish with 18 points while Justine Baltazar recorded a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds that went with three blocks for the Green Archers, who upped their mark to 2-1.
The Archers put the game away in the third quarter where they widened the gap to 20, 57-37, after a basket by Santi Santillan with 1:49 remaining.
The Red Warriors relied heavily on Alvin Pasaol anew. The explosive forward had 20 points on 8-of-20 from the field four days after dropping 36 points on 34 shots in a 90-76 loss to league-leading Adamson on Wednesday.
UE, which struggled from the field with a 31 percent clip, remained as the only winless team this season at 0-3.
Encho Serrano and Jollo Go added 11 and 10 points, respectively for DLSU.
