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UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball Final Four cast

Tension flare between Tab Baldwin, Nash Racela in UAAP playoff duel

MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin and Adamson tactician Nash Racela were slapped with double technical fouls after a verbal altercation in the final 53 seconds of the third quarter in the playoff for No.4 in the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament.

Baldwin and the Blue Eagles got the last laugh as they dominated the Falcons with a 70-48 victory to enter the UAAP Final Four on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.

Both coaches were mum about their double technical fouls with the Ateneo coach saying it was about golf.

Jerom Lastimosa gets fitting UAAP farewell with Ateneo gesture

MANILA, Philippines — Seconds away from barging into the Final Four, the Ateneo Blue Eagles allowed Adamson star Jerom Lastimosa to have a final UAAP game to remember.

Ateneo’s Kyle Gamber gave up the ball to the graduating Adamson star, who then beat the buzzer with his last collegiate career three-pointer.

Lastimosa, who is nursing a full ACL tear in his left knee, surprisingly saw action in the playoff for No.4 and got an opportunity to represent his school one last time despite Adamson getting eliminated by Ateneo with a lopsided 70-48 loss on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.

Video: Adamson Falcons’ Jerom Lastimosa plays his last minutes in the UAAP

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UAAP men’s Final Four complete as Ateneo ousts Adamson in playoff

MANILA, Philippines — Defending champion Ateneo caught the last bus ride to the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball Final Four, eliminating Adamson with a wire-to-wire 70-48 victory on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.

It may have been the first time for the Blue Eagles to compete in a playoff for No.4 but the Tab Baldwin-coached squad displayed grace under pressure to reach the Final Four and keep their title-retention bid alive.

Rookie Jared Brown rose to the occasion in a do-or-die game as he scored 14 of his 20 points in the first half to set the tone for Ateneo’s lopsided win — the biggest winning margin in a playoff game.

Score: Adamson Falcons vs Ateneo Blue Eagles

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END OF 3RD QUARTER: Ateneo 56, Adamson 39 #UAAPSeason86 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ

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END OF 1ST QUARTER: Ateneo 24, Adamson 16 #UAAPSeason86 Playoff for No.4 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ

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Video: UP coach Paul Ramos, Louna Ozar, and Favour Onoh

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UAAP: UP beats UST in OT, forces rubber match for women’s finals berth

MANILA, Philippines — University of the Philippines leaned on star rookie Louna Ozar and Favour Onoh to overcome the twice-to-beat University of Santo Tomas in overtime, 88-80, and force a rubber match in the UAAP Season 86 women’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.

Ozar kept the Fighting Maroons afloat in overtime, scoring six points to give them a nine-point lead, 85-76, with 1:54 remaining.  The Growling Tigresses cut it down to five 85-80 after Kent Pastrana’s triple and Brigette Santos’ split free throws, before Kaye Pesquera nailed the dagger trey at the 30.9-second mark to purge the twice-to-beat edge of UST.

Video: NU coach Aris Dimaunahan, Karl Pingol, and Stef Berberabe

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UAAP: NU Lady Bulldogs clinch ninth consecutive finals, oust Ateneo

MANILA, Philippines — Karl Pingol caught fire in the third quarter, leading National University’s second-half surge to eliminate No. 4 Ateneo, 58-43, and book its ninth straight trip to the Finals in the UAAP Season 86 women’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.

After a scoreless first half only holding a four-point lead against Ateneo, 31-27, Pingol scored eight of her 10 points as she ignited a 7-0 run for a 42-31 advantage with 5:02 left in the third as the Lady Bulldogs never looked back and tallied the biggest lead of 19 points, 58-39, after Jil Talas’ triple at the final three-minute mark of the game.

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Ateneo, Adamson shoot each other down for chance to play on in Season 86

Fighting for life at this stage in the UAAP season is something Ateneo is not familiar with.

And that is where Adamson has had some success of late, something which Soaring Falcons coach Nash Racela hopes to ride on Wednesday when the two sides battle for the last Season 86 Final Four ticket at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

UAAP: No suspension for Mark Nonoy after unsportsmanlike foul reclassification

MANILA, Philippines — La Salle guard Mark Nonoy avoided an automatic suspension despite his second unsportsmanlike in of the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament.

The UAAP announced on Tuesday that Nonoy’s second infraction was officially classified as a Level 3 unsportsmanlike foul according to Fiba rules. The Level 3 (stopping a fastbreak) and Level 4 (clear path) categories of unsportsmanlike fouls, according to the UAAP, are excluded from accumulation.

“In adherence to the guidelines set by the UAAP Basketball Commissioner’s Office, aimed at excluding all Category 3 (stopping a fastbreak) and Category 4 (clear path) Unsportsmanlike Fouls from accumulation, Nonoy‘s second infraction has undergone a downgrade/reclassification,” the UAAP said in a statement.

Mike Phillips embodying ‘malayo na pero malayo pa’ mindset for La Salle

MANILA, Philippines—After one of La Salle’s preseason championships in Davao, Francis Escandor approached Mike Phillips and told him words that he would carry moving forward.

“Malayo na pero malayo pa.” (We’ve come a long way but we have a long way to go.)

After the Green Archers’ huge win against Ateneo in the second round of the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament, Phillips bared that Escandor’s words resonated with him even after the crucial win that put them in prime position for a twice-to-beat advantage.