UAAP Finals Game 2: La Salle Green Archers v UP Fighting Maroons.
UAAP Season 87 basketball Finals schedule
December 11, Wednesday – Game 1 – Mall of Asia Arena
- 1pm – women’s awarding Ceremony
- 1:30pm – UST Growling Tigresses vs NU Lady Bulldogs
- 5pm – men’s awarding Ceremony
- 5:30pm –UP Fightings Maroons vs. La Salle Green Archers
LIVE UPDATES: UP Fightings Maroons vs. La Salle Green Archers (UAAP Finals Game 2)
- HALFTIME STATS: Mike Phillips leading La Salle with 14 points Francis Lopez has 14 points for UP.
- HALFTIME: La Salle 39, UP 36.
- Gerry Abadiano from midrange. He also draws a foul. UP 29. La Salle 33.
- Frenzied couple of possessions for both sides for the past few minutes. La Salle holding onto a 33-27 lead midway through the second quarter.
- Reyland Torres with a 3, Gani Stevens inside stab and UP now just down 27-28 with 7 minutes in the second.
- END OF 1ST: La Salle 28, UP 22.
- Francis Lopez answers back 3. UP behind 26-22.
- KQ and Phillips leading La Salle’s charge so far as the Green Archers take a 24-18 lead.
- Mike Phillips stretches La Salle’s lead, 20-13, with 2:43 left in the first.
- La Salle takes the lead, 12-11.
- La Salle cuts it down to one, 10-11, with 5 mins left in Q1.
- UP unleashes a 9-4 start in Game 2.
A sea of Maroons fill up the entrance way of the Mall of Asia Arena ahead of the #UAAPSeason87 Finals Game 2.
UP looks to close out the series today while La Salle aims to push the series to a decider. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/DGsbB0RVeh
— Rommel Fuertes Jr. (@MeloFuertesINQ) December 11, 2024
UAAP: Kevin Quiambao hailed MVP anew as La Salle title bid hangs
La Salle’s Kevin Quiambao during the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Kevin Quiambao was officially named MVP for the second straight year moments before La Salle’s do-or-die Game 2 against University of the Philippines in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.
After another masterclass season with 81.357 statistical points after averaging 16.64 points, 8.64 rebounds, 4.07 assists, and a steal in the elimination round, Quiambao became the first Green Archer to win back-to-back MVPs since Ben Mbala in 2017.
Quiambao became the first local to win two consecutive MVPs since Ateneo guard Kiefer Ravena in 2014 and 2015. Jun Limpot (1987-88), Mark Telan (1996-97) and Don Allado (1998-99) are the only other Archers to bag successive MVP awards.
Kevin Quiambao’s MVP speech. #UAAPSeason87 @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/dDV6vf1TH2
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball individual awarding
MVP Kevin Quiambao completes the mythical five. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/U0oY235PmN
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
FEU’s Veejay Pre wins the #UAAPSeason87 Rookie of the Year | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/OAlIH8CSH3
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
UST star Nic Cabañero earns his mythical selection. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/Vmaonf8fhy
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
JD Cagulangan earns a mythical selection in his final season. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/hDtomumNG7
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
Mike Phillips gets his second career mythical team award. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/TrzblIRtN1
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
FEU’s Mo Konateh, the league’s best rebounder, receives his mythical 5 trophy. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/hJYibZbPrA
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
UAAP Finals: UST Tigresses fend off NU, force title decider
UST Growling Tigresses celebrate after beating NU Lady Bulldogs in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 women’s basketball Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — New heroes emerged for University of Santo Tomas as Brigette Santos and Karylle Sierba kept their title repeat bid alive on Wednesday.
Behind Santos and Sierba, the Growling Tigresses got back at National University, 78-68, in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 women’s basketball finals.
Santos set the tone and unleashed a career-high 27 points while Sierba flourished in the fourth quarter, where she fired 15 of her 18 points as UST forced a winner-take-all duel on Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
LIVE UPDATES: UST Growling Tigresses vs NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP Finals Game 2)
Danganan with a dagger 3!
UST looks to force a Game 3 with a 76-65 lead. 34.7 seconds left. #UAAPSeason87 | @LanceAgcaoilINQ pic.twitter.com/JLBaYsGSI5
— INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) December 11, 2024
- NO SWEEP! FINAL: UST forces a rubber match with a 78-68 win over erstwhile unbeaten NU in Game 2.
- Danganan with a dagger 3! UST looks to force a Game 3 with a 76-65 lead. 34.7 seconds left.
- Santos gives UST a 70-62 advantage with 3 mins remaining.
- Sierba heats up early in the fourth giving UST a 62-59 lead with 6:56 to play.
- END OF 3RD: NU 49, UST 48.
- Fabruada scores again. NU, 43-39, 4:13 remaining in the third.
- NU takes the lead! Fabruada sinks two free throws, 41-39, with 4:56 to go in the third quarter.
- Surada ties the game at 39-all with 5:35 left.
- Surada sinks a trey! NU within two, 37-39, with 6:05 left.
- Pagdulagan cuts down UST’s lead to three. NU still trails, 34-37, with 6:31 to play in the third.
- HALFTIME STATS: Brigette Santos leading UST’s fight with 13 points.
- HALFTIME: UST 32, NU 25.
- Santos brings back the lead to nine for UST, 30-21.
- Pagdulagan with five straight points! NU unleashes a 11-0 run to cut it down to an 20-24 deficit with 4:11 left in the second quarter.
- END OF 1ST: UST 20, NU 9.
- Backs against the wall, the UST Tigresses are off to a fast start vs the NU Lady Bulldogs in Game 2
UAAP: 2-time MVP Kacey Dela Rosa hungry to win title with Ateneo
Ateneo’s Kacey Dela Rosa wins her second straight UAAP women’s basketball MVP.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Becoming a two-time UAAP MVP only fueled Kacey Dela Rosa’s desire to deliver a championship to Ateneo.
Dela Rosa led the Blue Eagles to the playoffs but lost in the first game of the stepladder semifinals to eventual bronze medalist Adamson in overtime.
“Siyempre ako super happy po kasi nakuha ko yung back-to-back MVP. And siguro hindi pa rin ako satisfied kasi marami pa akong kulang din sa games ko. Kasi naglu-look talaga ako sa team effort. Pero I’m happy naman,” said Dela Rosa, who became first Blue Eagle to win consecutive women’s basketball MVPs since Cassy Tioseco in 2007, shortly after the awarding ceremony on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.
VIDEO: Kacey Dela Rosa on her second straight UAAP MVP
Kacey Dela Rosa on winning her second MVP. #UAAPSeason87 @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/i2VyIimYl3
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
- Ateneo’s Kacey Dela Rosa is officially a two-time UAAP women’s basketball MVP
Kacey Dela Rosa receives her #UAAPSeason87 MVP award. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/dRou3xWBP9
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
Two-time MVP Kacey Dela Rosa headlines the #UAAPSeason87 women’s basketball awardees. @INQUIRERSports pic.twitter.com/p8wrcvib8r
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) December 11, 2024
RECLAIM OR RETAIN?
The NU Lady Bulldogs 🐾 are on the brink of reclaiming the coveted crown! However, the defending champs, the UST Growling Tigresses 🐯 are determined to retain their title and push the series to the limit in the #UAAPSeason87 Women’s Basketball Finals! pic.twitter.com/hHtRCsgOod
— The UAAP (@uaap_official) December 10, 2024
UAAP Finals: La Salle ready for rough patch with crown loose on its head
UP Fighting Maroons’ Quentin Millora-Brown, Jacob Bayla and La Salle Green Archers’ Kevin Quiambao during Game 1 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball finals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
La Salle coach Topex Robinson has always preached culture, love and sticking together since he was given the keys to the Green Archers program last year, where they ended a six-year championship drought for one of the esteemed programs in the UAAP.
And it seems like the Archers will continue to live by it even after University of the Philippines pushed the defending champions’ backs against the wall with a 73-65 victory in Game 1 of the Season 87 men’s basketball finals on Sunday.
“The good thing about the team in the dugout was nobody was blaming nobody,” Robinson said as the Maroons defeated them for the first time this season. “We’ve gone this far because of how we really became a united front and we will not let any negativity get in our way.”
UAAP Finals: La Salle, UP know nothing is decided yet after Game 1
Kevin Quiambao–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
Both University of the Philippines (UP) and La Salle talked down Game 1 of their UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament title duel like the result mattered less than what it did on paper.
“Game 1 doesn’t win a championship,” UP coach Goldwin Monteverde said after the Maroons’ 73-65 victory in Sunday’s series opener. “[Part of] the process [toward getting a championship] is to get the Game 1. And [we’ve done that] so we’ll just have to focus on what we need to improve in terms of [our] lapses [during] the game.”
“The only thing that I told the team [was] there’s a reason why this is a series: you don’t win a championship by winning one game, you need two games,” La Salle coach Topex Robinson said after the Archers lost to the Maroons for the first time since, coincidentally, Game 1 of their title bout last season.
La Salle hopes to pull off another UAAP Finals comeback
Mike Phillips, right, and Kevin Quiambao look to lead the way for La Salle in Wednesday’s UAAP Finals Game 2.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—A year ago, La Salle completed a UAAP Finals comeback against University of the Philippines after losing Game 1.
On Sunday, the Green Archers found themselves facing the same predicament against familiar rivals following a 73-65 loss in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals opener.
However, to pull off another rally, La Salle will need immense belief, according to Mike Phillips.
UAAP Finals: Topex Robinson lifts La Salle’s morale after Game 1 loss
La Salle coach Topex Robinson during Game 1 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—For coach Topex Robinson, preparing La Salle for Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 Finals against University of the Philippines is like clockwork and keeping the team’s morale right where he wants it to be following a tough loss is the real challenge.
“The only thing I told the team [after the loss] was, this is the reason why this is a series,” said Robinson after the 73-65 loss in Game 1 on Sunday at Araneta Coliseum.
“The players in the dugout just reminded each other to be positive and try to learn from this experience. That’s a tough team that we played against. They’re one of the best so we just have to slug it out with them on Wednesday.”