Saturday, October 24, 2009
POD: San Beda-3.5 (NCAA) L
Saturday, October 24, 2009
POD: San Beda-3.5 vs. San Sebastian (3K units) L
Watch the live streaming for FREE. Starts @ 4PM (pinoy time): NCAA Live!
Preview: San Sebastian tries to put an end to its seven-year title drought as it goes for a sweep over San Beda in Game Two of the NCAA men’s basketball finals at the Araneta Coliseum today.
The Stags brace for another grueling, highly physical game with the Red Lions, whom they outlasted in two extra periods, 72-68, in the opener of their best-of-three series before over 14,000 fans at the Big Dome last Thursday.
“We’re coming off a big win and we have high morale. We just need to capitalize on this,” said San Sebastian coach
Ato Agustin, hoping to deliver the first championship for the school since 2002.
Gametime is at 4 p.m.
The Stags are expected to ride on the momentum of that hard-earned win in a game where they showed tremendous poise and a big fighting heart against a team boasting of rich championship experience.
Skipper Jimbo Aquino and rookie Calvin Abueva combined for 34 points in that big Game One win with the duo, along with the brave bunch of Stags, raring for a repeat for a dream title run that could cap an amazing season marked by a 15-game run in the elims.
A victory by San Beda, however, will set the stage for a winner-take-all match on Thursday, also at the Big Dome.
In juniors’ action, San Beda tries to wrap the crown as it tries to make it two in row against Letran at 2 p.m.
With Baser Amer and Roland Sara on the firing end, the Cubs blasted the Squires, 98-75, in the opener to move closer to their 17th title, or one behind the Mapua Red Robins’ league best 18 crowns.
San Beda coach Ato Badolato, however, said they can’t take the Squires for granted.
“I expect them to adjust and bounce back strong in Game Two. So we have to be ready,” said Badolato, eyeing to exit with a bang on his last year with the Cubs.
The Lions, on the otherhand, vowed to even things up and force a Game Three.
“We’re looking to bounce back tomorrow (today), try to extend the series and make proper adjustments,” said San Beda mentor Frankie Lim.
He, however, stressed they need to shoot well and rebound more to stop the Stags.
In the series’ opener, San Sebastian forced San Beda to miss 64 of its 88 shots while dominating the boards, 73-64.
The Stags actually muffed 68 of the 91 shots but made up for this by getting 32 offensive rebounds against the Lions’ 24.
“We intend to improve on our shooting because the bottom line was we missed many easy shots in Game One. We also got beaten off the boards. We cannot allow them to get 32 offensive rebounds,” said Lim. “I personally thought we didn’t play well. Our execution was not great, we didn’t make our shots but still they had to go to two overtimes to beat us.
“We came back and we came back. Some of our guys were in foul trouble. It boils down to making the important shots, which we didn’t deliver towards the end of the game,” he said.
Lim added the nice thing about their Game One defeat was that the Stags had a hard time snaring the win despite the Lions’ below-par performance.
“If there’s something good about it, we didn’t play that well but they had a hard time beating us,” he said. “The morale is very high in practice, we’ll push this to Game Three, we’ll come out strong tomorrow,” he said.
Watch the live streaming for FREE. Starts @ 4PM (pinoy time): NCAA Live!
Preview: San Sebastian tries to put an end to its seven-year title drought as it goes for a sweep over San Beda in Game Two of the NCAA men’s basketball finals at the Araneta Coliseum today.
The Stags brace for another grueling, highly physical game with the Red Lions, whom they outlasted in two extra periods, 72-68, in the opener of their best-of-three series before over 14,000 fans at the Big Dome last Thursday.
“We’re coming off a big win and we have high morale. We just need to capitalize on this,” said San Sebastian coach
Ato Agustin, hoping to deliver the first championship for the school since 2002.
Gametime is at 4 p.m.
The Stags are expected to ride on the momentum of that hard-earned win in a game where they showed tremendous poise and a big fighting heart against a team boasting of rich championship experience.
Skipper Jimbo Aquino and rookie Calvin Abueva combined for 34 points in that big Game One win with the duo, along with the brave bunch of Stags, raring for a repeat for a dream title run that could cap an amazing season marked by a 15-game run in the elims.
A victory by San Beda, however, will set the stage for a winner-take-all match on Thursday, also at the Big Dome.
In juniors’ action, San Beda tries to wrap the crown as it tries to make it two in row against Letran at 2 p.m.
With Baser Amer and Roland Sara on the firing end, the Cubs blasted the Squires, 98-75, in the opener to move closer to their 17th title, or one behind the Mapua Red Robins’ league best 18 crowns.
San Beda coach Ato Badolato, however, said they can’t take the Squires for granted.
“I expect them to adjust and bounce back strong in Game Two. So we have to be ready,” said Badolato, eyeing to exit with a bang on his last year with the Cubs.
The Lions, on the otherhand, vowed to even things up and force a Game Three.
“We’re looking to bounce back tomorrow (today), try to extend the series and make proper adjustments,” said San Beda mentor Frankie Lim.
He, however, stressed they need to shoot well and rebound more to stop the Stags.
In the series’ opener, San Sebastian forced San Beda to miss 64 of its 88 shots while dominating the boards, 73-64.
The Stags actually muffed 68 of the 91 shots but made up for this by getting 32 offensive rebounds against the Lions’ 24.
“We intend to improve on our shooting because the bottom line was we missed many easy shots in Game One. We also got beaten off the boards. We cannot allow them to get 32 offensive rebounds,” said Lim. “I personally thought we didn’t play well. Our execution was not great, we didn’t make our shots but still they had to go to two overtimes to beat us.
“We came back and we came back. Some of our guys were in foul trouble. It boils down to making the important shots, which we didn’t deliver towards the end of the game,” he said.
Lim added the nice thing about their Game One defeat was that the Stags had a hard time snaring the win despite the Lions’ below-par performance.
“If there’s something good about it, we didn’t play that well but they had a hard time beating us,” he said. “The morale is very high in practice, we’ll push this to Game Three, we’ll come out strong tomorrow,” he said.
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