Ateneo Stomps On UP!

A UP-Ateneo game has not been competitive in the last decade. This one was no different.

The Blue Eagles crushed the Maroons 77-57. with their pair of rookie sensations leading the way.

Kiefer Ravena scored 15 points and had 4 steals while Greg Slaughter had 14 points and 13 rebounds. The rest of the Ateneo starters also scored in double figures, with Kirk Long tallying 14 points, Emman Monfort with 13 and Nico Salva with 10.

The Maroons failed to have even one player score in double digits.

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Ravena 1, Parks 0.

Also known as Ateneo 1, NU 0.

It was a good thing the Ateneo-NU game featured two of the most exciting UAAP rookies because the game itself was over and done by the third quarter.

Ateneo put together a scintillating scoring run in the second quarter to erect an 18point halftime lead and continued on their scoring ways into the third to go up by 32 points.

Kiefer Ravena had 13 points for the Blue Eagles while Bobby Ray Parks topscored for the Bulldogs with 20points.

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The Clash of Future Basketball Superstars!

 Forget NU vs. Ateneo. Let's focus on Kiefer Ravena versus Bobby Ray Parks.

Forget the similarities of how their basketball careers have started. Both were highly touted high school prospects who were rumored to be going to US NCAA Division I colleges. Both represented the Philippines in the Youth Games. Both have impeccable basketball pedigree, being sons of outstanding PBA players.

DLSU, Meet Kiefer Ravena!

Now that's the Kiefer Ravena we all knew.

Ravena led the Ateneo Blue Eagles to a massive first half lead by scoring 22 points in the first half, 13 of them in the first quarter alone. He was virtually unstoppable despite the best efforts of Simon Atkins and Luigi de la Paz, scoring on a variety of layups, pull ups and jumpshots.

And while he was finally silenced in the second half, his Ateneo teammates rode the crest of his offensive outburst to keep DLSU at bay 81-72.

Greg Slaughter, Ateneo's other highly touted rookie, scored 7 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.

All I can say is...Kiefer may be the nearest thing to a phenom we've seen in a long, long time.

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