TOLD YA SO.

DLSU wins the tiebreaker match over FEU, 62-59 and now enjoys a twice-to-beat advantage over the Tamaraws.

Leading the way for the Archers were JV Casio (16 pts, 4 rebs, 4 assists) and Rico Maierhofer (14 pts plus a ton of offensive rebounds). Providing ample support were Malabes and Atkins, whose 3rd quarter effort pushed the Archers from a 2 point deficit to a 10pt lead in about half a quarter. But when FEU made that final push, it was Maierhofer with an unexpected threepointer and JV Casio with a beautiful spin move who put the game away.

For the Tamaraws, it was their big men (Cervantes and the comebacking Baracael) who proved to be the biggest horn in the Archers' side even as Barroca and Knuttel had subpar games. Despite their struggles, the Tams still had a chance to tie the game (Cawaling's threepointer rimmed out) proving that DLSU is far from invincible.

This weekend, DLSU and Ateneo try to forge another dream match up. Will they succeed?

ARROWS AGAINST HORNS: DLSU VS FEU

Today is the start of La Salle and FEU's own 3 game series. Why 3 game series? 

Because the winner of this match gets a twice-to-beat advantage. Meaning one of them has to win 2 games to move on to the UAAP finals (which makes it 2 out of 3). 

La Salle is led by JV Casio and Rico Maierhofer, two players who are as seasoned, battle tested and unflappable as they come. These two guys have starred in so many crucial games for La Salle that it's almost unimaginable that they would crumble in these next few games. But, to win, DLSU's young and upcoming core of Atkins, Malabes and Revilla must step up and ease the pressure on Casio and Maierhofer.

 

FEU, on the other hand, has Mark Barroca leading the charge, with big men Cervantes and Ramos giving the DLSU big men fits on defense. If the Tams get big games from Knuttel, Adolfo, Fernandez and the other FEU big guns as well, the Archer could be neck deep in dung.

My take? La Salle wins the first game, then FEU comes back to take the second game. Finally, DLSU squeaks out a victory in OT in the rubbermatch and marches on to face Ateneo (who should beat the UE Warriors easily).

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RP YOUTH TEAM MAKES COUNTRY PROUD.

Eliminated from the semifinal round. Trying to recover from a heartbreaker a day ago. Up against the unbeaten hometown team.

So the RP youth basketball team decided to go after the biggest giant of them all and make him fall.

And fall the giant did. Down by more than 5 pts with barely two minutes left, the RP youth relied on guts, an unrelenting defense and a willingness to mix it up inside with the bigger, heftier Iranians to log the biggest, and most thrilling, upset of the tournament...an 85-84 victory over Iran. 

The Philippines finally went ahead on an RR Garcia corner jumper before Sam Marata sealed the deal with 2 ice cold daggers from the charity stripe with 4 seconds left on the clock.

The Pinoy boys may be heading home already but they'll be heading home with heads held up high.

RP FALLS TO JAPAN IN FIBA JUNIORS!

This time around, the kamikaze fighters won the day.

With barely 50 seconds left in the clock and Japan unable to shake the resilient RP youth, the speedy Japanese youngsters resorted to swooping, sweeping drives reminiscent of the deadly kamikaze pilots of yore to draw foul after foul and can free throw after free throw to notch an 86-78 win over the Filipinos.

Fil-Canadians Norberto Torres scored 24points while Matthew Wright score 17points to pace the Pinoys.

Ths loss eliminated the RP Youth Team at the quarterfinal stage of the FIBA Under 19 tournament while catapulting the Japanese to a winner-take-all match with Korea.