The De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers lived up to their top seed image as they came from behind to beat the defending champions, the Ateneo Blue Eaglets 57-53. The Junior Archers unleashed a paralyzing 14-3 run in the last 7 minutes that caught the Eaglets flat flooted and set up a winner take all meeting on Thursday at the Araneta Coliseum.
Rebound Play
Gwynne Capacio made up for his lackluster performance in the first game as he sank the insurance basket to give the Alabang based quintet another day to live. The Blue Eaglets sorely missed the scoring of King Eaglet Kiefer Ravena as he did not get his scoring going as he could only manage 6 points on one field goal and four free throws. The only bright spot for the Eagles was the stellar play of Ael Banal who scored 19 points on 5 of 6 shooting from beyond the arc. Unfortunately none of those points came in the fourth quarter as the offensive drought of the Blue Eaglets told on them.
Coach Boris Aldeguer
The game was marred by many tight shots and bad shooting as the Junior Archers failed to score on a three pointer. The frontline of the Junior Archers scored heavily as Gwynne Capacio scored 19 points, Arnold Van Opstal 10 points and Aiki Herrera 6 points for a total of 35 points as compared to the combined 21 points scored by Al Bugarin, Paolo Pe, Tim Capacio and Paolo Romero. The win negated the 11 points and 17 rebounds game of Al Bugarin who more than held the fort against the taller Junior Archers.
Nico Elorde is defended by Ice Reyes
The Junior Archers started strong to start both halves but the determined stand of the Blue Eaglets showed when their defense forced their guards to shoot miserably. Nico Elorde, Luigi dela Paz and Louis Fortuna failed to nail a three pointer and relied on their frontline to deliver the goods. The Blue Eaglets were on the way to their 16th title overall when fate struck. Leading 51-43 with 7:15 left it looked like the team from Katipunan has it all figured out until tragedy struck. After shooting miserably from the free throw line all afternoon, the Junior Archers scored on the stripe when it mattered as their frontline of Van Opstal, Herrera and Capacio hit all their six free throws in the last minute to take the lead for good. Game 3 will be another blockbuster as the Blue Eaglets try to gain respect and together with their senior counterparts try to win a double back to back. Thursday will be our date of destiny.
DLS-Z (57)
Capacio 19, Van Opstal 10, Elorde 9, dela Paz 9, Herrera 6, Sevilla 4, Fortuna 0, Park 0, Roxas 0
ATENEO (53)
Banal 19, Bugarin 11, Ravena 6, Pessumal 6, Pe 4, Capacio 4, Reyes 3, Romero 0, Sinco 0, Tenorio,
8-12, 23-32, 41-45, 57-53
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