DEJAVU vs. FEU
Whenever the Blue Eagles face the FEU Tamaraws its always
a physical battle and if ever the Ateneans would go on and win, they come out
bloodied and scarred. This 2nd encounter is no different, since the
Tamaraws yielded to the Blue Eagles in the last five minutes of the game in the
first round. This time it was the troika
of Andy de Guzman, Dodong Postanes and Ronald Carodan that pummeled the inside
while Jack Tanuan took a backseat as the Tamaraws took a 51 – 46 lead. At the
start of the second half both teams then fought side by side with the Tamaraws
leading 77 – 76 with seven minutes left. The next few minutes saw defense take
over as turnovers and missed shots took centerstage. In the last three minutes,
with the Tamaraws ahead 81 – 78 the Blue Eagles waged their final offensive as
Nonoy Chuatico scored on a three pointer to tie the count. After that Jun Reyes
scored on an “and one” play plus a free throw. The Blue Eagles clamped on the
Tamaraws who suddenly could not buy a basket and after a good defensive play
Nonoy Chuatico was called for a 10 second back court violation. Chuatico
eventually made up with that miscue by sinking another three pointer –
dejavu. Jet Nieto eventually settled
the count by scoring the last point to give the Blue Eagles another 89 – 81 win
against the Tamaraws. It was the first time that the Ateneo won over the
Tamaraws twice in one season. In other games UE beat Adamson, La Salle brought
down UP and UST beat NU. That meant only the Warriors and the Blue Eagles are
still tied for first (6-2)
GAME 8: ATENEO 89 - FEU 81:
DLSU 99 – UP 90, UE 94 – AdU 82, UST 116 – NU 104
ATENEO (87) Chuatico 26, G. Reyes 21, Nieto 10, E.
Reyes 8,Francisco 6, Gayoso 5, Basa 5, Araneta 4, Racela 3, Canlas 1, Jeongco
0,
FEU (81) De Guzman 17, Postanes 12, Carodan 12, Latoreno 12, Cruz 10,
Tanuan 8, Tiu 8, Byron 2, Nicolas 0, Pablo 0,
Halftime 46 - 51
ATENEO, UE 6-2, UP, UST 5-3, DLSU 4-4, FEU, ADU 3-5, NU 0-7
GAINING
GROUND vs. NU, ADAMSON & UP
The
next three games saw the Blue Eagles went to overdrive as Eric Reyes led the
charge as they put a leash on the NU Bulldogs 94-85 and outsoared the Adamson Falcons
105 -94. Reyes topscored for 19 points
against the Bulldogs and was unstoppable against the Falcons as he scored 24
points and pulled down 18 rebounds.
Everything was going the way of the Blue Eagles as they picked up
another win after the UAAP declared UST guard Fedencio Oblina as ineligible
after the board discovered that he did not pass his NCEE exam. His
disqualification eventually reversed the win the Glowing Goldies had in the
first round and put the Eagles on solo first with a 9 – 1 win loss slate. Of all the teams that benefited from this
scenario it was the Eagles that got the most bonus since it gave them a clear
one game lead against the UE Warriors. That
development inspired the Blue Eagles as they demolished the undermanned UP
Maroons 88 – 56. UP’s three National Players, Ronnie Magsanoc, Benjie Paras and
Joey Guanio, were not around that cost them two losses (the other one against
NU) that virtually knocked them off the top 2.
GAME 9: ATENEO 94
- NU 85
UE 89 – DLSU 76, UP 108 – FEU 81, UST 99 – ADU 81
ATENEO (94) E. Reyes 19, Gayoso 18, Nieto 16, Francisco 11, G.
Reyes 9, Araneta 6, Basa 6, Chuatico 4, Racela 3, Morales 2, Jeongco
0, Mendoza 0,
NU (85) Matias 23, Artificio 19, Bautista 13, Rey 10, Lazo 6, Tan 6,
Ferrer 4, Divino 2, Lescano2, Adadas 0, Halftime: 50 - 36
ATENEO, UE (7-2), UP, UST (6-3), DLSU (4-5), FEU, ADU (3-6), NU
(0-9)
GAME 10: ATENEO 105 - ADAMSON 94
NU 89 – UP 75, UST 100 – DLSU 83, UE 91 –FEU 82
ATENEO (105) E.Reyes 24, Chuatico 17, G. Reyes 17,
Araneta 11, Basa 10, Francisco 9, Nieto 6, Jeongco 5, Canlas 2, Racela 2,
Mendoza 2,
ADAMSON (94) Estrada 26, Banez 14,
Garcia 11, Cruz 11, Yao 7, Doromal 7, Saitanan 7, Cahanding 4, Valdez 3,
Francisco 2, Halftime: 56-51
ATENEO (9-1), UE (8-2), UP (6-4), ADU (5-5), FEU, DLSU (4-6), UST
(3-7), NU (1-9)
GAME 11: ATENEO 88 - UP 88-56
FEU 107- NU 89, DLSU 88 - ADU 71, UE 116 – UST 110
ATENEO (88) Chuatico 17, E. Reyes 13, Francisco 12, G.
Reyes 11, Gayoso 10, Nieto 9, Canlas 6, Jeongco 4, Habana 2, Morales 2, Racela
2, Mendoza 0,
UP (56) Rodriguez 12, Wenceslao 11, Cruz 11, Noriega 7, Mendoza 4,
Clemente 4, Somera 2, Manlulo 2, Subido 2, Vergara 0, Halftime: 41 –
36
ATENEO (10-1), UE (9-2), UP (6-5), ADU, FEU, DLSU (5-6), UST
(3-8), NU (1-10)
THE REMATCH vs. UE
With the Maroons virtually out of the
finals picture the second meeting between the Warriors and Eagles became a preview of the UAAP finals. Both teams measure up well with each other and are
evenly matched with the Eagles narrowly winning in the first round by two free
throws in overtime. The game was high
scoring as both teams came out firing. National Team slotman Jerry Codinera and
Vilmer Banares started the ball rolling for the team in red while JV Gayoso and
Nonoy Chuatico countered with the team in Blue as the first half ended with the
Eagles on top 60 - 58. Both teams tried
to seize the upperhand but like a championship game no team allowed the other
to pull away. With three minutes and 26 seconds left and the Blue Eagles on top
94 – 93, the Blue Eagles bleachers section started to chant loudly the “Ateneo,
Ateneo Go and Fight!” cheer for two
straight minutes that amazingly looked like the cheer was putting the Warriors
into a spell as they sputtered in those two minutes. Taking advantage of their
futility, the Blue Eagles went with Gayoso, Chuatico and rookie center Danny
Francisco to score nine unanswered points to put the game beyond recall as the
Eagles took a commanding 103- 93 lead with a minute and thirty seconds
remaining. The Blue Eagles went on to quash the last minute rally of the
Warriors as Codinera and Modesto Hojilla scored to narrow the gap 105 – 102
with the Eagles still wining. The win gave the Blue Eagles a two game lead in
the standings against the Warriors as they improved to 11 – 1 while the Warriors
are at second with a 9 – 3 slate. Jerry Codinera led all scorers that night by
scoring 32 points while Vilmer Banares added 22. For the Blue Eagles it was JV
Gayoso’s 26 and Nonoy Chuatico’s 25 that did the trick.
GAME 12: vs. UE: 105-102
DLSU 113 - NU 88, UP 92 - UST 83, FEU
108 - ADU 71,
ATENEO (105) Gayoso
26, Chuatico 25, Canlas 12, G. Reyes 11, Nieto 9, E. Reyes 8, Francisco 8,
Araneta 4, Racela 2, Jeongco 0
UE (102) Codinera
32, Banares 22, Villarias 16, Hojilla 11, Barile 7, Zamar 6, Ella 4, Bartolome
2, Mariquit 2, Fermin 0, Halftime: 60-58
ADMU(11-1), UE (9-3), UP(7-5), DLSU, FEU
(6-6), AdU (5-7), UST (3-9) NU (1-11)
THE HOMESTRETCH vs. DLSU and UST
The last two games of the Blue Eagles saw them sharpen their saw as Eric Reyes
burned his former school by scoring 30 points against the De La Salle Green Archers. Coach Dindo Pumaren tried to put a pesky Gelacio Abanilla all game long on Jun Reyes to disrupt the Eagles offense. Unfortunately that never happened. Haj Jeongco and La Salle's Eric Afable provided the sideshow as both players were trash talking when both players guarded each other. The two almost came into blows as their taunting almost got the best of them. The Eagles took the half 52-49. Early on in the second half the Archers equalized as game was tied at 60 - all. Eric Reyes scored eight points in a 14 - 5 blast that put the Eagles comfortably ahead 74 - 65 midway through the second half. After the Archers cut the lead to six 71 - 77, the Blue Eagles went to work once again and dropped another bomb that was capped by a three pointer by Joseph Canlas to put the game beyond recall 87- 73. The final stand by the Green Archers barely mattered as the Eagles went on to win 98 - 89. The Archers were never in the game and relied
so much on Dindo Pumaren who scored 40. In their last game of the elimination round, the Blue Eagles avenged their loss against the UST Glowing Goldies with a masterful 108 –
101 win with Nonoy Chuatico leading the
way with 27 points. These two wins prepared the Blue Eagles for the battle that
was coming – the 1987 UAAP Men’s Basketball finals.
GAME 13 vs. DLSU 98-89
UE 102 – NU 99, UP 107 – Adamson 103, FEU 96 – UST 82
ATENEO (98) E. Reyes 30, Chuatico 17,
Canlas 14, Nieto 9, Jeongco 8, Gayoso 7, G. Reyes 7, Francisco 4, Basa 2,
Araneta 2, Morales 1, Racela 0,
DE LA SALLE (89)Pumaren 40,
Santamaria 12, Dinglasan 11, Guste 8, Afable 6, Del Rosario 5, Monasterio 3,
Bachmann 2, Favis 2, Bachmann 2, Favis 2, Viaplana 0, Abanilla 0 Halftime:
52-49
ADMU (12-1), UE (10-3), UP (8-5), FEU (7-6), DLSU (6 -6),
AdU (5-8), UST (3-10) NU (1-12)
GAME 14 vs. UST 108-101
NU 98 - Adamson 96, FEU 99 - DLSU 87, UP 101 - UE
87
ATENEO (108) Chuatico 27, Gayoso 16, E.
Reyes 15, Nieto 12, Jeongco 8, Basa 7, G. Reyes 6, Francisco 6,
Araneta 4, Racela 3, Canlas 2, Mendoza 2,
UST (101) Chua 23, Babilonia 15,
Sichon 14, Jose 12, Salvador 12, Franco 10, Flores 6, Bass 4, Belmonte 4,
Halftime: 60- 56
1987 UAAP
FINAL STANDINGS
TEAM W L
ATENEO 13 1
UE 10 4
UP 9 5
FEU 8 6
DLSU 6 8
ADU 5 9
UST 3 11
NU 2 12
NEXT BLOG: THE 1987 UAAPCHAMPIONSHIP
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