Live Blogging Game 2 of the Season 69 UAAP Finals: Ateneo vs UST
Historical Perspective
1. Ateneo leads the best of 3 series 1-0
2. 6 out of the past 11 UAAP finalsgames have reached a game 3
3. Only 3 teams in the History of the UAAP have comeback from a 0-1 Deficit… one of the teams was UST
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Pre game analysis by Sev Sarmenta and Coach Ryan Gregorio :
To win the game:
UST:
Mental Toughness, forget about game 1
Score inside, get high % shots c/o Jervy Cruz
Ateneo:
Control the rebounds
Perimeter shooters must be on target
Starting Five:
UST : Cruz Canlas Cuan Espiritu Duncil
ADMU: Escalona Tiu Arao Intal Kramer
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First Quarter
Ateneo Wins the tip off
Evangelista scores the first shot via a 2 pt jumper, also makes
the second shot of the game via a two point jumper
Kramer scores on a floater and is fouled, makes the free throw
JC Intal scores on a drive and is fouled, misses the free throw but Kramer gets
the rebound and JC scores on a drive. Ateneo up 7 to 4.
Kramer scores on a putback again… Evangelista scores on a turnaround… all points
scored by him for UST…
Tiu is fouled in transition… 11 to 6 in favor of ADMU after Tiu Free throws…
Cruz finally scores underneath… 11 to 8 the score…
Time out Ateneo….
Mar Roxas and Korina Sanchez flashed on the screen
Duncil makes 1 free throw… 11-9
Jervy Cruz makes 0-2 free throws off a foul by Ford Arao.
Turnover by near interception on a Macky to JC pass that finds JC in the line…
Macky scores on fast break from a pass from JC
Canlas scores on a long 2…
Macky scores again from a Tiu Pass… 11-15 in favor of Ateneo
2 missed put backs from UST…
Espiritu, Cortez put in for UST, Quimson for Ateneo…
Arao makes 2-2 free throws… 11-17 in favor of Ateneo
Offensive foul on Jun Cortez of UST
Quimson gets a foul guarding Jervy Cruz on the lower block
UST calls for a timeout…
Espiritu scores on a 3 pt shot
Dizon scores on drive… 16-17 in favor of Ateneo
UST in the penalty after a Taylor foul…
Jinggoy Estrada in the audience, Dic Gordon, LA and Wesley in the Audience…
Espiritu 3pts… UST takes a 1 pt lead… 18-17
Jai Reyes makes 2-2 free throws from a Jun Cortez foul…
Dylan Ababou makes a two point bank shot…
steal by UST during the Ateneo inbound but fails to make a shot…
End of First Quarter… phewwwwwww
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Second Quarter
Jun Dizon makes 2-2 freethrows
23-20 in favor of UST
Salamat missed 3, rebound by Kramer fouled by Taylor
Dizon fastbreak 2 points
25-20 in favor of UST
Dizon fouls Jai Reyes…
Ababou 2 pt floater
27-20 in favor of UST
Zion Laterre fouled, 0-2 free throws
Ababou 2 pt putback and fouled…by Arao…
UST dominating the boards…
Timeout…
Ababou makes 1-1 freethrows… 30-20 in favor of UST
Intal scores on an Escalona pass during a fastbreak…
Jun Dizon offensive foul in the lower block…
Espiritu is back in…
Sonny Cabatu in the Audience…
JC Intal 3 pts… 30-25 in favor of UST
Ababou putback 32-25 in favor of UST
Jun Cortez fouls Macky
Macky 0-2 free throws… lane violation on UST…
Macky 0-3 free throws…
Ababou 2 pt putback
Offensive foul on Quimson…
34-27 in favor of UST
Intal 2 pts
Macky fouls CUan
Ateneo 4 team fouls, UST has 5
Duncil 2 pts…
36-27 in favor of UST…
Kramer scores on a putback from a missed Jai Reyes drive…
Timeout UST
Jervy Cruz fouled by Kramer…
Cruz 0-2 free throws… lane violation Ateneo
Cruz 1-3 free throws
US Ambasaddor showed in the audience
37-29 in favor of UST
Duncil fouled by Tiu… 2nd PF on Tiu…
Duncil 2-2 Free throw
39-39 in favor of UST
Intal Slams it Home on a drive… Jervy Cruz got schooled..
Duncil 3 pts
42-31 in favor of UST
Evangelista on the free throw line
Warning on the bench of Ateneo for protesting that different player from UST should be taking the shot
Cruz on the line in place of Evangelista, 2-2 free throws
44-31 in favor of UST
Salamat travelling on a drive…
Intal 3 pts… 2nd 3pt by JC
44-34 in favor of UST
Evangelista long 2..
46-34 in favor of UST
Evangelista fouls Jai Reyes
Jai Reyes 2-2 Free throws…
Jervy Cruz scores on a 2pt hook shot and is fouled by Quimson, misses freethrow
Zion scores 2 pts from an Intal pass…
end of Second Quarter…
48-38 in favor of UST
HalfTime Analysis:
UST controls the game:
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Half Time Analysis
by Sev Sarmenta and Coach Ryan Gregorio:
Bench scoring 23-7
rebounds 11-6
turnovers 2-9
2nd chance points 11-6
….in favor of UST
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Third Quarter
Escalona scores on a drive
Duncil 2 pt medium jumper
Ecalona blocked by Espiritu
Duncil 3 pts
53-40 in favor of UST
Cuan fouls JC…
Canlas Offensive foul on Chris Tiu
Quimson illegal pick for Chris Tiu
Warning on the bench of the Ateneo Blue Eagles for complaining(?)
unsportsmanlike foul on Quimson for fouling Jervy Cruz hard
Cruz missed free throws…
Intal 2pt drive, fouled by Evangelista…
JC 0-1 freethrow
Cuan scores on a fastbreak drive
Evangelista fouls Tiu, 4th personal foul on Evangelista…
Tiu 3pts
55-45 in favor of UST
turnover UST
Timeout Ateneo…
Ababou fastbreak 2 points… from a Cortez pass…
Chris Tiu offensive foul, 3rd PF
57-45 in favor of UST
Taylor travelling…
Tiu blocked, Intal drive and fouled by Jun Dizon…
Gary Lising in the audience
JC 1-2 free throw
57-46 in favor of UST
steal Ateneo
Hard foul on Chris Tiu by Espiritu… Flagrant foul
Tiu 2-2 freethrows plus ball possesion to Ateneo
Escalona scores on an isolation drive
57-50 in favor of UST..
foul on Ababou
Kramer 1-2 freethrows
Duncil 2 pt short jumper
Ababou 2 pts from a Duncil drop pass
61-51 in favor of UST
Duncil fouls Chris Tiu…
Time out Ateneo…
Tiu 2-2 Free throws
Chris Tiu 2pts, fouled by Cuan…
1-1 free throws…
61-56 in favor of UST
Zion fouls Ababou during a rebound
Canlas offensive foul for illegal pick
Chris Tiu Offensive foul, 4 PF
Laterre fouls Ababou on a drive
Ababou 2-2 free throws
63-56 in favor of UST
JC fouls Duncil in a fastbreak play
Duncil 2-2 freethrows
65-56 in favor of UST
Salamat steal, fouled by Canlas 4 PF
Salamat 1-2 free throws
65-57 in favor of UST
End of 3rd Quarter…
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Fouth Quarter
JC Intal 2 pts
Salamat fouled in fastbreak by Cuan
Cruz fouls Laterre during inbound
Zion 2 pt putback
65-61 in favor of UST
Cruz 1-2 freethrows, off flagrant foul by Arao
Evangelista 3 pts
69-61 in favor of UST
Cruz 2 pts off a Cuan pass
Canlas 2 pts in the pt
73-61 in favor of UST
Timeout by Ateneo
George Rocha and Bobby Yan in the Audience… wearing Yellow… hehehe
Espiritu 1-2 free throws
74-61 in favor of UST
Escalona baby hook in the lane from a Tiu pass
74-63 in favor of UST
Duncil collision with Tiu on the rebound… Duncil 3rd PF
Kramer fouled by Canlas on a putback
Kramer 2-2 freethrows…
74-65 in favor of UST
Ababou 2pt drive
Cruz shot clock violation
76-65 in favor of UST
Espiritu flagrant foul on Macky, elbowed him will passing through a pick, 2nd PF
Espiritu thrown out of the game because of the 2nd unsportsmanlike foul.
Macky 0-2 free throws
Kramer 2pt putback
76-67 in favor of UST
Time out UST
Duncil 2 pts medium range jumper
78 - 67 in favor of UST
JC 2-2 Free throws
78-69 in favor of UST
Duncil turnover
Cuan scores on a 2pt drive… 1:46 remaining in the game
80-69 in favor of UST
Kramer fouled by Jervy Cruz
Kramer 2-2 free throws
80-71 in favor of UST
Duncil 2-2 FT, 1:05 remaining
82-71 in favor of UST
Macky fouled 0-2 FT, 1:02 remaining
Espiritu fouled, 2-2 FT 1:00 remaining
84-71 in favor of UST
JC missed 3 pt shot
Ababou 1-2 FT 48.4 remaining
JC bad pass to Jai Reyes, 42.6 remaining
Ababou 2 pt fastbreak
87-71, UST wins Game 2…. it was mentioned that Evangelista will most likely be suspended from paying on Game 3 because of his 2 consecutive Flagrant fouls…
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