UAAP Season 74: FEU vs. DLSU, Tamaraws Defeated the Green Archers

Tamaraws wins against Green Archers
FEU Tamaraws 2011 Men's Senior Basketball Team.

Far Eastern University Tamaraws showed their team-work and preparation by prevailing against one of the toughest opponent, the La Salle Green Archers in the recently concluded opening game of the UAAP Season 74.  The FEU Tamaraws defeated the La Salle Green Archers at the jampacked Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

RR Rivera, the reigning 2010 Most Valuable Players had lead the attacked against the squad of Dindo Pumaren. The Men’s Senior Basketball Game is one of the highlights of the Universities Athletic (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation of the Philippines annual sporting event.

Far Eastern University Tamaraws defeated the La Salle Green Archers with a score of  74-65. RR Garcia of the FEU Tamaraws exploded during the second half of the game unleashing an explosive 17 points adding his 4 points during the first half. The slow start of RR Garcia and his explosiveness during the second half had caught the Green Archers defense on its foot.

The Tamaraws had made the highest lead of the ballgame at at 11 points advantage, with under 7 minutes remaining in the ballgame. The excellent defense provided by the big man of Tamaraws had put in trouble  the offensive inside-game of DLSU.

Backcourt tandem of LA Revilla and  Luigi De La Paz were not enough to stop the rally provided by the small men from the FEU. According to Coach Bert Flores they were able to counter the trapping defense of the Green Archers and their big man had stepped up. Coach Flores replaced veteran coach Glenn Capacio to mentor the FEU Tamaraws.

Here are the scores of the game between FEU and DLSU:

FEU 74 – Garcia 21, Ramos 16, Cawaling 10, Cruz 9, Romeo 6, Bringas 5, Tolomia 3, Escoto 2, Excimiano 0, Sentchei 0, Pogoy 0.

LA SALLE 65 – Reviall 18, De La Paz 9, Tampus 8, Van Opstal 5, Webb 5, Torres 4, Marata 4, Gotladera 2, Vosotros 2, Atkins2, Villanueva 1, Mendoza 1, Sara 0, Paredes 0.

Quarter scores: 18-18, 35-33, 52-43, and 74-65

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