The De La Salle Green Archers defeated the winless UP Fighting Maroons with the final score at 85-63 and secured their third straight win of the UAAP Season 76 on Saturday, August 24 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
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During the fourth quarter the Green Archers dominated the fourth quarter with a 31-7 run and dropped down the winless Maroons under their new coach Rey Madrid, debuting for the University of the Philippines. La Salle improve their record with a 6-4 win-loss card against the 0-9 record of UP.
La Salle started slow and was trailing behind by 7 points at 42-35 at the end of the first half because of the buzzer-beating three-pointer made by UP’s Martin Pascual. During the third quarter La Salle took the lead at 68-56 through their team effort scoring 7 unanswered points, a three-point play by Van Opstal, an easy lay-up for Perkings and a fastbreak bucket from Jarelan Tampus.
Jason Perkins topscored for La Salle with 19 points while Henry Asilum led the Fighting Maroons with 18 points.
The scores:
DLSU 85 – Perkins 19, Vosotros 16, N.Torres 16, Teng 12, Van Opstal 7, Revilla 6, Montalbo 5, Tampus 4, T.Torres 0, Salem 0.
UP 63 – Asilum 18, Soyud 11, Marata 11, Wong 6, Lao 6, Harris 4, Desiderio 4, Pascual 3, Suarez 0, Paras 0, Gingerich 0, Gallarza 0, Amar 0.
Quarter scores: 23-20, 35-42, 61-56, 85-63.