The University of Sto. Tomas Growling Tigers defeated the league-leading team, FEU Tamaraws on Sunday’s UAAP double-overtime victory at the Araneta Coliseum with the final score at 79-78.
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The Tigers were playing without their superstar cager Jeric Teng, but UST found plenty of heroes to step up in his absence. Karim Abdul scored with 24 points, including the crucial 5 points in the last 1:37 of the second overtimee and his most imporatat block during the game.
UST’s Aljon Mariano, who forced overtime with a clutch three-pointer, finished 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight (–foul word(s) removed–)ists as UST moved up to 6-5 and stayed in the hunt for a final four spot.
FEU, which sweeped the first round of competition, dropped down to second place after falling to 1-4 in the second round, and 8-4 overall.
Watch the highlights video of UST vs. FEU:
UST vs. FEU First OverTime Video
The scores:
UST 79 – Abdul 24, Mariano 21, Ferrer 15, Lo 8, Bautista 6, Pe 2, Daquioag 2, Sheriff 1, Lao 0
FEU 78 – Romeo 19, Belo 15, Mendoza 13, Garcia 8, Hargrove 6, Cruz 6, Tolomia 5, Pogoy 4, Sentcheu 2, Jose 0
Quarter-scoring: 10-16, 21-32, 43-44, 62-62, 70-70, 79-78