De La Salle suffers second two-game skid
The De La Salle Green Archers had one of those “WTF happened” games and succumbed to Adamson University, 55-61, on August 13 to start the second round of UAAP men’s basketball action at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Archers never recovered after AdU uncorked a 15-0 run in the first quarter, which set the tone for the rest of the slow-paced contest. Alex Nuyles gave the Soaring Falcons the largest margin, 46-30, with a reverse layup, 2:54 in the third quarter.
The nails in the coffin were two straight three-pointers by Lester Alvarez against two taller defenders and Leo Canuday as he fell down in front of the Adamson bench for a 58-42 tally, 4:26 remaining in the game.
The Green Archers tried their best to start a comeback rally but the shots were rattling out for a season low 22% two-point field goal percentage. To the credit of the Falcons, they also played a punishing physical defense.
This is the second straight two-game losing streak by the young green and white this season for an even 4-4 win-loss record. This is also the first victory of the San Marcelino-based squad against DLSU since in nearly five years to improve its standing to 2-6.
Leading in the early part of the first period, De La Salle suddenly went blank to finish the first quarter trailing, 9-20. The Taft-based squad shot only 25% in the first half.
Jan Colina led all scorers with 14 points, going 6/6 from the freethrow stripe, and five rebounds. Nuyles also had ten.
James Mangahas was the lone double figure scorer for the Archers with 12 along with seven boards. Peejay Barua went 3/4 from beyond the arc for nine markers.
Joel Tolentino had seven points, while Bader Malabes finished with seven on 1/10 field goal shooting. Malabes also collared four caroms.
Boxscores:
Adamson 61 – Colina 14, Nuyles 10, Canuday 9, Alvarez 8, Camson 6, Margallo 5, Lozada 5, Galinato 2, Cañada 2, Penalosa 0, Cabrera 0, Basilio 0.
De La Salle 55 – Mangahas 12, Barua 9, Tolentino 7, Malabes 7, Atkins 5, Co 4, Webb 3, Marata 3, Mendoza 2, Bringas 2, Andrada 1, Villanueva 0, Ferdinand 0, Bagatsing 0.
Quarters: 20-9, 30-23, 48-34, 61-55.
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Wow didnt recognize Maui with his new hairdo. Why dont the whole team go bald instead? I remember they did that in 2007 after a string of defeats.
bawi na lang sa sunday…
animo la salle beat ateneo!!!
woah!!! I’m thinking about that too….
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I really can’t blame the team for losing. After all, they are a very young team, and as the season goes on, they will progress. You can’t win everything. And yes, it may have seemed to be another one of those “WTF happened” games. I, myself, was pretty shocked with the outcome, but that doesn’t mean we should give up on them. But nevertheless, the game is over, and they have been defeated. I just think that we should cheer louder, support more, and hope for the best in the upcoming games of the team.
KEEP THE FAITH! ANIMO LA SALLE!
2004 all over again???? Hope so…
their shooting is so bad, I can’t believe it. There were so many open shots they have missed in all those games. I wish we can have another Lim Eng Beng that can carry the team. This team is not bad, good potential and fast, but shooting is greatly needed.
ugh! consistency is our problem. given a rookie- laden team this maybe acceptable. after the defeat from blue boys i was thinking our team may be peaking at the right time thereby giving me high hopes for the top 2 spots. but this time, i think we should be glad if we make it to the final4. i honestly think mangahas is the weakest link. our pacing gets slow whenever he’s on the floor. he’s flat footed. malabes is quick and has the dare-devil moves…he should start penetrating or play decoy.
@mil, James is one of the top rebounders of the team. If you look at the game stats of the first round, even though he didn’t score a bunch of points, he made his presence felt off the boards. James played hurt and sick in a couple of games in the first round, like some of the other players. Of course, we won’t hear about their ailments or injuries, because the opponents can capitalize on these if they only knew. So let’s cut the players some slack and judge them only after the season is over.
i hope to see more of james and peejay leading the team because they are the most senior, at least malabes is contributing in every game……i also think this is a rookie team compared with most of the schools where they are playing already at the pbl like barocca, cawaling baraquiel,salamat, rabeh, ababou, mirza…..but time flies, pag umikot ang bola and that the seniors of the other schools will be out and puros rookies na ang matira, baka worse pa abutin nila……i feel the sincerity IN THE HEARTS of every archer to bring home the bacon and win or lose, they have done what is there that needs to be done…..LASALLE FOREVER!!