UAAP Season 88: Updated men’s basketball standings and league leaders

The UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball tournament was temporarily halted as Super Typhoon Uwan crossed the Philippines over the weekend.

While the league was able to play its Saturday games, the scheduled matchups between the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and Far Eastern University (FEU), as well as the rivalry game between Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University, were postponed.

Still, a major development took place last Saturday — National University (NU) became the first team to clinch a spot in the Final Four after edging Adamson University, 66–65.

Standings as of November 8:

*NU 9-2 
UP 8-3
La Salle 6-4
Ateneo 5-5
UST 5-5
Adamson 5-6
FEU 4-6
UE 0-11

*Final Four 

Recap of November 8 games:

NU 66–65 Adamson

Top Scorers:
NU: Jake Figueroa 13, Mark Parks 10
Adamson: Monty Montebon 20, Cedrick Manzano 12, Manu Anabo 11

UP 70–61 UE

Top Scorers:
UP: Francis Nnoruka 16, Sean Alter 13, Gerry Abadiano 10
UE: Tope Lagat 21, Wello Lingolingo 11

Remaining games:

NU: FEU, UE, UST
UP: Adamson, Ateneo, La Salle
La Salle: FEU, Adamson, UP, Ateneo
Ateneo: UST, UP, Adamson, La Salle
UST: UE, Ateneo, NU, FEU
Adamson: UP, La Salle, Ateneo
FEU: NU, La Salle, UE, UST
UE: UST, NU, FEU

MVP Race

Here are the statistical points as of November 8. 

Note: The Most Valuable Player award will be given to a local player, while the top foreign student-athlete will get the Best Foreign Student-Athlete award:

1. Collins Akowe (UST): 82.8 SPs
Averages: 17.9 ppg, 15.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.7 bpg

2. Jake Figueroa (NU): 81.818 SPs
Averages: 14.64 ppg, 7.82 rpg, 4.09 apg, 2.36 spg, 1.09 bpg

3. Mike Phillips (La Salle): 81.3 SPs
Averages: 12.4 ppg, 14.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.5 spg

4. Janrey Pasaol (FEU): 80.7 SPs
Averages: 15.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 7.3 apg, 1.9 spg

5. Mo Konateh (FEU): 77.4 SPs
Averages: 14.7 ppg, 13.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.3 spg, 2.2 bpg

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News