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UAAP: La Salle Green Archers snap skid, shoot down hosts Adamson Falcons
The Adamson Falcons gave Arnold Van Opstal (L) and the DLSU Green Archers a big scare but couldn't finish the comeback. KC Cruz
(Updated 6:41pm) The De La Salle Green Archers nabbed a controversial win against the Adamson University Soaring Falcons, 70-67, in the first round of the UAAP Season 76 men's basketball tournament, Wednesday, at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
[Review the play-by-play of this game here]
The Archers leapt out to a double-digit lead during the first quarter, forcing the Falcons to play catch-up for most of the game. Thrice La Salle led by 17 points, but Adamson rallied back each time, including a huge 21-4 run in the fourth to tie the game at 65 apiece with under a minute and a half to play.
La Salle, who were limited to misses from outside in the fourth, finally got Jeron Teng to the charity stripe with 41 seconds remaining. Teng made both, ending a five-minute scoring drought for the Archers. Adamson called a timeout and tried to get something inside, but Lloyd Abrigo, who was instrumental in the Falcons' last comeback, fumbled the ball out of bounds.
After the Archers complained about a non-call on Jericho Cruz against Teng, forcing the ball out of bounds, the officials tagged Abrigo with an unsportsmanlike foul during the deadball situation while he jostled with Norbert Torres prior to the inbounds. Torres made both charities, 69-65, and the Archers took a bonus possession with 15.9 seconds left. Adamson fouled Torres anew, and the big man split.
Abrigo drew a foul on a triple with 1.1 seconds left but made just two charities. The Archers then triggered the ball inbounds to formalize the win.
It was later clarified that any fouls during dead ball situations in the last two minutes are ruled as unsportsmanlike fouls.
Norbert Torres and Jason Perkins notched 13 points apiece, while the latter had 13 rebounds. Teng added 12 points, eight boards and five assists. Almond Vosotros and Arnold Van Opstal scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, while tallying four rebounds each. Vosotros also registered three steals.
After the game, Archers head coach Juno Sauler and Jeron Teng stressed that their team needed to work on avoiding late-game collapses. Sauler said that he thought it was a matter of execution. "It's not really mental," he stressed. "We just have to learn how to play for 40 minutes. In the end we turned the ball over and gave chances to our opponents."
"The officials are doing great, actually," said a tight-lipped Sauler. He maintained that the call on Abrigo at the end was correct. "In the last two minutes, a foul away from the ball is unsportsmanlike," adding that it was discussed by the coaches and league officials before the start of the season.
The Archers and Falcons are tied in the standings, 3-3, sharing the third seed with the UE Red Warriors and NU Bulldogs. La Salle snapped a two-game losing streak while Adamson was unable to capitalize on their come-from-behind win versus NU.
The Archers controlled the offensive glass for most of the first quarter, throwing the Falcons out of sync and gifting them with an early 9-4 lead on an Almond Vosotros trey. La Salle went on to convert twice in the open court to complement a Jason Perkins triple, scoring nine unanswered points in the last three minutes. Meanwhile, Adamson was held to three field goals in the quarter, including just one in the last four minutes, to trail 18-7 after the first period.
Jeron Teng took matters into his own hands in the second period, penetrating the lane for a solo 8-3 run, 26-10. However, back-to-back makes by Roider Cabrera and Ingrid Sewa inside forced the Archers to call a timeout midway through the quarter. The Falcons pressed on with Teng and Arnold Van Opstal on the bench, manufacturing defensive stops to complete an 11-0 rally, capped by Don Trollano's split charities with under two and a half minutes left, 26-21.
Fortunately for them, La Salle countered on the next play as Perkins streaked for a layup. La Salle closed the half strong on a 9-1 run, getting four points in the paint from Norbert Torres for a 35-23 advantage.
La Salle shot 14-of-31 (45.2 percent) at halftime, while Adamson was held to 9-of-32 (28.1 percent). The Archers also won the rebounding battle, 25-16, and led 8-2 in fast break points.
Almond Vosotros (L) drives against the taller Roider Cabrera. KC Cruz
The Archers pushed the lead to 17 points after a quick Vosotros trey and Norbert Torres layup, 40-23. But the Falcons dug in defensively, and made amends on the other end. Adamson showed more patience getting into their offensive sets, and scored off turnovers to post a 15-6 run with two and a half minutes left, 38-46.
Similar to the previous quarter, Adamson lost their momentum after La Salle made a big play, as this time, another Vosotros three-pointer ended their rally. The Falcons' interior couldn't hold as they gave up charities to Van Opstal and a pair of drives to Revilla, punctuating the quarter with an 11-4 swing and a 55-42 lead.
Adamson's comeback chances took a hit at the start of the fourth period, as Rodney Brondial picked up his third and fourth personal fouls, and the Archers opened a 61-44 lead after a fast break bucket by Luigi Dela Paz.
The Falcons improvised, as Axel Inigo and Llyod Abrigo jumpstarted a 12-4 surge, as suddenly thy found themselves scoring unchallenged inside. Back-to-back layups by Cruz cut the lead to single digits, 65-56, with under four minutes to play.
Shortly after, Van Opstal was called for an unsportsmanlike foul for punching Sewa's lower back. Sewa split from the line, while Abrigo, Inigo and Trollano added a basket apiece to extend the run to 21-4, including 15 unanswered points under a minute and a half left.
La Salle shot 24-of-64 (37.5 percent) from the field including 4-of-23 (17.4 percent) from long range, while the Falcons were 27-of-62 (43.5 percent) including 3-of-12 (25 percent) beyond the arc.
The Archers won the rebounding battle as well (42-36) and held slight margins in fast break points (12-11) and turnover points (17-14).
The scores:
DLSU 70: N Torres 13, Perkins 13, Teng 12, Vosotros 11, Van Opstal 10, Revilla 6, T Torres 3, Dela Paz 2, Tampus 0, Salem 0, Bolick 0
ADU 67: Trollano 14, Cruz 13, Abrigo 10, Cabrera 9, Inigo 7, Brondial 6, Sewa 5, Agustin 2, Julkipli 1, Rios 0, Petilos 0, Monteclaro 0
Quarter scoring: 18-7, 35-23, 55-42, 70-67
