UAAP Juniors: Ateneo rips Adamson, 74-68

Women's Games Tuesday: Far Eastern Gym 8 a.m. – UE vs La Salle 10 a.m. – Adamson vs National 12 n.n. – Far Eastern vs UP 2 p.m. – Santo Tomas vs Ateneo Jayvee Dumrique scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds on Sunday to lead defending champion Ateneo de Manila University to a 74-68 win over Adamson University at the start of the UAAP juniors basketball tournament at the Blue Eagle gym. Dumrique also had five assists and three steals in a brilliant display of all-around skills and rookie Al Bugarin backed him up with 13 points and six boards as the Eaglets got their title-retention bid going on a bright note, the league said in a statement released Monday. Far Eastern University, the runner-up last year, ripped UP Integrated School, 78-51, after getting a combined 30 points and 22 rebounds from stalwarts Jolas Guerrero and Anthony Paulino. Women's action, meanwhile, gets off the ground Tuesday with defending champion University of Santo Tomas colliding with Ateneo in the last of four games scheduled at the Far Eastern gym. Ateneo, the 2005 champion, and the Tigresses slug it out in the 2 p.m. contest. Other games will pit the Lady Warriors of UE against the La Salle Lady Archers at 8 in the morning, followed by the Adamson vs. National tiff at 10 and the game pitting the Lady Tamaraws against UP at 12 noon. De La Salle-Zobel also returned to the league with aplomb, tearing the University of the East Pages to shreds, 78-44 even as the National Bullpups also joined the early lead with an upset 74-64 conquest of Santo Tomas in the other junior game. - GMANews.TV