San Beda survives upset-hungry Stags in overtime
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SAN BEDA College relied on its championship experience to take a close 84-83 overtime win against San Sebastian College-Recoletos in the 84th NCAA seniors basketball competition last July 14, 2008 at the Pasay Astrodome.
San Beda’s go-to-guy guard Pong Escobal, who topscored for his team with 21 points on 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc, scored on a go-ahead lay-up with 20.4 seconds left in overtime to lift the Red Lions to their third straight victory in as many games.
“We can’t afford to lose, we are the league’s best team here,” said Escobal, who finished 3-of-5 in the field. “San Sebastian was very determined to beat us, but the good thing is we delivered in the endgame.”
Despite tying the Letran Knights atop the team standings, Red Lions head coach Frankie Lim was not satisfied with the way his wards played.
“We struggled a lot in the first half, and that was not the San Beda Red Lions basketball that I know of,” Lim said. “Good thing, our zone defense clicked in the final quarter and during overtime. But we cannot allow this to happen again.”
San Sebastian took a surprising 67-56 lead at the end of third quarter after outscoring San Beda, 24-17, in that span behind the impressive shooting displays of Jimbo Aquino and Vergel Zulueta.
The Red Lions, however, leaned on Escobal, Ogie Menor and third-stringer Kris Taupa to hold the hot-shooting Stags to just seven points in the final canto. San Beda’s offense kicked in in the fourth quarter as the Stags went cold from the field, going scoreless in the first seven minutes of the payoff period.
After Stags stalwart Jim Viray’s triple that tied the count at 71, Menor split his free throws before Escobal sank two of his own in the final minute to give San Beda a 74-71 lead with 12.4 ticks left.
San Sebastian rookie Jonathan Semira, who had eight points in the game, had other ideas, however. He drilled in a game-tying trey with 0.7 left to force the five-minute extension.
In the extra period, Viray, who tallied 11 points, gave San Sebastian an 83-80 lead with 1:43 left on the clock. Nigerian center Sam Ekwe responded with a crucial putback, which preceded Escobal’s game-breaking basket.
The Stags tried to steal the show, but point guard Pamboy Raymundo hesitated on driving to the hoop as an eager Ekwe defended the middle. He instead passed the ball to Viray, whose shot attempt was way off the mark.
Ekwe had a monster game with 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks, while Menor finished with 13 markers and 12 boards. The Catanduanes-born Taupa had nine points off the bench.
“They [the Red Lions] showed a lot of character down the stretch, they refused to lose,” said Lim.
Jason Ballesteros led San Sebastian with 16 points and 15 rebounds, while Jimbo Aquino chipped in with 13 for the Stags, who fell to 1-3.
San Beda had the advantage in the rebounding department, 53-50, as well as steals, 15-7. The Red Lions also converted on more free throws (21-of-32) than the Stags (11-of-12).
Individual Scores:
San Beda 84 – Escobal 21, Ekwe 17, Menor 13, Taupa 9, Hermida 8, Marcelo 6, Gamalinda 5, Tirona 2, Lanete 2, Tecson 1.
San Sebastian 83 – Ballesteros 16, Aquino 13, Viray 11, Najorda 10, Saquillo 9, Semira 8, Raymundo 5, Zulueta 5, Bulawan 4, Maconocido 2.
Quarter Scores: 19-20; 39-43; 56-67; 74-74; 84-83
Tags: NCAA-Season-84, Petron, Sam-Ekwe, San-Beda-Red-Lions, San-Sebastian-StagsRelated posts
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lion's_paw
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 at 8:07 pm
oo nga, kahit naman ilang beses tinalo ng abste ang beda that time, alam ng mga bedans na malakas tlga ang baste dahil in all positions kumpleto sila and galing nila brixter, adducul, tanigue non, buti na lang nka buzzer beater si baredo non, nanalo ng 1 game ang beda hehe
ANIMO SAN BEDA!!!
kobenatics
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Friday, 18 July 2008 at 1:52 pm
im telling you panapanahon lang yan, before we have 5 straight, now its san bedas time to dominate, kaya hate the ref. dont worry as long as turing valenzona is helping baste in recruitment will be fine.
Tiis lang nga na mahina line up for the past for years ng baste, parang ka match lang ng team b ng baste during our time 1997!!!!!
lets be positive…
BRAVO BASTE!!!!!!!!!!
lion's_paw
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Friday, 18 July 2008 at 7:11 am
@i hate the ref! - sorry i over look the name, pero yung opinion mo pa din opinion nga ng baste hehehe pag natatalo madami dahilan… tangapin mo na lang na natalo kayo, that’s it… parang sa inter color lang yung opinion mo eh, pag natalo dahil sa referee hehe
Letranista
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 3:01 pm
Na re sched ang games!
july 23 (wednesday) MIT vs. CSJL, 4pm
july 30 (wednesday) SBC vs. CSJL, 4pm
NCAA Fan
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 2:54 pm
mga kapatid! any info on the graduating players of Letran Knights? thank you!
bystander
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 2:05 pm
@ albert ayler disciple: You said “All I can say is hintayin mo ang aug.1″
Oh we all can’t wait to watch that game. My guess is that it will be a close game.
I never meant to underestimate Letran. And I don’t believe the Red Lions are unbeatable either. In fact, I think a lot of the teams this year have come prepared to deny SBC a 3-peat. They know how to play San Beda.
But as far as the Letran vs. San Beda game is concerned, I still don’t think Letran has the firepower of UE and can play the same way the Red Warriors did when they beat San Beda during the pre-season. UE has 2-3 players who can shoot 3-pointers with at least 60-70% accuracy which negated SBC’s advantage inside the paint. (WTF kahit center ng UE bumibira ng tres!) That is not Letran’s strenght. If Letran will beat San Beda, it will be because of the Knights’ stingy defense PLUS their capability to run fastbreaks in trnasition before SBC can set up their defensive formation.
The Red Lions also have a tendency to start slow. Again, something the Knights can capitalize on in building a big lead at the early going. But unlike the case of Baste and PCU earlier this NC season, Letran must make sure they don’t run out of steam in the end and just play a good 38 minutes of basketball instead of 40.
Kung Baste nga, nakayang talunin ang San Beda during the Fil-Oil, I’m sure Letran can also do the same. Syempre, San Beda will also make sure they are psyched up and prepared for August 1. They know the Knights have what it takes to beat them.
Magandang match-up yan! And good for the league also!
albert ayler disciple
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 12:02 pm
@bystander wrote “…Fortunately for them also, no other NCAA team have the firepower of, say, UE who can burn them from outside to negate SBC’s tremendous advantage inside.”
All I can say is hintayin mo ang aug.1
pula
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 1:10 am
Iba na talga ang Bedista magaling na swerte pa!a win is a win!
ANIMO SANBEDA!
i hate the ref!
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 10:27 pm
sunod sunod ba naman ang malakas na kalaban e bugbog sarado na ang baste..kawawa naman ndi na nakaahon this week..sana next week hungry na talaga sila kasi super lubog na sila sa standings..
i hate the ref!
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 10:25 pm
@lion’s_paw
sana check mo ung name..hindi ako ung -> i hate “i hate the ref!” <-
baka u nid reading glasses na.. reply nya lang yun sa comment ko..parang ang gulo ko naman kung ako pa din yun..haha
Grrr!
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 7:55 pm
muntik na rin na biktima ang knights. you’d think pagod pa ang stags after that game extension loss last monday. but they were not demoralized and put up a good game. their almost win against the bedans perked them up. wtach them in the second round. they need to win one or two more games in the first round para maging contender sa FF. if the stags lost miserabky against the bedans, malamng the knights woukd have been complacent and ssc-r might, i repeat, might have won this game. but that is not so today.
proud2Bbedan
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 7:21 pm
hahaha.. benilde is the next victim.. :P
dalanon (csb)
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 4:20 pm
kame mananalu wag kayu kukuntra!!!!!!!!!!!!! mas gwapu aku kisa kay minor
bzlbub
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 1:56 pm
bribe ref??? sa ibang liga uso yan hindi dito.
bzlbub
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 1:55 pm
go baste, talunin ninyo letran
lion's_paw
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 1:38 pm
@i hate “i hate the ref!”
sabi mo sa mga 1st comment mo, just 1 example of your 4 comment: “hindi lang pala sa UAAP may mga anumalya ang mga officials ng game..pati sa NCAA din pala..bulok na sistema..paano na ang future ng basketball sa Pilipinas kung sa ganto pa lng na liga e may ganto ng issue!”
and now you said…” I was there and i am to admit it was a heartbreaker for us… Inde ko naman napancin ung mga maling tawag na sinasabi nyo…”
“Ung sa calls, if there were anomalies, the coach and the rest of bench would be the one to take point para icontest un,. I still believe in the coaching staff ng baste kea the fact na inde sila nagreklamo, it’s as is…”
HINDI MO TALAGA MAPAPANSIN YUNG SINASABI NA MALING TAWAG AGAINST SAN BEDA DAHIL IN FAVOR SA BASTE YUN, that’s y hindi mo napansin… Biglang kabig ka sa mga pinag sasabi mo ah hehehehe
Letranista
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 12:51 pm
magnadang laban to mamaya!
Go Fight Letran! Arriba!
proud2Bbedan
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 11:10 am
Baste will be hungier today.. I hope letran will be their victim.. haha!
Bravo BASTE!!
i hate "i hate the ref!"
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 9:28 am
I was there and i am to admit it was a heartbreaker for us… Inde ko naman napancin ung mga maling tawag na sinasabi nyo… all i can say was that we squandered the big lead we have in the fourth… OK ung zona nung first to fourth kulang lang talga sa bench ung team namen unlike sa Beda…
Ung sa calls, if there were anomalies, the coach and the rest of bench would be the one to take point para icontest un,. I still believe in the coaching staff ng baste kea the fact na inde sila nagreklamo, it’s as is… parang ung contested shot lang yan ni barry sa game 4 ng spurs / lakers… sa mata ng audience it was a clear foul pero sabi ni coach greg, “even if I am the referee, I would not call that a foul”
Just give them this day, we will soon find ours. Sana inde sila pagod this day vs Letran…
Grrr!
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 7:54 am
e papano kung maging police chief at sendaor siya? then let’s call him ping pong…
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