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Cardinals upset favored San Beda

by Josef Ramos
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MAPUA Institute of Technology ended its three-game skid in the best possible way.

The host Cardinals regained their winning form at the expense of the heavily-favored, reigning back-to-back champions San Beda College, 53-48, in the 84th NCAA men’s basketball tournament last August 13, 2008 at the Pasay Astrodome.

“It’s only our desire to beat them,� said Leo Isaac, the Cardinals’ coach. “This is a good victory for us because we came from three straight defeats.�

The Cardinals tightened up their defensive screws in the second quarter, allowing the Red Lions to convert on only 5-of-20 from the field that earned them a 32-20 advantage at halftime.

In the second half, Mapua milked the shot clock on almost every possession, playing four-corners basketball and launching shots in the final three to four seconds of the 24-second timer.

“San Beda really wanted to get back at us in the second half, but our hearts and desires to exact revenge prevailed,� said Kelvin dela Peña, who paced the Cardinals with 12 points and seven assists. “We lost against them in the first round, so we really prepared for this game.�

The Cardinals were badly beaten by the Red Lions, 56-85, in the opening game of Season 84 last June 28.

Forward Neil Pascual delivered 11 points and eight boards, while Ian Mazo and Allan Mangahas had seven and six points, respectively, to relegate the Red Lions to third place with a 6-3 win-loss card.

San Beda came within two, 32-34 with 2:42 in the third quarter. But a 9-2 Mapua salvo under the two-minute mark of the third period kept the Red Lions at bay, 34-41, at the start of final frame.

Sam Ekwe was limited to only 14 points while Ogie Menor had 12.

Meanwhile, San Beda College officials said that at least three Mapua players violated the existing rules on wearing the proper uniform by donning different-colored undershirts. According to a school official, however, the squad will not put the game under protest.

The scores:

Mapua 53 – dela Peña 12, N. Pascual, 11, Mazo 7, Mangahas 6, J. Pascual 5, Sarangay 5, Banal 5, Guillermo 2, Soriano 0.

San Beda 48 – Ekwe 14, Menor 12, Tecson 6, Pascual 6, Escobal 6, Hermida 4, Gamalinda 0, Marcelo 0, Villanueva 0, Taupa 0.

Quarter scores: 13-15; 32-20; 41-34; 53-48

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  • HOPIANS  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Monday, 22 September 2008 at 8:13 pm

    ……mapua mn o beda to laway ang makakalban ng JRU HEAVY BOMBER s FINALS!
    wala ring magyayari b’coz the JRU wil become the HOME of CHAMPOINS…….in this 84th season of NCAA……….

  • batch 01 beda  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Saturday, 16 August 2008 at 2:17 pm

    whats up with the name beda bobo? so, what school are you from? how many mensa members are there from your school? how much do you earn? what is your work?

    anyway, mapua will be slugging it out with ssc-r for the last final four slot. but i still think that it will be another beda-letran finals affair. with all due respect with jru, i think they are peaking at the wrong time. i don’t think that they can sustain what they are doing for a really strong push for the finals. but i am hoping that those jru players end up playing in the pba, they have tremendous talent. hey, i think someone should write a dissertation on why most of the ncaa bigshots/good players don’t end up having a pba stint. we can make an argument that the ncaa have the most pba mvp trophies (patrimonio, meneses, cezar, miller et al) and that the ncaa has produced the most loved/famous pba players. just a thought.

  • mapuan  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 11:14 pm

    yung mga agaw trip dyan na sinasabing ndi papasok ang mapua sa final four,i dare you… pustahan na lang? im willing to take in bets… so how’s it gonna be ladies?

  • Chief Waka-waka  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 9:31 pm

    @ rickyrubio
    ano pangalan ng daughter niya? may pic ka ba niya?

  • ric  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 8:38 pm

    @ralph

    You referring to me?

  • Chief Waka-waka  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 6:03 pm

    talo Letran!!!

  • fearlessforecaster  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 3:28 pm

    I am a bedan but i hate to write it but my predictions before the start of the ncaa season are coming true.

    for those who failed to read my predictions– i said that the liability of the red lions was our coach– frankie lim. With the high caliber coaches calling the shots in the ncaa, coach lim will not be able to run in step with them. horrors of horrors— my predictions were all true—that coach frankie does not know how to coach and the red lions will fall because of him. the likes of vanguardia, leo isaac and coach louie—mabibigat cla and coach frankie is just a midget as compared to them. to reiterate— coach koy should come back to coach san beda or else SBC is doomed.

  • nc hey! hey!  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 12:58 pm

    for me parang ang beda iba ang laro sa araneta. . . for example first game against mapua araneta they won by an astonishing 29points, last year naman they beat jru badly in the araneta coliseum as well. . . isipin niyo din to letran defeated san beda sa arena last year by 2points with yousif aljamal pero nung 2nd round kahit wala si aljamal nanalo sa letran sa araneta coliseum. . since ekwe and escobal arrived san beda only suffered one lost in the araneta coliseum that was game2 of the finals against pcu , with jason castro and gabby espinas. . . now tell me, matatalo kaya ang beda sa araneta? and favored letran knights matalo pa kaya after gaining experience last year? ang JRU na merong the best line up magamit kay nila sa final four? will kelvin dela peña bring back mapua to the promise land? or will the streaking stags surprise the ncaa by winning everything? so ncaa fans sitdown relax and enjoy the games. . . no one is considered favored to win the elusive ncaa crown. . .

  • Melo(15)  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 12:22 pm

    ako final four ko

    kahit bedista ako …

    1. Letran 12-2
    2. JRU 11-3
    3. SBC 10 -4
    4. BASTE 9-5

  • DarkKnight  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 11:08 am

    Although it’s too early to decide but it seems that the JRU Heavy Bombers is the DARK HORSE of this season. Letran, JRU, and San Beda are already sure in the final four.

  • rickyrubio  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 10:07 am

    i hate all about frankie lim except his pretty daughter. arriba letran! mabuhay rizal! viva mapua!

  • ralph  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 9:47 am

    (Fearless Forecast) Final Four

    1.San Beda 11 3
    (to win all remaining games of the elimination)
    2.Letran 11 3
    (defeat over San Beda and San Sebastian)
    3.San Sebastian 9 5
    (win over Letran and JRU)
    4.JRU 9 5
    (to lose to all final four contender)

    I dont see Mapua winning over this final four cast.

  • beda_BOBO  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 8:57 am

    INAMO SAN BEDA!
    VIVA MAPUA!

  • EatShit!  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 12:55 am

    Ikaw jologs Jason Postulka! comments mo pa lng jologs na jologs na eh.. kung sa bagay.. kaya pala… hahahaha!

  • Jason Postulka  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 12:37 am

    @BErdeng ebak:

    oonga pala. DLSU at CSB mga desperadong team. jologs kasi..

  • Jason Postulka  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Friday, 15 August 2008 at 12:35 am

    ang yabang ni kevin dela pekpek ah este dela pena pala. pero sympre kampi ako sa mapua..

    pero kadiri to letran pa din ang war chant naming jru!

    MABUHAY RIZAL!

  • mapuan  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 11:45 pm

    nakaisa… hehehe… pero ngaun ewan ko lang… hehehe… tagal pa naman laban nila eh… we can still build some momentum… pero,just thinking,what if mawala sa F4 ang beda? i mean,it’s not impossible… pano kung letran(1),JRU(2),MIT(3),tsaka SSC-R(4) ang final four? hehehe… mas gusto ko un… nothing against beda… pero parang mas exciting un… hehehe…

  • asaness  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 10:05 pm

    sana maging battle of intramuros nlng ung finals hehe

    mas may thrill un kc alam nmn naten evenly matched ang mapua at letran,plagi 1-1 or 2-0 courtesy of mapua :p haha peace pero ung tlga,tanda ko nung 04,na sweep ng mapua ung letran sa eliminations.

  • Chief Waka-waka  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Boo Belga, ganyan dapat pangalanan niya.

  • Animo La Salle  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 8:24 pm

    May narinig ako na galit daw ang mga taga PCU ke Belga at Navarro dahil nag submit daw ng letter sa NCAA asking permission na hindi na lalaro Sa NCAA at magpapa draft na sa PBA. Kung wala ba naman mga utang na loob at respeto sa school nila at sa coach na mismo. Hindi ba dapat sa coach, athletic director at school pres muna sila mag paalam? Ang laki na ng mga ulo ha! Kainis! Kaya sa mga fans ng 2, hwag na kayo na kayo mag taka kung hindi na sila gagamitin sa game bukas againt Saint Benilde.

  • Chief Waka-waka  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 7:47 pm

    paano?

  • ACSAT LIGHTNING  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 7:29 pm

    SANA, SANA JRU BOMBERS AT LETRAN KNIGHTS SA FINALS.

    AYOKO NANG MAG FINALS ANG SAN BEDA. PARA SILANG LA

    SALLE NOON. PREDICTABLE. ALAM MO KUNG SINO MANANALO

    AT PAANO.

  • oCHAMPYo  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 7:03 pm

    SBC and MAPUA is an offensive type team sa nppnsn ko is pag offensive type ang kalaban ng sbc nddhado cla. like nung game sa pcu muntikan ndn..

    sa mapua naman ng rrly cla sa 3point shooting nla although wala cla gaano bigman yun ang advantage nla eversince nmn gnun lage mapua 3point fastbreak team

    pero kung defensive type team ang makaktapat ng sbc kaya nla mkpg sbayan like csb, letran , uphr

    mas mhihirapan ang sbc sa JRU at Baste both of these team is an offensive type.

    well this is just an opinion.. :D

  • ralph  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 6:39 pm

    I prefer what Frankie Lim is doing right now.
    He’s experimenting and trying everything at the middle of the elimination.
    We might lose some games on the course of it, but for sure it will be a learning experience that we can use once the Final Four starts.
    Other final four contenders now dont know who they’ll be match-up with once the final four start, excitng na tuloy and this is good for NCAA.
    Hehe who wish to much-up with San Beda Red Lions during the Final Four???
    You think you solve San Beda when you beat our team? My opinion is that you just expose our weakness that we can improve on when it matters most.

    ANIMO San Beda!
    “Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus”

  • ric  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 5:20 pm

    Sakin, bad enough na matalo ang San Beda sa Mapua and much worse kung matalo ulit sa JRU and magkaroon ng talo against Letran.

    FRAKIE LIM KASI EH!

    HINDI NAGPALIT NG DEFENSIVE SET.

  • REdemption  Add karma Subtract karma  --1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 5:10 pm

    Anu nangyari sa Red Lion?..

    naku masamang pangitain yan..Hope that the Red Lions will still be able to get the gold this year..

    ANIMO ANIMO

    THE TRUE RED ARMY..

  • boom  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 2:40 pm

    frankie underestimated mapua because of the 1st round result. minaliit niya. proof of this is his experimentation with giving the bench more playing time. then he couldn’t handle the princeton-style offense of time-wasting. what he should have told his players then is PATIENCE. Don’t get frustrated but they were - proof: they missed shots when they got the ball because their rhythm were thrown off. because of frankie’s inexperience he was not able to make adjustments.

  • JRU  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Thursday, 14 August 2008 at 1:10 pm

    VIVA MAPUA!!! nIce GAme.. Dati Pa LanG GusTo Ko NA MagLaro si Dela Peña eh.. Kitakits Sa sEmI fInALS!! gAlINGAN Nyo Pa.. SanA ManAlo Na JRU sa LETRAN BuKas.. MAgaNdaNG LAbAn…

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