Red Lions snap Stags’ win run, book semis seat
Wednesday, 3 September 2008 2,583 Views / 103 Comments
SAN BEDA COLLEGE will defend its title this season.
Sam Ekwe bailed out the Red Lions en route to a thrilling 62-58 come-from-behind victory against San Sebastian College-Recoletos to book a place in the Final Four of the 84th NCAA men’s basketball tournament last September 3, 2008 at the Pasay Astrodome.
The Stags were on top, 48-38, at the end of three quarters thanks to Franz Delgado’s impressive shooting. But Ekwe responded by rattling in 13 of his 24 points in the final quarter as the Red Lions held their ground and became the first team to enter the semifinals.
“We wanted to show San Sebastian that we are the defending champions,â€? said Ekwe, who shot 11-of-21 from the field to go along with 17 rebounds and three blocks. “We couldn’t afford to lose this game. We treated this game as a do-or-die game.â€?
Pro-bound Pong Escobal, who was selected by the Talk ‘N Text Phone Pals in the 2008 PBA Rookie Draft, had 11 points, five boards and four assists, while rookie Jake Pascual scored nine points and hauled down six rebounds.
Pascual handed the Red Lions the lead in crunch time, 59-58, when he completed a lay-up with only 50.6 ticks to go. That proved to be the go-ahead basket that put away the Stags, who ended the elimination round at 9-5.
The Red Lions’ win also solidified their hold on one of the two twice-to-beat incentives in the Final Four. If they come up victorious against Letran next week, they will automatically be the top seeds in the post-season.
“I told them that this is the game of the year. The result of this game will put us where we want to be,� said San Beda head coach Frankie Lim. “As what I said, if they really wanted to win this is the time so I’m just happy my players stepped up.�
Playmaker Pamboy Raymundo steered San Sebastian to an early 19-13 lead in the first quarter after hitting eight of his 10 points.
Delgado paced San Sebastian with 15 points, nine of them from three-point range, while center Jason Ballesteros scored eight points and hauled down 23 rebounds in 39 minutes of action.
“We almost won it but my guards gave up. It looked like they were nervous,� Jorge Gallent, the Stags’ coach, told inboundpass in an impromptu interview. “We will make some adjustments before the Final Four.�
Incidentally, San Beda snapped an eight-game winning run for the second time this season. Before cutting short the Stags’ streak, the back-to-back titlists ended Jose Rizal University’s own eight-game run.
The scores:
San Beda 62 – Ekwe 24, Escobal 11, Pascual 9, Menor 6, Gamalinda 4, Hermida 4, Taganas 4, Tirona 0.
San Sebastian 58 – Delgado 15, Raymundo 10, Saquillo 8, Ballesteros 8, Viray 7, Aquino 4, Zulueta 2, Maconocido 2, Bulawan 2, Semira 0, del Rio 0.
Quarter scores: 13-19; 28-27; 38-48; 62-58
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the stags are up by 10 going into the fourth period. everything was going their way until Chico Tirona came.
CHICO WHO???
yes. it was Chico Tirona. the smallest guy on the floor delivered the biggest heart in the game. for me, it was his defensive stops that pulled the lions back.
CHICO MAGNIFICO!!!
ANIMO SAN BEDA!!!
(PS: nice game baste. hands down to your team. you gave us a one hell of a fight. you deserve to be in the final four. BRAVO BASTE!)
ONE BIG ROAR!!!ANIMO SAN BEDA
that’s right wut did i say last week 3peat is our destiny
Congrats…
exciting game…whew…grabe ha…
nice goodjob bedans…
Ok lang BASTE.. khit heartbreaking yung talo.. malakas talaga ang BEDA, pero kaya talaga. nag collapse kasi,, tsk.. syang yung 10 point lead.. anyways, lupit din talaga ni ekwe.. kung may next season pa siya d ako magugulat kung nagti-3points na yan tyka fade away..hehe,, sobrang ganda nung laban,, old school talaga.. vintage NCAA. parang finals nah.. goodluck na lang sa Final Four. naging mas interesting tuloy ung F4 race, malaki ung chance na 9-5 ung mga nasa baba ng BEDA.. grabe, what a season,, nobody expected this kind of basketball action.. BRAVO BASTE!!! defense pa rin..! kaya pah..!
â—˜ Who stopped Letran’s seven game winning streak?
• San Beda Red Lions
â—˜ Who stopped JRU’s eight game winning streak?
• San Beda Red Lions
â—˜ Who stopped SSC-R’s eight game winning streak?
• San Beda Red Lions
â—˜ Who will stop the San Beda Red Lions?
• __________?
THREE-PEAT on the WAY!
ANIMO RED & WHITE!
GO SAN BEDA FIGHT!
great game Red Lions and Golden Stags!
wala ako masabi sa nilaro ng dalawang teams kanina. lahat ibinigay para sa para pride ng school.
indeed a classic NCAA game.
BRAVO!
ANIMO!!
LONG LIVE NCAA!
U.I.O.G.D.
Nice game baste,i`m a hs grad fr. bastebut my heart and loyalty is in beda coz that where i finished my elem. so nothing can`t stop the san beda. Letran? ….three peat will be sure 4 beda….
Animo
San Beda
Beat Letran
San Beda College is the True Home of Animo
and nothing can replaced the oldest and popular yell in the NCAA history
The Indian Yell
Sa mga taga Letran practice kau ah…
Bravo to the Stags for giving the RL a tough fight. This game shows that the Stags is the team to watch out for in the F4.
Boo to the Baste crowd for your constant jeers.
Anyway your silence in the last few seconds became symphony to my ears.
Winning streaks probably taste like steaks to hungry lions.
Onwards to Dynasthree!
hands down to both teams, well it was a bitter ending for us but indeed a good team game all the way, beda is a strong, good and veteran team, but they are beatable so very interesting final four.
PROUD TO BE RED AND GOLD ALL THE WAY!!!
@ BEDISTA
bro, left behind na sana natin yung away natin dati against letran. medio nagiging ok naman na yung relationship ng NCAA schools (maliban sa JRU) with each other eh. mas ok kung ganun. sa court na lang natin ilabas lahat pero after the game, we’re all friends (except JRU again.) hahaha. PAX bro. ü
galing galing sbc. Animo. ^^ tama… wala na maxado sana awayan. pero rivalry ndi tlga maiwasan yan.. ok un sa hardkort pero sa mga gn2ng comments/forums, wag na maxado. :)
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We Believe.
One School.One Team.One Roar.
ANIMO SAN BEDA.
ONE BIG ROAR!!!! ANIMO SAN BEDA!!!!
hehe.. syempre nman po.. kasali tlaga pag asa game ung ganun,, hehe.. pag d2 normal na dapat.. ang kulit nung laban tlaga knina, old school.. pati ung mga taunting.. hehe, :p goodluck sa lahat.. FINAL FOUR,, cno kaya ang matatanggal????….hmm….
dapat paghandaan pa ng red lions ang game nila against sa letran next week… pero, mas may edge pa rin ang red lions vs letran….
SAM EKWE= 2008 NCAA MVP!!!!!!
GO SAN BEDA FIGHT!!!!!
ROAR FOR MORE @84!!!!!!!
Dynasthy!!!!!
Jake Pascual= 2008 NCAA ROKIE OF THE YEAR
CHEERLEADER of the YEAR = Ms. Zulueta (San Sebastian)
for those who know her, she’s so damn hot!!! hahaha.
ano pangalan ni Ms. Zulueta?
kamag-anak ba niya yung Zulueta sa team ng Baste?
@ Chief Waka-waka
ewan ko kung anong name nia. basta lagi siyang fino-focus pag NCAA halftime cheerdance. kaya gagamitin ko na tong pagkakataon na toh para manawagan. sa mga taga baste na alam name ni Ms. Zulueta, nananawagan akong paki-sabi naman. hahahaha. pleeeeeaaaaaaaase. hahaha.
Now that’s what Back-to-Back Champions are made of! Animo!
*@ Chief Waka-waka
Mukhang hindi lang yung games ng UAAP at ng NCAA pinapanood mo ah.
JRU WON !!! WEEeeeeeeeeee…sure n yan..hehe
MABUHAY RIZAL !!!
uu nga..dami galit s jru..hmm..bkit kaya..??
hahah..nde b nila tanggap n lumakas n jru..??
tsk..tsk..
“HOPYA = HOPE�
@ hopia
Madaming galit sa JRU dahil sa mga kagaya niyo na nagiiluthyon
Congrats San Beda!
Nice game Baste!
Kahit na natalo tayo pinakita ng stags ang puso nila sa game! Lumaban sila until the last 30 seconds! Yan ang stags hindi basta bastang susuko!
We’re PROUD on you STAGS!
Andito pa rin kami para sumuporta!
WE BELIEVE!!!
GO BASTE!!!
BRAVO BASTE!!!
WE GO!!! WE FIGHT!!!
BRAVO BASTE!!!
UU NGA dami galit sa JRU bakit nga kaya ah lam ko kasi d nila matanggap na kaming mga hampaslupa lang e nakakapasok pa sa f4 hehehe peace :)
@ JRU_AKO
well said. and another thing, MIT deserve the final slot in the F4 more than your HOPIA HEAVY VENDORS!
well, its just Blue and RED, Gold and RED and RED AND WHITE..
aba’y puro RED pala.. anu ibg sbhn niyan? hehe! PAX!
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Roaring Loud and Proud.
We Belive. One Roar. One Animo.
lakas ng baste!! woah!!!! kakalalag ng puso!
nice game chico!!!!!
despite the win, the lions are not as dominant as before. the stags’ “kaba” showed, but they can easily make the adjustments in the FF. in strength, MALAKAS anf baste, just a shade under sbc. gallent can easily make the adjustments in the playoffs. it appears sbc is now very beatable and the 3 peat is not a done deal. i still think its an sbc vs ssc or jru in the finals with the results a toss-up. while the other teams have stepped up, the knights appear to have lost steam. although the desire to exact revenge on the lions is a great motivator to play at a higher level. FF will be every team’s reckoning point. the mit-jru game on friday is a BIG game for the remaining contending teams wihtout an FF slot as of now.
“well, its just Blue and RED, Gold and RED and RED AND WHITE..
aba’y puro RED pala.. anu ibg sbhn niyan? hehe! PAX!”
For me it means that when the BOMBERS explode their A-bomb, the streets will run red with the blood of the other teams.
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ibang klase talaga yung game. indi nakakatakot yung team ng baste compared sa team ng sanbeda, ang nakakatakot dun sa baste ay ang coach nila, magaling gumawa ng adjustments yan. tapos kapag nakapag-cope na yung lin-up nila siguradong mahihirapan yung kalaban nila.
@ ” HOPYA = HOPE ”
kaya madaming galit sa JRU kasi nanalo lang kayo kala nyo nagchampion na kayo. ang gagaling ninyo kasi magsalita ng class e sino ba ang nagsusuot ng over sized t-shirt?
lets pray for mit para manalo cla on fri.
sam ekwe = 2008 ncaa mvp
animo chico tirona you showed ur big lion heart
animo san beda
may your tribe increase
once a bedan always a bedan
that in all things God may be glorified
San Beda has a heart of a champion. San Beda’s mission for this season. 3 peat!!!
San Beda all the way… THE BLOOD, THE SWEAT, AND THE TEARS of the REAL RED LIONS.
“Sam Ekwe bailed out the Red Lions en route to a thrilling 62-58 come-from-behind victory against San Sebastian College-Recoletos…”
what does this mean? Ekwe plays well = San Beda wins
Ekwe played well in 2006 = San Beda won
Ekwe played well in 2007 = San Beda won
SAN BEDA wins mainly because of EKWE 24 points, 17 rebpunds, 3 blocks. complete domination. EKWE plus san beda janitor, taho vendor, watch-your-car, tricycle driver, i bet you san beda still wins!!!
SAN BEDA wins mainly because of EKWE 24 points, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks. complete domination. EKWE plus san beda janitor, taho vendor, watch-your-car, tricycle driver, i bet you san beda still wins!!!
Beda wins mainly due to EK-EK: 24 points, 17 giant rebounds, and 3 blocks. Complete domination.
Ekwe + taho vendor + watch-your-car guy + jeepney driver = San Beda beats any team in the NCAA guaranteed !!!
ANIMO SAN BEDA BEAT LETRAN!!!!
ROCK THE KNIGHT AWAY!!!!
The only thing I don’t like about Baste’s pep squad is that most (if not all) of their cheers were just copied from other schools.
Sebastian go!go!go! = copied from San Beda go!go!go!
We go! We fight for SSC! = copied from We go! We fight for MIT!
S!S!C!R! Bravo Baste! = copied from C!S!J!L! Arriba Letran!
Go Baste! Go Baste! Go! go! go! go! Go Baste! = copied from Go Uste! Go Uste! Go! go! go! go! Go Uste!
But I got to admit. Some of their female cheerleaders and students are really hot! Bravo!
a very commendable game for baste, a point that has been proven, because of ekwe’s dominance, all teams have stepped up a notch, only goes to show that the red lions should not rest on its laurels and assume that all is in the bag…maybe the other teams now are hungrier or beda really dipped a bit on its play…one thing for sure, san beda is “beatable” right now making the lockjam on the top five spots very interesting in the next couple of playdates…but hell yeah, a three-peat is in the offing here, if we just play our cards right…to all ekwe haters, eat your hearts out, if my projections are right,you all just might have to wait another year…but then again, a better and improved version of ekwe, sam 2.0 is coming over next year to wreak havoc and break your hearts again…watch out!!!
kakatakot 2ng c bob uy! PEACE tau bro!
prang mas mahina n nga ung team ng beda ngayon… puro c ekwe nlng kasi ung inaasahan d 2lad dti nndyan pa si aljamal. c escobal at menor kc may tendency na pangit ang laro nila.. pro sana magchampon pa din ulit beda pra may party ulit sa mendiola!
animo san beda! go san beda fight!
Indian Yell na para masaya!
@Bob Uy as in BABUY!!!
ang babuy mo. wala na kayo next year bakit pa kayo sumali saling pusa naman. nakakahiya. si belga ba ang pinagmamalaki mo? tinatawanan lang iyan at minumura ng lahat ng fans parang komedyante lang.
na-draft pa ng purefoods para ano? siguro para magbuhat ng tubig at tuwalya.
Ekwe the black man was awesome yesterday. The other NCAA teams can hardly wait for the Ekwe era to end. Ekwe is irreplaceable. Other NCAA and UAAP had and have imports but of mediocre calibre.
Can the 7 foot giant shot blocker and slam dunker from JRU outshine Ekwe next year? Perhaps.
Can Ekwe’s much touted replacement out shine him? I doubt.
Will Ekwe play in the PBA as an import? Sana.
Will Ekwe still enter the monastery to be a priest? Ayaw na yata.
Or has he tasted flesh and enjoyed it? Malamang.
Ano kaya?
MAXIM: What was your first impression of UP?
Benjie Paras: Coming from an all-boys school, you could feel the difference. There were all sorts of students coming up from different social classes. From that I felt UP was a school that didn’t discriminate and welcomed anybody.
2nd Anniversary issue of MAXIM Magazine.
thanks @ great bedan
@moneymillionaire
yeah tama ka.. kso mukha rin kyong sekyu ng dlsu eh haha sori both letran and pcu sbrang baba ng level compared to DLSU
@ clairon
nice cheer kinda catchy. haha. animo san beda and dlsu
goodluck to our shcools.
peace.
clarion pla. sowree hehe