Arellano shocks Letran in emphatic fashion
Thursday, 2 July 2009 2,991 Views / 136 Comments
ARELLANO University is turning out to be an unruly guest in its debut stint in NCAA Season 85.
The Chiefs took home their second straight win after upsetting favored Colegio de San Juan de Letran, 81-73. Versatile big man Gio Ciriacruz carried the fight for the Legarda unit with 17 points and six rebounds as the Chiefs erected leads as large as 20 with three minutes left in the first half.
It was all Arellano from the get-go as its suffocating pressure defense put the clamps on Letran sniper RJ Jazul. The RP Developmental Team stalwart managed to score a measly eight points on 2-of-13 shooting from the field. Making matters worse for Louie Alas’ wards was the stellar play of Andrian Celada and Rod Apostol, who scored 14 and 12, respectively.
The Knights tried to inch closer in the fourth quarter and even brought the lead down to three, 76-73. However, Rey Guevarra missed an easy layup with 30 seconds left in the game, which led the Knights to foul and send Arellano to the charity stripe. Guevarra led the Knights with 17 points and eight boards.
A usually potent outside shooting quintet, the Muralla squad shot a dismal 6-for-34 from three-point range. In contrast, Junjie Ablan’s wards made 10-of-23 from rainbow territory, and scored 17 turnover points off Letran’s 16 errors.
Arellano now finds itself atop the league with a 2-0, win-loss slate, while Letran suffered its second consecutive loss after falling short against Jose Rizal University on opening day.
The scores:
Arellano 81 – G. Ciriacruz 17, Celada 14, Apostol 12, Miranda 11, I. Ciriacruz 9, Reducto 5, Tayontong 5, Dimla 5, Agustin 3.
Letran 73 – Guevarra 17, Belencion 15, J. Alas 8, Jazul 8, Cortes 7, del Rosario 7, Foronda 7, K. Alas 2, Taplah 2.
Quarter scores: 18-15, 47-32, 62-50, 81-73.
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anu ba yan?? naku huh./.. mukhang mahina nga letran this seas0n… whahhahahahhah biruin mo.. 0-2 start nila… tas natalo sila ng ARRELANO????!!!!!!
and for beda— hmmm.. mukha tlgang ndi sila kasing lakas ng mga nakaraang taon… posible ang 4-peat.. but surely.. malakas ang contension ng jru at baste(which tinalo na nga sila) ndi naman nakakahiya paghkatalo beda.. dikit naman at swerte na rin ng onti baste.. pero malaks ang baste i must say … =)
o ayan ahhh– walang kabias bias yan.. wag nyo ko aawayin bwahaahahhahahahah
MUKHANG TAHIMIK ANG LAHAT….WOWOWOWOWWWWOOOOOO..UHU-H
kakahiya ang letran tinambakan ng 20 points ng arellano! alas magresign ka na!!! sana maayos na ang basketball program ng letran pansin ko lalo silang humihina, walang kwenta ang recuitement niyo au tinambakan kayo!!!
letran basketball team is a mess! dapat sa ncraa na lang kyo sumali puro kc kyo reklamo imbis na magpalakas kyo may all filipino pa kyong nalalaman bwahahaha arellano tinambakan kyo what more kung baste na kalaban nyo baka manigas na lang kyo sa gulat peace!
bravo baste!
letran is not the same old letran that we used to know, obviously their weak now. comparable sa csb wannabees. anyway its time for coach alas to resign from his post as head coach of the knights. BTW i saw the pics of the jru shoplifters yesterday, wow! totoo nga. and as for coach vanguardia being a sauna addict?? ingat coach.
poor blazers, i’ve noticed no one seems interested in watching their games. you can hear ants whisphering to each other in a blazers game. now where’s the animo???
emilio aguinaldo engot’s is not worthy to join the ncaa.
same as uphds.
It only shows that Arellano University are NCAA ready and proving their presence.
letran is struggling very much this early, but i think they can still bounce back and find their winning ways, talagang prepared lang ang mga kalaban nila and mganda ang defense kay jazul.
The next target is SBC. We will scalp them all so they’ll lose their manes to look like sicko baldies. Mas mahirap pa ang labanan sa NCRAA. History will be made this year – with a guest team being crowned NCAA champion. Go Chiefs!
AU VS BEDA THE BATTLE OF MENDIOLA masaya yan sino matalo tumalon sa ilog na amoy imburnal.
Letran officials should really ask what is happening to its team. Malaking issue sa mga players ang pagpasok ni Kevin Alas duon. Kevin Malas ang tawag nila. Nabubulag kasi si Coach Louie sa pagmamahal sa anak hindi tuloy makapag coach nang maayos. Tanungin nila si Melegrito kung bakit umalis agad prematurely from Letran.
Bakit nga ba nasa Letran si Kevin Malas? dapat nasa La Salle yan di ba? ang sabi, nagtampo sa La salle dahil sinabihan ni Coach Franz na mabagal siya.
Sayang ang RJ Jazul-led squad ng Letran.Tingin ko hindi aabot ng final 4.
The goal is to reach the FF. In the past, the Knights with a much weaker theam than what they have now, under Coach Alas, placed 4th in the regular season. But once the post-season started, all hell broke loose and they became Champions. The team is still jelling. The Knights showed true grit even with two losses, having come back from 17 and 20 point deficits to make it a go of a game. Hopefully, they won’t run out of steam at the end game, which is their current plight at the moment. Coah Louie has to correct his and fast.
@chief sitting bullshit!
put your money where your mouth is…. bring it one baby! lets see what you got. mendiola massacare part 2. talk is cheap!
I know magkaibigang close sila Borgie Hermida and Chico Tirona ng Red Lions. Kaya lang parang may silent rivalry and competition ang dalawa. this is not good for the team. Hindi malinaw kung sino ang leader ng Red Lions, unlike in the past, it was clear na si Aljamal and then si Pong Escobal ang leader. Today, hindi malinaw. Pag hindi clear, nag aagawan ng eksena. Weak ang leadership ni team captain Bambam Gamalinda. Individually, great players ang Red Lions. But as a team today, kailangan ng leadership.
Ask din si Anjoe Latonio why he left Letran Knights and went to FEU. I am sure Letran officials will find out that the Kevin Malas issue has a lot to do with it. Maybe, we Letran sympathizers should talk secretly to the players and get their sentiments. Kawawa naman si RJ jazul. the guy is doing his best for the team. Pero pag nagbuwakaw na at nag tantrums na si Kevin Malas, yari na. Si daddy coach kasi, mukhang takot sa anak.
Look at the Letran Squires now! Nang mawala na si Kevin Malas, biglang naging true potential champions. Nagsa shine si Oda Tampus and si Achie Inigo. In the past, napapagalitan si Tampus at si Shej Sumang pag hindi ibinigay kay Kevin Malas ang bola. Baket masyadong naka sentro kay Kevin Malas ang kapalaran ng Letran basketball? do the squires and the knights exist para maging plaything ng dear son ni daddy coach? the Alas family is not the Letran community!
(di ba falcons si Louie Alas?)
Let’s face it. si Kevin Malas ang nagpatalo sa game ng Knights versus Bombers. sabi ng commentator, rookie mistakes daw. translation: buwakaw.
melo lim vs kevin alas!!! this would be intersting, and battle of the stage fathers at the side.
lakas ng LETRAN, sa sobrang lakas napupunta sa ilalim ng standing!.. hehehe!
Sana hindi ma commit ni coach frankie ang same mistake ni coach louie. HINDI MASAMA MAHALIN NANG SOBRA ANG ANAK – except in basketball.
what if lumipat si coach alas sa sbc? do you think sbc lalakas even more?
honestly i think si coach louie magaling pero mahina players, while sbc malakas players mahina naman ang coach.
@daisy
I think the REd Lions don’t need a new coach. Coach Frankie is very good. they just need a leader among themselves. someone like Pong or Aljamal before. May tendency kasi magsapawan pag puro magagaling ang players and walang leader. Give the Lions a good leader and they will top this league again.
Maybe Letran can do what Beda did in 2005. Remember? Nung first round, kulelat sila sa standing? then tinanggal nila si Coach Nash Racela and then pinasok nila si Coach Coy Banal? Biglang nagpapanalo ang Red Lions, tapos nag champ the following year.
Sana, wake up call na for Daddy/Coach Louie ang setbacks nila sa games 1 and 2. Otherwise, wake up call na for the Letran Community.
trivia alam niyo ba na ang dating player ng letran na si melegrito ay pinsan ni barroca ng feu.
si taplah ay hindi lang basketball sasali din sya amateur boxing sa ncaa.
si batang najorda ng baste ay kukuning endorser ng eskinol sa sobrang kinis ng kanyang muka
NCAA fights sucks.
pang barangay.
nakikipost lng ako sa ncaa forum
nakakatawa kase eh.
mga ungas!
tumigil nga kayo
ang liliit ng players.
hahahaha! lakas talaga ng chiefs! astig! kh8 cnu kalabanin,khit kulang pa cla s bigman!
@tito ng players -You seem to have the inside lowdown on many teams in the NCAA. But I have to correct you on some items. Melegrito is no longer playing for the Knights for he has used up his eligibility because of age. He is 25 years old come sesaon 85. Latonio and Clarence Foronda left for academic reasons. Kevin Alas is the franchise player of Letran’s future champion teams. The present team is still sorting out its chemistry. If they jell, they’ll be dangerous and could go all the way to win the crown. But at this pint, that is a big if. I agree with you that foreign players take away basketball scholarships from local players. But for some teams who suffered long droughts (SBC and JRU) foreign players bring instant competitveness and championships which will not happen without them. While we Letranistas consider our team the “All Filipino” NCAA champion, I’m afraid the sickness of getting imports may have also infected CSJL. They say there’s a foreign black behemoth all set to play with Letran Calamba or the Letran Abucay (Bataan)Knights. If it’s true, I hope the guy plays only in the NCAA-South. Letran Intramuros can still win championships without foreign interlopers.
14-0 remember?????? ha ha ha
@ tito ng players:
“I know magkaibigang close sila Borgie Hermida and Chico Tirona ng Red Lions. Kaya lang parang may silent rivalry and competition ang dalawa. this is not good for the team. Hindi malinaw kung sino ang leader ng Red Lions, unlike in the past, it was clear na si Aljamal and then si Pong Escobal ang leader. Today, hindi malinaw. Pag hindi clear, nag aagawan ng eksena. Weak ang leadership ni team captain Bambam Gamalinda. Individually, great players ang Red Lions. But as a team today, kailangan ng leadership.” – Hanggang dito ba naman tinitira mo si Gamalinda? and WHY DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH?!? LMAO! hindi kaya ikaw ay…… hhhm.
YOU have to accept the fact na it’s not Borgie’s time anymore. Magaling at mabait na player si Tirona. Kita mo naman, unang sabak palang kahapon pasok agad ang tres! Para ma-satisfy at manahimik ka na, why dont you talk to the RL and Coach Lim why they chose Bambam as the Team Captain of the team. Your comments are not doing Borgie, Tirona or Gamalinda any good. You are pushing them down! Ikaw nalang kaya mag-leader leaderan at pumalit kay Gamalinda para manahimik ka na?
ang lakas ng AU ah. Bakit humihina na ang tres ni Jazul?
@UE red chokers – No one wil ever forget 14-0 that became 0-2. Sobrang kahudasan ang nangyari. Ngayon yung hudas kasama na ng mga nag 0-2 sa kanila. sa NCAA walang hudasan na ganyan, kahit marami ang mukhang hudas. Sa UAAP lang yan.
@KNIGHT MASTER
NCAA is a collegiate league. schools compete here – eligibility and not nationality is the basis. wala ba kayong foreign students sa college ninyo? meron i suppose. Kelangan ba sila madeprive ng pagkakataon makapaglaro dahil lang sa ganyang ideology? Contender ang San Beda without Sam Ekwe. Think of Sam as an Insurance Policy. Ang masama yun hindi eligible players na pinaglaro pa (DLSU). PLEASE Dont bash Letran by fielding some foreign students to play.
You can keep your imaginary title “ALL FILIPINO NCAA CHAMPION” with your fellow letranistas… then hopefully move on.
Cheers!
Animo San Beda!
TIRA U.E Cobra Warriors
Bomba! Igma! Kadima!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
T E A M !
EAST RULES
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@Knight Master – There are two imports being readied to play for CSJL. The best one will play for Letran Manila, not CSJL Calamba in the NCAA-South. The linear title of All Filipino Cahmpions will be replaced with the real one. Arriba!
@Blake – after Etame Joe wins one for JRU this year, we’ll be next. That is Ekwe’s NCAA legacy.
@Sword and Saga
I dont think Joe will play this season. Only time can tell if your foreign students/players will be helpful for CSJL. As of this time, Sudan is not doing it for San Beda. Bad news for bedans.
Animo San Beda!
@Knight Master
I apologize if my remarks were a little too harsh. I have been a knights fan since when Binky Favis was coaching. In fairness to Coach Louie, he brought back the Knights to championship standards. In fairness to Coach Louie, he made the right decision to bring back RJ Jazul after that incident when he suspended the entire Team B after the guys went out on unauthorized outing funded by the late Douglas Quijano. If he had kep RJ on the freezer, it would have been a big loss.
Kevin is a gifted player, but is an excellent individual player, not a superb team player the way Boyet Bautista was. I hope Kevin learns to play as a team man. He never learned that when he was in the juniors. Once Kevin learns how to blend with his team, then many problems can be solved.
@Knight Master
Maybe, the idea of Kevin as a “franchise player” may not be good. It might close the school’s eyes to many promising players in Letran’s rich stable of future potential greats:
1. Jarelan Tampus
2. Brian So
3. Glenn Khoubuntin
I hope Letran does not lose Glenn the way it lost Shej Sumang to the UE warriors. that’s what I mean: when you focus on one star, you lose the universe.
My all-time favorite Knights: Ronjay Enrile and Boyet Bautista
@stelcaps
I hope you can try to present your counter arguments without resorting to ad hominems. Anyway, if you have the feeling that I am very, very close to the players, you are right. and I am pretty close to Bambam himself. that is why i believe he should be more aggressive in exercising leadership. there can be no vacuum. and when there is a vacuum, someone else would fill the void.
Whatever innuendo you might raise against my person does not render the argument any less valid.
Glory To Chiefs!!!
Go Arellano!!!
@stelcaps
As to your suggestion that I should talk to Coach Frankie about it, maybe not. He should know that there is a leadership problem. if he does not know it, then that is sooo nooot gooood.
As to your proposal that I be “leader-leaderan”, I think not, too. we each have a role. my role is to inspire Bambam to do his utmost best. it is Bambam’s role to be the leader that we all hope he will be.
And Bambam can surely learn a lot about leadership stuff from Borgie. I rest my case.
@tito ng players
you knew a lot, in fact you knew too much that you already judge a player even if the Season is just getting started, well games like against the SSC-r mold the players, it is not how they dwell on that lost, but accept it and move forward, it will show eventually on the games, much importantly on those crucial games, we have one goal here, and that is to go 4peat, and also in the case of Borgie, come on1 the guy just had a ACL surgery half a year ago, dont force him too much, he has another year to prove himself, unlike Tirona (for what i knew) is playing his last year, this maybe a win-win scenario for them, I don’t like Borgie to force himself too much, it might jeopardy his career.
I must admit it, medyo napahiya ka ata kay Knight Master.
@tito ng players
You have raised a good point on the idea of Kevin as a “franchise playerâ€. Yup, such may discourage players like Tampus, So, Khobuntin from suiting up with the Knights. JR Reyes, JC Intal and PJ Walsham were Squires who failed to join the Knights, but at that time, the team was winning championships and their absence were hardly felt. They could probably have won more, but that’s speculating. Now that the Knights are rebuidling, Tampus, So and Khobuntin would be needed as replacement for Jazul and Gutilban next year and Guevarra the year after. With those three, the knights can win chamiponships without resorting to imports. By the way, Boyet, Ronjay nad RJ were original Squires.
@nicksy
no argument with you nicksy. i really hope the Lions will not dwell on the loss. like you, i do not want to force borgie ( i never said he should). but you know borgie – he loves his team so much he will do everything to make it win, even if he sacrifices his own well being. same with chico. i just hope that bambam’s passion will be the same as what borgie and chico have.
I was at Borgie’s bedside after his first ACL operations. I am a Lions die-hard. I am not an enemy.
@Knight Master
You also have to agree with me that Terrence Romeo was a big loss. He is now with the FEU Baby Tams and is making waves at the UAAP. I do not know the inside story on Terrence. But if you are talking about gifted (ex) Squires, Terrence Romeo was on that list. Letran should stop the exodus of talented players. I really, really hope there is no politics there.
mga engot pala kayo nagrerecover pa lang nga si hermida from acl injury hindi nga naglaro ni isang game nun preseason, malang ibabad si tirona ni kalbo kung hindi pala kayo mga tangengot! anyways about sa letran naman simple lang yan e mahina ang recruitment nila ngayon hindisila nagfocus sa bigmen, tinaggal pa yun iba.. si kevin alas sa palagay ko price rookie talaga nagkataon lang na dalawa lang sila ni jazul na okay the rest wala kong bilib mukang mga team b lang ang laro about the stags naman bilib ako kay coach ato nagimprove yun mga veterano tapos yun mga rookies nila magagaling din sa jru naman tingin ko individually nagimprove yun ibang players nila pero as a team dadagain parin mga toh hanggang final 4 lang sila, sa finals sa tingin ko baste beda yan
let it be known to all that we are the PRE SEASON KINGS of the land, and it will always remain that way! this is why coach dindo pumaren left us, malakas daw kami pero sa huli mga bopol pala kaming lahat! we are all hype and were maggots eating garbage of the ncaa.