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Sizzling Aquino tows San Sebastian past San Beda

by Danna Katrina Lim
Thursday, 2 July 2009 3,339 Views / 162 Comments

JIMBO Aquino is proving to be the primetime performer that San Sebastian College-Recoletos needs this season.

Aquino, held scoreless in the first quarter, erupted for a game-high 26 points, including six triples, to lift the Stags past defending, three-time NCAA champions San Beda College, 83-77, at the resumption of the league’s 85th Season at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City last July 1.

The Red Lions took the lead early on with Bam Gamalinda and Jake Pascual controlling the inside and disrupting the San Sebastian defense. In fact, the Stags only regained the lead late in the fourth quarter after Aquino buried three consecutive bombs from downtown and exposing the reigning champions’ flaws, particularly in their 3-2 zone defense.

Arguably the key to the game was the Recto unit’s ability to crash the offensive glass. Despite outrebounding San Beda by only two in the offensive rebounding category, 21-19, the Stags scored 19 second chance points, compared to the eight tallied by their opponents from Mendiola.

While Aquino towed San Sebastian to regain the lead, off-guard Jonathan Semira and big man Gilbert Bulawan helped their squad sustain the momentum until the endgame. Former RP Youth Team member and rookie slotman Ian Sangalang scored 16 points and grabbed 10 boards, while Bulawan and Semira contributed 10 and eight markers, respectively, to push San Sebastian atop the team standings with two wins out of two games.

San Beda, meanwhile, had a solid game from Gamalinda, who carried the load with 15 points and three rebounds, while Pascual registered a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Coach Frankie Lim’s wards dropped to 1-1 in the team standings after slaughtering Mapua last Saturday.

The scores:

San Sebastian 83 – Aquino 26, Sangalang 16, Bulawan 10, Semira 8, Maconocido 7, Abueva 6, Raymundo 6, Pascual 4, E. Gatchalian 0, del Rio 0, Najorda 0.

San Beda 77 – Gamalinda 15, Pascual 14, Lanete 13, Daniel 11, de la Rosa 9, Tirona 6, Hermida 4, Marcelo 3, Caram 2, Taganas 0, Tecson 0.

Quarter scores: 20-25, 43-46, 60-63, 83-77.


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162 Comments

  • rommel adducul says:

    galing ng baste! Congrats!

    they need to leesen their turnovers mas ok pa sila.

    can’t wait to see the game of jru and san beda para battle of the imports parang PBA fiesta conference..

  • sebastinian beauty says:

    ang galing!!!

    bravo baste!! jimbo galing!!

    anthony… woohoo!! niña to.

  • marc_F says:

    BEDANS..BEDANS…I want to hear something from you..uh-uh?!..(silence)..

  • kobenatics says:

    Galing ng team, Sangalang will be a force to reckon with in the coming games and in the future in the NCAA, kala ko papasok pa si Adducul, Topex at Rodney Santos bwahahahaha….

  • Someoneyoudontknow says:

    Bedans do not need to fret over this little loss. The rest of the season is ahead and there’s still lots of chances for us to regain our lead. Animo San Beda!

  • broady says:

    Galing ng Baste!

    Galing ni Sangalang! Sobra! Kain ang mga big man ng beda! HAHAHA! Kinain sila Marcelo, Taganas, at yung alien nila si Sudan! HAHAHA!

    Si Jimbo Aquino nagpaulan ng tres! HAHAHA!

    Masasabi ko sa beda – ANIMO BAKLUSH! HAHAHA!

    BRAVO BASTE!

  • let’s put it this way the best teams in the world like the lakers and the celtics are those teams who sees regular season games as not such a big deal. I mean, you can not celebrate a win against the defending champions of the ncaa and treat it as if you already won the championship.Always remember that San Beda lost to Letran two years ago in the first round and then continue the season and won the championship, last year they were defeated by JRU in the first round but they redeemed themselves by beating the Bombers in the finals. Well, I have to congratulate the stags for putting up quite a fight yesterday but let us see when your team stumbles in the middle of the season let’s see what your team is really made of. Always remember ” do not underestimate the heart of a champion.” that is according to Rudy T. and I still believe that the lions can still pull it off.

  • wow 1st time in 7 years! umpisa pa lang ng ncaa mga ugok, marami pang mangyayari. hintayin niyo kami makalaban. he he he

    bonggang bongga kami!

  • JCR says:

    Pag talo- TALO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • krish says:

    Wehhhhhhhhh, Talo lang kasi kau hahahaha

  • math01 says:

    nice, congrats baste. Animo San Beda!

  • uaap boy says:

    nakakatawa mga bedans dito unang talo pa lang daw yon feeling naman nila wala ng tatalo pa sa kanila..crab mentality nga nman ng mga catholic school na to nakatikim ng 3 peat panalo kala mo la ng makakatalo sa kanila..eh pano kaya kung matalo kayo sa sa finals may nexr pa naman hahahahah…..di nga kayo patas kumuha pa kayo ng import..ilan na ba panalo ng baste at bedan sa basketball over all..

  • KAPAMPANGAN.COM says:

    Its the kapampangan defense. Ronald Pascual and Calvin Abueva. Blocks and rebounds not bad for the two rookies and ian sangalang help in offense Pinasabay ba si Daniels no chance! And Jerry Miranda for the arellano The high Flying jerry miranda Kapamapangan din yan!! The Pampanga’s Best!!

  • ncaa boy says:

    @uaap boy

    bring your garbage back to your own league, malapit na naman opeining niyo, hindi ka ba makapaghintay?? walang natutuwa sayo dito.

    Congrats to San Sebastian!!!

  • ** says:

    KAPAMPANGAN.COM

    i suggest you use another handle if you’re going to use such absurd words, you are representing all kapampangans. and i don’t think all kapampangan will like your words. And i think san seBASTOS is not from San Beda (wow 1st time in 7 years! umpisa pa lang ng ncaa mga ugok, marami pang mangyayari. hintayin niyo kami makalaban. he he he) Hintayin nyo kami makalaban means hindi pa nakakalaban, eh diba natalo na nga San Beda sa Baste?? konting ingat naman bago magbagsak ng mga masasakit na salita. Pax.

  • Zaypek mAster says:

    wow.nka-isa lang baste kala mo kung cnu na clang mga hari ng basketball.. gsto ko lng paalala sa inyo na hndi gano kalakasan ang line-up ng san beda.. mahaba-haba pa tatahakin nyo mga baste.. mapapatid at mapapatid pa rin kyo along the way..mas maganda kng chaka na lng kyo magtatatalak-talak pag nasa final 4 na kyo. tandaan nyo umpisa pa lng to. marami pang susunod na games.. At alalahanin nyo, tinalo pa rin kyo ng beda sa championship game ng NIKE. Kaya wala pa rin kyo maiaangas sa beda dahil wla pa rin kyo napapatunayan.. Beda nakatalo sa inyo sa finals ng NIKE. not just a cheap-ass tournament. Runner up lng kyo at umuwi rin kyo ng luhaan. Ok b yun mga dong??

  • muralla boys says:

    @k.com

    mahina ulo mo talaga, walang analytical thingking capabilities. konting common sense namann. yan tuloy may naka-puna sayo. hindi mo ba ma gets noh????

  • uaap boy says:

    we dont have garbage sa uaap kaya dito nang aasar kasi maraming garbage fans na tulad bitter! beda loser!

  • pinoy says:

    mga pinoy talaga very regionalistic, kaya walang asenso pinas. puro tayo kanya kanya, napag-iwanan tayo ng ibang bansa. katulad ni kapampangan.com wala akong paki alam kung saan galing mga players. pag pinoy, pinoy. kung gusto mo gawa kayo sariling bansa niyo.

    “the republic of mekeni” land of the dog eaters and other weird stuff…….

  • May says:

    Go SAN BEDA FIGHT! wala pa din tatalo sa BEDANS :)

  • ncaa boy says:

    all schools in the uaap are garbage except for la salle and admu. you idiots are just riding on the popularity of these two schools. basura uaap bago dumating yung 2.

  • ncaa boy says:

    uaap boy

    talaga lang ha? walang nasura sa uaap? sige if you say so.. kaya pala dito mo gusto kasi ang daming basura dito gets ko na :)

    Bitter? do you even know what the word means? ang bitter kung ayaw pumayag na natalo, rarason ng dinaya, niluto etc… iba yun sa retaliation na babawi sa susunod na games, karamihan naman ng mga bedista dito tinaggap na talo talaga and even acknowledging Baste for a good game, yun ba ang bitter? kaya pala walang basura sa uaap kasi lumipat ka na dito.

  • Beda says:

    wala ng 4Peat 4Peat! SanBeda won a 3 Peat because of an Import. No more No less. Ngaun Sudan is filling a huge shoes of Sam Ekwe. 4Peat No mo!

  • dj(tunay) says:

    correction lang po. dlsu also is a certified/bonafied garbage of uaap. UP and admu lang matino

  • july says:

    letran 0-2!!!!!!!! ha ha ha beaten black and blue by AU

  • Zaypek mAster says:

    @uaap boy

    hahahaha. natawa nman ako sa mga banat na yon.. wala dw garbage sa uaap.. WOW HA!! (with emphasis!) eh DLSU at Ateneo lng naman nagdadala ng pangalan ng uaap eh. Kung wala Ateneo at DLSU sa uaap, eh malamang sa NBN 4 TV coverage nyo

  • racer_sebastinian says:

    Kudos san sebastian! Nice game also to San Beda.. Our team BASTE relly improved.. Sana tuloy tuloy pa.. Kudos coach Ato Agustin!

    Bravo BASTE!
    The side of RED where the GOLD is!
    Carpe Diem Sebastinians!

  • racer_sebastinian says:

    Kudos san sebastian! Nice game also to San Beda.. Our team BASTE really improved.. Sana tuloy tuloy pa.. Kudos coach Ato Agustin!

    Bravo BASTE!
    The side of RED where the GOLD is!
    Carpe Diem Sebastinians!

  • PROUD TO BE SEBASTINIAN says:

    Congratulations to San Sebastian.

    Nice game San Beda

    Goodluck to Letran… Kaya nyo pa yan .
    God is Good all the time!!!

    Bravo SSC
    Animo San Beda
    Arriva Letran

  • Bro. Ellu says:

    Congratulations to San Sebastian for winning the game, San Beda had a good game but their counterpart had better. I think things that we can improve on offense is for our shooter to sink in their outside shots, this will loosen up their opponents defense in the middle, we all know how talented Pascual and Daniel is inside the paint. On defense, we should have a back-up defender on the low block, we can not let Daniel defend the paint alone. I noticed that our opponents made their adjustments in controlling the paint by utilizing at least two offensive players in a single play, one penetrating the inside the other making a cut on the low block waiting for the drop pass from the other guy. There has been no help defense so far on our side is concern as Daniel would try to block the penetrating guy the low block guy will free-up and most likely will make the easy two. As for their shooters, our defense should adjust quickly since the 2-3 zone is no longer effective because Mambo Jimbo had been shooting the lights out from behind the 3point arc. Well these are just my observation, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, the bright thing is the red cubs have won in a convincing fashion over the staglets, which is currently having their 5th consecutive championship campaign.

    “Early to bed, Early to rise”

  • ncraa boy says:

    @uaap boy

    Who are you to label such schools as basura? Maybe you’re routing for those two big schools in the uaap who have been consistently producing corrupt government officials, if not you’re part of that school who is tied-up with the CPP-NPA as for the others? Meron pa ba?

    Go AU!

  • uaap says:

    cpa-npa alumni ako hahaha bitter ka ncraa kasi isa sa milyong pinoy na lumagpag sa upcat kasi hangin ang laman ng ulo mo… kaming may utak ang the gifted one eh kayo producer ng mga tambay sa pilipinas sino ngayon ang basura…

  • The Red Mind says:

    Nice game SSC-R! You did your homework well.

    But remind you all, umpisa pa lang ng NCAA Season 85. There’s still a long way to go kaya there’s no room for such kayabangan. Hehehe!

    For sure the Red Lions will fight back and do their best to keep the streak going! Dapat lang talaga nila makuha ang tamang diskarte para mamaximize sina Daniel at Pascual. Sa backcourt ok naman tayo, sa loob lang tayo nalamangan.

    Animo San Beda!

    *To all Bedans out there, don’t mind those guys na pupuna na naman sa Beda. Ganon talaga pag champion, mainit ang mata kasi we’re the team to beat. Hehehe!

    ANIMO! Go San Beda Fight!

  • Realistic says:

    @beda padin ako. What school mo? – Get real and wake up. This is not 2007 or 2008 with Ekwe around. Ekwe is gone. The Stags have mangled you in the past three of four encounters. When the Stags lost, the coach and several players weren’t around. No doubt the Lions are still contenders, for only for the FF. The Finals will be between the Stags and JRU. That is for real and that is a future fact. The pre-season has shown the Stags are back, and they are back big time!

  • ** says:

    Realistic

    Really? with just one win against the defending champion and only a win over Letran (muntik pa) you can conclude that Baste and JRU will be in the finals? Future Fact? meron ba nun? saan mo naman nakuha yun? ang fact napatunayan na, pano mo mapapatunayan ang hindi pa nangyayari? Kindly enlighten me please.

  • uaap says:

    binabayaran ako ng kumpanya dahil may utak ako eh ikaw wala kaya tambay ka sa kalye…may pera ako insurance at properties…ikaw lang ang walang pera…to ncraa kung bitter ka sa buhay wala akong pakialam dahil iba buhay mo sa buhay ko….

  • yabang ng au ha! your league where you came from is garbage/trash, eh bakit kayo nag apply dito sa ncaa. i know your application was already rejected by uaap. hindi nyo ba na-isip kaya kayo kihuhang 3 guest teams dito para perahan lang….think hard (if u guys can) swerte ng host school marami silang pondo for this season, as guest teams lang, hindi pa kayo permanent dito. less expense for them

  • bystander says:

    Congratulations to SSC-R for the nice game against San Beda! They were the better team yesterday. Heck! Sa pre-season pa lang, I had a feeling the Baste should be considered as the favorites this year and the Red Lions are the underdogs.

    This is not to say that San Beda can not retain their title. I’m just saying this time, it will be difficult. Malakas ang Baste. Malakas din ang JRU.
    Then again, this we are just at the early stages of the first round. It’s still a question of which team would peak at the right time.

    Bawi, San Beda!

  • benjo says:

    mas malakas nga line up ng baste compare sa BEDA, match yung BASTE at JRU.. ganda kung ito maglaban sa finals..

  • tito ng players says:

    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.

  • tito ng players says:

    In contrast mukhang nawala na ang awayan sa loob ng Stags team. Dati, parang galit kay Pamboy Raymundo teammates nya. Puro sisihan pag may error. pero ngayon, mukhang nag jell nang husto. parang nabawasan na ang internal rivalry. yun yata ang strength ng Stags today. Admittedly, deeper bench ang Red Lions. Pero nga dahil mahina ang leadership, hindi magamit ang advantage. Bambam is a very good player. But he is not as effective as a leader as Aljamal and Pong Escobal.Sasapawan cia ni Borgie.

  • uaap says:

    nanuod ba kayo ng preseason tournament? tinalo ng san beda ang ateneo, la salle, feu ang big three namen! kaya tatahimik nako nakakahiya kulang kulang pa line up ng beda ang bopols ko pala nakikihalo ako dito

  • uaap2 says:

    galing ng ateneo at la salle parang extension team lang ng baste at ng beda, feu naman may gwapong barroca san pa kayo!

  • tito ng players says:

    Sana magkaroon ng isang season na ALL FILIPINO UAAP and ALL FILIPINO NCAA. yung collegiate leagues are committing the same mistake as PBA. Puro Fil-ams and imports na kaya humina ang PBA. Hindi naman tayo kulang ng magagaling na players galing sa Junior Squads.

    WE DON’T NEED THE EKWES to make our collegiate leagues exciting. Remember, sa bawat Ekwe and Daniels na palalaruin, may isang magaling na batang Pilipino na nawawalan ng chance na ipakita ang galing nya sa NCAA at UAAP.

    Sentimiyentong Pinoy lang po.

  • Blake says:

    @tito ng players

    sorry pero luma ng argumento to. hindi ang nationality ang tinitignan d2 kundi ang eligibility ng player. estudyante sya (Ekwe/Daniel) ng San Beda. Bakit c Rob Bornancin ng UP (State U pa to ha) dati e nde naman nagrereklamo mga taga UAAP dahil sa paglalaro nya? Bakit yun 2 foreign players ng Ateneo e walang ganitong issue? Dahil hindi naging ganun ang impact nila tulad ni Sam or Sudan. Move on.

  • ncraa boy says:

    @ uaap

    Talaga may trabaho ka? ano? taga hanap ng basura? ay oo nga kung graduate ka na nga, im sure pasang awa ka

  • Silangan says:

    leche mga basura.

  • tito ng players says:

    @blake

    the suggestion goes to all school, not just to the hosts of Ekwe and Daniels. Just want to see a purely Filipino league. we long for the days when Filipinos were the stars in our own court.

  • Blake says:

    I just find this thread rather amusing. it is just the 2nd game of baste and some people here are talking as if nagchampion na. Blazers started last year with 2-0 too. I don’t want to jinx it.

    Bat kaya hindi mamatay ang issue ni Sam samantalang may mga foreign players na talaga dati pa bago pumasok si Ekwe? Dahil dominante si Ekwe? Nuong pumasok si Sam ay all-star cast na San Beda. In fact nuon 2006 (correct me if im wrong) 10-12 players ng Red Lions ay naging MVP at least once nuong jr or sr years nila. Think of Sam as the cherry on top or as an insurance policy for San Beda’s quest for a championship. When Sam 1st came in, aside from his rebs and blocks, he was more of a liability. He can’t shoot. He has low basketball IQ. poor foot work. poor decision-making. what he can’t do, he compensates with athleticism. that’s why he’s intimidating and dominating.

    Congrats San Sebastian. Malupet yun Sangalang.

    Animo San Beda!

  • Stelcaps says:

    @ tito ng players: FYI, Leadership by example has been proven during the last two games of San Beda. Kitang kita mo naman na this time, this team is NOT a one-man team. WALANG MADAMOT sa bola at walang “Star Player”. Wala kang makikitang forced shots.. ibig sabihin kung ikaw ay leader na isang swapang sa bola, hindi umiikot ang bola sa ibang players in a given time. At ano ang sinasabi mo na sasapawan ni Borgie si Gamalinda? eh-NA ACL nga ang tao! :)) Borgie is not Pong Escobal, Borgie is not Aljamal. Borgie is only Borgie. So iwanan muna natin na ang kakayanan ni Borgie ay hanggang jan nalang. Tanggapin natin, na ang credentials ni Gamalinda is far better than Borgie. What Borgie can do, Gamalinda can do BUT what Gamalinda can do, Borgie cannot do.

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