Knights finally end Golden Stags’ win streak
Friday, 25 September 2009 3,789 Views / 127 Comments
The Letran Knights became the first team in Season 85 to hammer down the San Sebastian’ Golden Stags’ first ever defeat and guaranteeing a Final Four tournament in the oldest collegiate league in the land. Letran clinched their 12th win in 17 games on Sept 25 with a, 80-63, victory over San Sebastian at the Filoil Flying V Arena.
“We were clearly out-hustled. We also missed a lot of foul shots [a total of 19], and we also missed a lot of easy layups. I guess it’s also because of the pressureâ€, Golden Stags Head Coach Ato Agustin said after the game.
“Actually, it’s okay that we had to lose for us to learn from our mistakes, for us to make the necessary adjustments and what we lack in our game plan, Letran came in more preparedâ€, Coach Agustin added.
San Sebastian, with an average of just a little over 10 turnovers per game, turned the ball over 23 times in this game compared to Letran’s 16. Surprisingly, the Knights dominated the game after the 5th deadlock with a 17-point lead at the 4:39 minute mark in the 4th period.  Letran’s biggest stood at 7-points, 42-49 late in the 3rd Quarter. Following that shot was a 10-3 run by the Knights who virtually closed out the lights on the streaking Stags.
RJ Jazul and Rey Guevarra exploded for 27 points each plus a combined 11 rebounds and 5 assists. Jimbo Aquino had a quiet 23 point performance with 5 rebounds, while Calvin Abueva added 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Letran had 14 fastbreak points compared to San Sebastian’s 5.
The Knights were able to limit the Golden Stags’ scoring output to just 63 with an average of 80-points in 15 games.
Letran Head Coach Louie Alas, who was not thinking about San Sebastian’s unblemished record coming into today’s game said, “This win doesn’t have any effect on our position in the Final Four. Actually, I told my boys that if we weren’t the one going up against San Sebastian today, I would’ve prayed for them to have a sweep [of the elimination round]. Either way, we’re going up against them in the Final Four. I told the boys that we can compete against an unbeaten teamâ€.
BOX SCORES:
LETRAN 80 – Jazul 27, Guevarra 27, K. Alas 10, Cortes 7, Belencion 5, Datang 2, Del Rosario 2, Malabago 0, J. Alas 0, Foronda 0, Gutilban 0.
SAN SEBASTIAN 63 – Aquino 23, Abueva 18, Raymundo 7, Sangalang 6, Maconocido 4, Semira 2, Pascual 2, Bulawan 1, Maiquez 0, Del Rio 0, Najorda 0.
QUARTER SCORES: 13-11, 30-25, 53-44, 80-63.
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