Lady Archers nip Tigresses in UAAP caging

MANILA, Philippines - De La Salle leaned on Aracelie Abaca and Hannah Viterbo as it squeaked past fancied University of Santo Tomas, 51-49, in the UAAP Season 74 women’s basketball tournament at the Araneta Coliseum over the weekend.

Abaca and Viterbo scored 12 points apiece, Trisha Piatos added 11 markers and Kady Wilson hauled down 17 rebounds for the Lady Archers, who notched their sixth win in nine games.

UST dropped to 7-2.

In other games, defending champion Adamson, meanwhile, routed University of the Phl, 75-42, while Far Eastern University clobbered National University, 83-60, to likewise post their seventh victory against two losses.

Snow Penaranda hit 21 points and hauled down 10 rebounds for the Lady Falcons.

Ateneo stayed within striking distance with a 61-57 victory over University of the East last Sunday for its fifth win against four losses.

Only Paula Bombeo scored in double figures for UST with 10 points while Mary Joy Galicia pulled down 11 rebounds in the closely-fought contest that featured four deadlocks and six lead changes.

Meanwhile, Alexander Torres shot 20 points as La Salle Zobel regained its winning ways with an 82-58 rout of Adamson in UAAP juniors basketball on Saturday at The Arena in San Juan.

Gabriel Reyes made 15 points, Kristiane Velhagen added 13 and Henri Subido scored 12 points for the Junior Archers, who bounced back from their 56-62 loss to FEU side last week after a sweep of the first round elims.

Angelo Quinlog had 12 points and Carl Soriano 12 for Adamson, which dropped to a 4-5 card.

 in a tie for fifth place with University of Santo Tomas, a 63-42 loser to Ateneo.

Antonio Asistio’s 19 points and Kristoffer Porter’s 17 pushed the Baby Eagles to their sixth win in nine games, the same record as National University, which rallied past University of the Philippines Integrated School, 74-68.

FEU-FERN retained second place with a 7-2 record after it beat University of the East, 79-72. Joshua Aguilon led the BabyTamaraws with 23 points, followed by Jerie Pingoy with 14 and Jovanie Luz with 13. Woo You had 12 rebounds for the Baby Tamaraws.

UPIS remained winless in nine games but refused to yield easily to title contender NU.

The Junior Maroons led 19-10 in the first quarter and 32-28 in the second, before forcing the Bullpups to work extra hard in the last two frames to snatch the victory.

Raymart Sablan had 13 points, Diego Dario 12 and Freddy Pajarillaga and Kim Cinco 11 each for UPIS. Paolo Rivero, Ralph Napa and Ralph Busa each had 14 points for NU.

Standings: La Salle Zobel 8-1, FEU 7-2, NU 6-3, Ateneo 6-3, Adamson 4-5, UST 4-5, UE 1-8, UPIS 0-9.