Undefeated UP wins its sixth straight game in UAAP Season 86 after a cardiac finish against La Salle that featured a 21-3 third quarter
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MANILA, Philippines – For the sixth straight time to start the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament, the UP Fighting Maroons prevailed in cardiac fashion against the hot-and-cold La Salle Green Archers 67-64, at the raucously packed Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday, October 18. Harold Alarcon added 10 points, while reigning MVP Malick Diouf also scored 10 to go with a game-high 18 rebounds as UP made the most of a massive 21-0 third-quarter comeback that held La Salle to just 3 points in the period and a 14-minute field-goal drought through the latter two frames.
“We started flat at both ends in the first half and I knew the difference from the two halves would be our defense,” said UP head coach Goldwin Monteverde in Filipino.
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