Kai Ballungay waxes hot early, while Jared Brown puts the finishing touches in Ateneo's second UAAP Season 86 win over UE, whose fouls cause a 30 free-throw attempt disparity
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Kai Ballungay dropped 13 of his game-high 18 points in the first quarter, which was complemented by 11 rebounds and 5 assists as the Blue Eagles improved to an even 2-2 record. Jared Brown, who started for the defending champion, nailed both of his backbreaking threes in the late stages of the game, hiking the lead to 7, 71-64, with 4:09 to go in the contest.
“I thought, our first half, we didn’t play good defense, and I think an individual letdown, just the intensity wasn’t there,” he added.
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