UST one-two punch Mo Tounkara and Forthsky Padrigao do considerable damage with a pair of double-double finishes to lift the rising Tigers past the languishing FEU Tamaraws
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With the win, the once-languishing Tigers program ended the first half of the eliminations with a winning 4-3 record in fourth place, just behind top squads UP , La Salle , and red-hot UE ., after six games of rather underwhelming rebounding numbers, proved what he was capable of when fully motivated to crash the boards, exploding with a 21-point, 17-rebound double-double on 9-of-18 shooting.
“I think it’s a big win for us because coming from a two-game losing streak, and the response of the team was to stop that losing streak, as in we just stuck together and focused on defense,” said UST assistant coach Japs Cuan. Unfortunately for the Tamaraws, they only managed a give-and-take affair with the Tigers for much of the payoff period, only inching as near as 5, 70-75, before Padrigao and Tounkara again sparked a quick 6-0 blitz in just 32 seconds to stretch into an insurmountable 81-70 lead with 1:23 left to play.
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