The Junior Warriors have fun with the UAAP trophy moments after tearing the Tiger Cubs to shreds in Recreation 3 of the finals. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
After a wait spanning almost 4 a long time, College of the East (UE) can name itself a champion faculty as soon as once more.
The Junior Warriors on Friday picked aside College of Santo Tomas (UST) with methodical precision, hacking out a 78-47 Recreation 3 victory to clinch the UAAP junior boys’ basketball championship at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.
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“Lastly, after what number of years,” head coach Andrew Estrella mentioned. “[This is] necessary for the college and this system.
“The boys wished it. They delivered. They didn’t stray from our sport plan,” he mentioned of the rout that capped what has been a spectacular season for the Recto-based squad.
Brian Orca and Ethan Oraa joined fingers for a 19-point run, greasing a second-period pullaway that just about set the tone within the winner-take-all match.
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Eventual Finals MVP Gab delos Reyes was simply as massive on protection, serving to starve the Tiger Cubs the remainder of the way in which and serving to his squad construct leads of as massive as 33 factors.
Oraa completed with 13 factors whereas Enrico Bungar chipped in 11. Jared Ferreros added 9, whereas Jolo Pascual and Orca tossed in eight every.
Dustin Bathan led UST with 16 factors on 6-of-19 capturing, whereas fellow Legendary Staff member Jhon Canapi managed simply 11 factors on 1-of-24 capturing.
“As I’ve mentioned earlier than: That is sufficient for us to change into a vacation spot faculty for gamers,” Estrella mentioned.
Solely two losses
The Junior Warriors had been dominant all season lengthy, absorbing solely two losses: an 81-66 defeat to the FEU-Diliman Child Tamaraws in the course of the eliminations and a 98-84 setback in Recreation 1 of the Finals in opposition to UST.
UE final celebrated a basketball championship throughout Season 48 in 1985, when its males’s basketball crew, led by legends Allan Caidic and Jerry Codiñera, captured the crown.
“Three months of sacrifices. We went by way of adversities however we rose above it,” mentioned Estrella who, within the din of the celebrations, was joined by Derrick Pumaren, the architect behind UE’s first-ever boys’ basketball title in 1972.
