East Brushes Off Adamson

UBelt.comby JP AbcedeUniversity of the East took care of an uninspired Adamson Falcons lineup, 73-56, at the drab Araneta Coliseum on August 26. All 15 Red Warriors sent in by coach Dindo Pumaren scored at least a point with Jorel Cañizares leading with ten.“Iyong captain (Marcy Arellano) and co-captain (Mark Borboran) inamin nila na pangit iyong laro nila,” Pumaren relayed what his team leaders shared to the rest of the squad after the near loss to National University a few days back. This afternoon though, Pumaren saw that the intensity was back and that, “we shared the ball.” “Our gameplan is to stop (Patrick) Cabahug and (Roel) Hugnatan,” Pumaren said. Although Cabahug was limited to a season-law eight points on 4/13 shooting along with nine rebounds, Hugnatan was able to crunch in 24 and ten. The Soaring Falcons was 0/12 at the three-point area and just 6/8 at the freethrow line. East was just whistled for ten fouls. “To be honest, ang mga players hindi pinaguuspan ang sweep,” Pumaren mentioned. “Nandoon lumalabas ang mental toughness ng mga bata.” At 11-0, the red and white are just three games of doing that with Far Eastern University up next on September 1 at the Cuneta Astrodome, then University of the Philippines on September 8 at the Araneta Coliseum. The Recto-based squad would return to Pasay on September 15 to finish the eliminations against De La Salle University. UE started the third quarter with eight points for its biggest lead of 24, 51-27. Paul Lee started it with a jumper from 15 feet. Pari Llagas and James Martinez then swished threes in successive possessions.