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Miracle at MoA! Half-court shot gives Lady Maroons win, ends 38-game skid

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<p>Pesky Pesquera buried a shot from half court to end University of the Philippines&#x27; years-long heartache with a thrilling 55-52 win over University of the East in UAAP Season 82 women&#x27;s basketball Saturday.</p><p>It was a showstopping finish for the Lady Maroons at Mall of Asia Arena, which also ended a 38-game losing streak.</p><p>The winner capped Pesquera&#x27;s superb performance of 13 points — seven coming in the fourth quarter — to go with nine rebounds and three assists, a game that saw UP fight back from a 13-point first half deficit for its first win of the season in nine starts.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">UP Lady Maroons win their first game in 3 years with this WILD half-court heave 😱 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UAAPSeason82?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UAAPSeason82</a> <a href="https://t.co/u3Q4nDh7fK">pic.twitter.com/u3Q4nDh7fK</a></p>— ABS-CBN Sports (@abscbnsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/abscbnsports/status/1182873350730735616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Sobrang saya. It&#x27;s about time,&quot; said Pesquera, who also delivered the winner in the Lady Maroons&#x27; last win back in Season 79, a 46-44 victory over FEU on Nov. 9, 2016.</p><p>Rei Sanchez added 10 points and five boards, while Jona Lebico had nine points and seven rebounds in the win.</p><p>&quot;The right word is it&#x27;s a miracle and it&#x27;s really a miracle that she made it,&quot; said UP head coach Paul Ramos, who also won his first game at the helm for the Lady Maroons.</p><p>&quot;I think it&#x27;s still a culture of working together and really working to get better every game, even if its so hard to win each game. I&#x27;m very happy and very glad that we&#x27;re finally able to break the curse. Everyone deserves this win.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtinToPapasokTo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AtinToPapasokTo</a> feat. Pesky Pesquera ✊🏼 <a href="https://t.co/Mgs0thTHpd">pic.twitter.com/Mgs0thTHpd</a></p>— ABS-CBN Sports (@abscbnsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/abscbnsports/status/1182880513184284673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Pesquera actually put UP ahead, 52-51, with her bucket down low with 2:11 remaining, but both teams struggled to execute in the endgame.</p><p>Princess Pedregosa drew a foul on Pesquera with 15.1 seconds left, but could only muster a split to knot the game at 52.</p><p>UE had a chance to win the game, but Joyce Terrinal muffed her 3-point attempt that led to Pesquera converting on her winner.</p><p>&quot;If she&#x27;s not capable of throwing that, we may not be able to take that win. But I said to the team kanina na di kami mapupunta sa sitwasyon na yun if we did not work together to be competitive at makadikit kami sa UE,&quot; said Ramos.</p><p>Terrinal led UE with 16 points and seven rebounds, while Jearzy Ganade had 15 points, seven assists, five boards, and two steals.</p><p>Princess Pedregosa also saw her double-double effort of 10 points and 18 rebounds down the drain as the Lady Warriors sunk to a 1-9 record.</p><p>The Scores:</p><p>UP 55 -- Pesquera 13, Sanchez 10, Lebico 9, Larrosa 8, Gonzales 6, Hidalgo 5, Ordoveza 4, De Leon 0, Gusilatar 0, Lucman 0, Rivera 0.</p><p>UE 52 -- Terrinal 16, Ganade 15, Pedregosa 10, Cortizano 6, Ordas 4, Nama 1, Caraig 0, Cuadero 0, Fernandez 0.</p><p>Quarterscores: 12-19, 25-34, 42-44, 55-52.</p><div><em>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</em></div>

<p>Pesky Pesquera buried a shot from half court to end UP's years-long heartache with a thrilling 55-52 win over UE in UAAP Season 82 women's basketball Saturday.</p>

Pesky Pesquera buried a shot from half court to end UP's years-long heartache with a thrilling 55-52 win over UE in UAAP Season 82 women's basketball Saturday.