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UAAP: UP's Gonzales repays coach's trust with career-best outing vs. NU

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Cyril Gonzales (15) earned Player of the Game honors in UP" s="" big="" win="" over="" NU.="" UAAP="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/10/31/uaap-85-mbb-up-vs-nu-cyril-gonzales-5660.jpg"/><figcaption>Cyril Gonzales (15) earned Player of the Game honors in UP&#x27;s big win over NU. <em>UAAP Media.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA, Philippines -- Cyril Gonzales picked the perfect time to have his breakout performance in the UAAP Season 85 men&#x27;s basketball tournament.</p><p>The unheralded guard only scored a total of 26 points for the University of the Philippines (UP) in the first round, but was a major factor in their triumph against National University (NU) to open the second round last Sunday.</p><p>Gonzales scored 12 of his career-high 15 points in the fourth quarter, while adding two rebounds and two steals in 21 minutes as the Fighting Maroons pulled away late for a 75-63 victory. He scored five points in the final minute, including the dagger three-pointer with 50 seconds left and a jumper to ice the game for UP.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/30/22/uaap-up-avenges-first-round-loss-to-nu">READ: UP avenges first-round loss to NU</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Ginawa ko lang &#x27;yung dapat kong gawin, &#x27;yung role ko,&quot; Gonzales said after helping UP improve to 7-1 in the men&#x27;s basketball tournament. &quot;Bonus na lang &#x27;yung puntos.&quot;</p><p>For Gonzales, his performance is also a credit to the trust placed in him by UP coach Goldwin Monteverde, who has been steering his basketball career since his days with the NU Bullpups. </p><p>&quot;Binibigyan ko ng halaga &#x27;yung tiwala ni coach,&quot; said Gonzales, who was listed as a reserve when UP won the UAAP championship in Season 84 before making it to the roster in Season 85. </p><p>&quot;Ginagawa ko &#x27;yung role ko sa team. Ano man mangyari after ng game, buo pa rin kami. May tiwala si coach sakin, may tiwala rin ako sa pinapagawa niya sa &#x27;kin,&quot; he added.</p><p>Monteverde, for his part, said he was not at all surprised to see Gonzales&#x27; breakout game. Before his game-clinching makes in the final minute, Gonzales had also converted an offensive rebound with two minutes to go that gave UP a five-point cushion, 68-63.</p><p>The Fighting Maroons wound up out-scoring NU, 13-0, in the final 4:32 of the ball game to turn what had been a nip-and-tuck contest into a double-digit win.</p><p>&quot;Sa totoo lang, Cyril naman, ever since before, alam ko &#x27;yung capability niya. I think he was given that moment to show kung ano &#x27;yung kaya niya,&quot; said Monteverde. &quot;Lahat naman kami, &#x27;yung tiwala namin sa kanya, malaki.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Sa akin, I’m really happy with the way he played in the fourth quarter.&quot;</p><p>UP returns to action on Wednesday against Adamson University at the Mall of Asia Arena. </p><div><strong>UAAP Season 85 is streaming on iWantTFC every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, available for Premium users outside the Philippines.</strong></div><p>Related video:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ccbL8ryhFaA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Cyril Gonzales picked the perfect time to have his breakout performance in the UAAP Season 85 men's basketball tournament.

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UAAP: UP's Gonzales repays coach's trust with career-best outing vs. NU

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 31, 2022 04:19 PM PHT

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