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Romwel Anzures

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<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1730803551763IMG_5524.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Arellano Chiefs’ Basti Valencia. Photo from NCAA Philippines."/>Arellano Chiefs’ Basti Valencia. Photo from NCAA Philippines.</div>MANILA — Arellano University turned back Jose Rizal University in an intense NCAA Season 100 clash to keep its slim Final Four hopes alive.The Chiefs escaped with an 81-77 win against the Heavy Bombers in their men&#x27;s basketball tournament game on Tuesday at the San Juan Arena, with wingman Basti Valencia doing wonders for Arellano.The 6-foot-2, San Pablo, Laguna native tied his Season 100 high of 25 points on top of five rebounds, three assists, a steal, and a block, while T-Mc Ongotan also drained clutch makes to complete his 17 markers, six boards, four steals, and two dimes.&quot;Itong panalo na &#x27;to, and yung last four games namin, critical &#x27;to eh,&quot; said AU head coach Chico Manabat. &quot;Kung may mag open na opportunity sa amin, kukunin namin. Tatlo na lang, and tatrabahuhin rin namin yun.&quot;To jumpstart their goal of sweeping their last four games, the Chiefs showed grit in the end game, an outing that received the praises of their head coach.&quot;Tinrabaho ng mga bata, and yun yung pinaghahandaan namin. Pinupulikat na yung mga bata, pero yung will to win, andoon talaga kaya salute sa mga bata and sa mga coaches,&quot; Manabat added of his squad which even erased an early 12-point advantage from JRU. Tied at 77 after a perfect trip from Joshua Guiab at the foul line with only 1:23 left on the game clock, Ongotan went for a shot and got a whistle after he was fouled by Renz Bernardo a few possessions later. Ongotan had a perfect trip to the line to give his team a 79-77 lead — and also put up 10 markers in the back-and-forth fourth-quarter affair — but there were still 54 ticks remaining, giving the Heavy Bombers a chance to tie the game or overtake Arellano.Unfortunately for JRU, Sidney Mosqueda&#x27;s shot at the 31-second mark was blocked by JL Capulong, and this is when Valencia made the biggest shot of the bout for the Chiefs.<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1730803591803IMG_5523.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Arellano Chiefs’ Basti Valencia. Photo from NCAA Philippines."/>Arellano Chiefs’ Basti Valencia. Photo from NCAA Philippines.</div>Valencia went for a mid-range, pull-up jumper with only 14 seconds left in the game, and that was all Arellano needed to extend their lead to four, 81-77.They also improved their record to 6-9, tied with the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA at the 7th and 8th places. On the other hand, the Heavy Bombers fell to 4-11, tied with San Sebastian College-Recoletos for the 9th and 10th places in the team standings. <div>THE SCORES:</div>Arellano 81 – Valencia 25, Ongotan 17, Geronimo 12, Capulong 10, Camay 9, Vinoya 2, Borromeo 2, Hernal 2, Miller 1, Libang 1, Abiera 0, Flores 0JRU 77 – Guiab 20, Argente 15, Barrera 14, Raymundo 9, Bernardo 6, De Leon 5, Ramos 3, De Jesus 3, Sarmiento 2, Panapanaan 0, Pangilinan 0, Mosqueda 0, Ferrer 0Quarterscores: 15-24, 41-40, 57-62, 81-77<div>RELATED VIDEO:</div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABPxJv0sGDdqF7LZ&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script>

Arellano University turned back Jose Rizal University in an intense NCAA Season 100 clash to keep its slim Final Four hopes alive.

Arellano University turned back Jose Rizal University in an intense NCAA Season 100 clash to keep its slim Final Four hopes alive.

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NCAA: Basti Valencia the hero as Arellano turns back JRU to stay in Final 4 hunt

Romwel Anzures,

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Published Nov 05, 2024 07:42 PM PHT

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