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Ateneo's Kacey Dela Rosa and Sarah Makanjuola during their UAAP Season 87 wome's basketball game against FEU, Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum. UAAP Media

Ateneo's Kacey Dela Rosa and Sarah Makanjuola during their UAAP Season 87 wome's basketball game against FEU, Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum. 

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1727600592337UAAP S87 WBB - Makanjuola &amp; Dela Rosa-08348.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Ateneo&#x27;s Kacey Dela Rosa and Sarah Makanjuola during their UAAP Season 87 wome&#x27;s basketball game against FEU, Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum. UAAP Media"/>Ateneo&#x27;s Kacey Dela Rosa and Sarah Makanjuola during their UAAP Season 87 wome&#x27;s basketball game against FEU, Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum. UAAP MediaMANILA -- The Ateneo Blue Eagles led wire-to-wire in a 69-53 win against Far Eastern University to stay in the top four of the UAAP Season 87 women&#x27;s basketball tournament, Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.</div>Reigning UAAP MVP Kacey Dela Rosa (20 points, 12 rebounds) and Nigerian student-athlete Sarah Makanjuola (17 points, 17 boards) both had double-doubles as Ateneo took advantage of FEU&#x27;s manpower woes.Raiza Palmera-Dy&#x27;s team was playing without Congolese student-athlete Josee Kaputu, who is sidelined with an ACL tear in her left knee, and top scorer Shane Salvani, who served a one-game suspension for a disqualifying foul committed in their previous game against La Salle.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/9/29/uaap-tigresses-pull-away-from-lady-archers-improve-to-4-1-1450">READ: Tigresses pull away from Lady Archers, improve to 4-1</a></div>&quot;We&#x27;re looking for some consistency and I expected us to be a little bit rocky in the first round… It&#x27;s a big adjustment for all of us, but I think our girls are responding well,&quot; said Ateneo coach LA Mumar after they improved to 3-2 in the tournament.&quot;We&#x27;re an inside-out team and we feel that we can really build the team around these two girls (Dela Rosa and Makanjuola)… We&#x27;re gonna roll with that identity,&quot; he added.FEU trailed by as many as 16 points before a 10-4 run in the final period got them within eight, 52-44. But Ateneo was quick to respond, with Gracie Batongbakal&#x27;s triple sparking a 16-2 run that allowed the Blue Eagles to pull away for good.They would eventually lead by 22 points, 68-46, with 2:30 to play.Ateneo now sits at No. 4, giving them some separation against the University of the Philippines which has a 2-3 win-loss slate.Batongbakal chipped in nine points on an efficient 3-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc, while Junize Calago posted a near-double-double outing of nine points and 10 rebounds. The Lady Tamaraws dropped to 1-5, tied at the bottom of the standings with De La Salle University. Salvani, who had been averaging 14.25 points, 5.25 rebounds, 3.75 assists, and 1.25 steals through four games, was ejected in their previous game against La Salle after committing a disqualifying foul in the final seconds, where she was caught clotheslining Luisa dela Paz during FEU&#x27;s 65-89 loss.Yvette Villanueva, who averaged 2.4 points and 4.2 rebounds before the game, stepped up for the nine-woman Lady Tamaraws in the losing effort with 18 points and nine rebounds, while MJ Manguiat struggled with 10 points on an 18.2-percent shooting clip. Ateneo aims to keep their momentum going as they face the University of the East on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the same venue in Cubao. The Lady Tamaraws will seek a breakthrough win when they face reigning champion University of Santo Tomas on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.<div>THE SCORES:</div>Ateneo (69) – Dela Rosa 20, Makanjoula 17, Batongbakal 9, Calago 9, Villacruz 4, Oani 4, Cruza 3, Cancio 2, Fetalvero 1, Angala 0, Lopez 0, Eufemiano 0, Olivenza 0, Nieves 0, Salgado 0, Aquirre 0.FEU (53) – Villanueva 18, Manguiat 10, Libor 8, Pasilang 5, Lopez 5, Ong 4, Dela Torre 3, Paras 0, Nagma 0, Gavaran 0.Quarterscores: 18-7, 28-19, 48-34, 69-53<div></div>

The Ateneo Blue Eagles led wire-to-wire in a 69-53 win against Far Eastern University to stay in the top four of the UAAP Season 87 women's basketball tournament, Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles led wire-to-wire in a 69-53 win against Far Eastern University to stay in the top four of the UAAP Season 87 women's basketball tournament, Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.

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