Basketball

BONG TAN

THOUGHTS ON THE GAME

First of all, team effort. The coaches did their part. The players did their part, even the bench players did their part. If you noticed, some players that clocked in, didn't clock in minutes before. Lorenzana. It means it is a team play. We don't expect, besides Alex [Diakhite] and Rey [Suerte], we don't expect anyone to step up. You can't predict. Whatever the coach decides, whatever the coach has in place, they're going to play really hard. They struggled in the first quarter, then adjusting to the second and third. So I think, as a whole, the players did wonderfully, especially Alex, who was carrying the players. As a whole, it's a good win for us.

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University of Santo Tomas and De La Salle carved out contrasting semis wins to a title rematch in the UAAP Season 82 Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament Saturday at Sands SM By The Bay.

The four-peat seeking Golden Tigresses of Babylove Barbon and Gen Eslapor improved to 8-0 this season following a 21-7, 21-8 victory over Ateneo's Ponggay Gaston and Roma Mae Doromal.

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ATENEO got the better of University of the Philippines, 89-63, in their Finals rematch to end the first round of the UAAP Season 82 men's basketball tournament Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Ivorian slotman Ange Kouame was at the top of the mountain with his statline of 19 points, 15 rebounds, and seven blocks to complete the first round sweep at 7-0.

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