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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Ateneo avenge 1st round defeat against La Salle

I did not graduate from any schools in UAAP but I always enjoy watching basketball games between Ateneo and La Salle. For some reason, I have always rooted for Ateneo and I was disappointed with their lost against La Salle during the first round of the Elimination this season. Ateneo got their revenge and gave La Salle a beating with a end of day score of 74-57. Player of the game is Ateneo Blue Eagles' Kirk Long who contributed 22 points. 15632 spectators watch the game live and is a proof that the rivalry between Ateneo and La Salle is still very much alive.


It was low scoring first quarter. The Blue eagles' defense held the Archers to only 11 points. Ateneo on the other hand got 19 points with Kirk Long contributing nine points in the first quarter by downing 3 out three of his three point shots.

La Salle's offence did not pick up in the second quarter. 3 minutes and 46 seconds has gone by and the Archers was still scoreless. Ateneo held La Salle to only ten points in this quarter and ending the 1st half  with a score of 39-21 favoring Ateneo. La Salle's starters have a combined points of nine points compared to Ateneo's 29. Ateneo also scored more beyond the three point mark downing four out of 11 attempted three point shots. La Salle only scored one out of 11 three point attempts in the first half.

The story was pretty much the same in the second half. La Salle however has scored 18 points each during the 3rd and 4th quarter. Ateneo scored 22 points in the third quarter while La Salle held Ateneo to only 13 points in the fourth.

The is the 65th time La Salle and Ateneo met in the hard court. La Salle still leads against their rivals in terms of games won. La Salle has won 34 games against Ateneo while today Ateneo got their 31st win against La Salle.

Ateneo's win against La Salle today put them on the second place with a 8-2 win loss record. La Salle dropped to the fourth place with a 6-4 win loss record. FEU still leads losing only one game out of ten outing while 3rd place Adamson University has won seven games out of ten outing.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

La Salle beats Ateneo

I woke up late since I just my graveyard shift ended at seven o'clock this morning. I was browsing through the local channels to see if any show would catch my interest. I finally ended up switching my TV to studio 23 which was airing a live UAAP game between Ateneo and La Salle. I am not really a big fan of UAAP Basketball since my Almamater, Letran, is with the the other collegiate basketball League. But watching Ateneo and La salle battle for supremacy is like watching a championship game. Emotions are up in the air as usually even though this just their first match up of the season. 

I am not familiar with the line up of both teams. The last time I was really following the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry was back then when Mike Cortez, Mac Mac Cardona and Enrico Villanueva was still playing for their respective schools. But it is never disappointing to watch the two schools battle each other in the hard court. 

Majority of the coaches in the UAAP favor the De la Salle Green Archer. Despite losing veteran players in their line up, the rookies and sophomore players are stepping up. Ateneo on the other hand is banking on their experience to beat their rivals. The great about this rivalry is that statistics does really matter when they face each other. It all about school pride. They seem to be playing with a higher purpose when they face each other. 

When I starting tuning in to the game, there was only a few minutes left in the game with Ateneo in the lead with 7 points. It seems that Ateneo was on their way to bagging the win, but La salle made two back to back to three pointers which started their late. 17seconds left in game and Ateneo was down by three with the ball possession with Ateneo. The Ateneo Blue eagles tried to tie the game to force overtime but failed on two attempts beyond the three point mark. Final score is 66-63 in favor of La Salle. La Salle has now has a Win-loss record of 3-1 and has the solo second place while the defending champion Ateneo drops to fifth place. 

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