ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Basketball devider Amos, Ogana impress as DLSU repeats over CEU; ICC strikes again

Amos, Ogana impress as DLSU repeats over CEU; ICC strikes again

Published Nov 26, 2024 06:24 am

At A Glance

  • Gilas pool member Mason Amos and Russel Ogana combined for four triples in the payoff period and La Salle repeated over UCAL champion Centro Escolar University, 58-55, to inch closer to earning the No. 1 seed in the playoffs of the PGFlex Invitational Basketball Tournament on Monday, Nov. 25, at the Paco Arena in Manila.

Gilas pool member Mason Amos and Russel Ogana combined for four triples in the payoff period and La Salle repeated over UCAL champion Centro Escolar University, 58-55, to inch closer to earning the No. 1 seed in the playoffs of the PGFlex Invitational Basketball Tournament on Monday, Nov. 25, at the Paco Arena in Manila.

27amos.jpg
La Salle’s Mason Amos buries a triple to start the payoff period on the way to the Archers’ 58-55 win over the CEU Scorpions. (UCAL)

In a fitting sequel to his impressive performance in Gilas Pilipinas’ 93-54 demolition of Hong Kong in the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers on Sunday, Amos opened the fourth quarter with a booming 3-point shot to put La Salle on top, 43-42, before Ogana staged a one-man show to complete the team’s bounce back win.

Amos went on to finish with 15 points apart from posting 7 rebounds and 1 assist in almost 27 minutes of play as the Taft-based squad improved to 6-1 in the pre-season tournament also presented by Quintana. 

CEU, which absorbed a 73-63 loss to La Salle in the first phase of elims, finished third with a 4-4 record.

By the day simply belonged to Ogana who scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth frame with his last basket – a floating jumper – gave the Archers a 58-53 lead barely 58 ticks left.

The Archers continued to miss crafty guard Kean Baclaan but Jacob Cortez filled the slack as he masterfully quarterbacked the team’s offense that saw him produce 13 points and 7 assists.

In other games, Immaculada Concepcion College and Olivarez College boosted their bids for the fourth and last semis berth by beating their respective rivals to hike their records to 4-4 and 3-5, respectively.

Drawing 23 points from Edrian Mark Ramirez, ICC outlasted the MCU Supremos, 85-80, while the Olivarez Sea Lions used a well-balanced attack anchored on Gianluca Spinosa (15 points and 9 rebounds), Cristian Vergara (13 points and 5 rebounds) and Monsour Proel (12 points) in eking out a 67-62 win over the also-ran Falcons.

Related Tags

Mason Amos La Salle Green Archers CEU Scorpions
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.