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Tigresses hand Lady Bulldogs first loss, forge rubber match

Published Dec 11, 2024 08:03 am

At A Glance

  • Bridgette Santos and Karylle Sierba delivered when it mattered the most as reigning champion University of Santo Tomas banked on a late rally to turn back National University, 78-68, and forge a rubber match for the UAAP Season 87 women's basketball title at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

Bridgette Santos and Karylle Sierba delivered when it mattered the most as reigning champion University of Santo Tomas banked on a late rally to turn back National University, 78-68, and forge a rubber match for the UAAP Season 87 women’s basketball title at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

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Brigette Santos leads the way for the UST Tigresses. (UAAP Images)

Santos led the Golden Tigresses’ offensive onslaught along with Sierba and Kent Pastrana in the payoff period where they unleashed a 16-6 run to take a 76-65 advantage which the Lady Bulldogs failed to counterattack despite Camille Clarin’s hot-shooting efforts in the waning minutes.

Not only the victory kept UST’s title bid alive in their best-of-three finals series but it halted NU’s bid of a title sweep, handing the Lady Bulldogs their first loss in the season.

“I’m very proud kasi it was a total team effort talaga from offense to defense,” said UST head coach Haydee Ong.

Santos went impressive with a career-high 27 points on top of two rebounds and four assists while Sierba, who also registered her best scoring night, scattered 15 of her 18 points in the final canto. Pastrana, for her part, contributed 11 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals.

The Tigresses seek to keep the momentum to clinch their second straight title in Game 3 on Sunday, Dec. 15 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Cielo Pagdulagan scored 16 points while Clarin and Karl Pingol had 12 and 11 points, respectively, as their efforts for NU went down the drain.

Earlier, UST Tiger Cubs also inched closer to the juniors crown after routing title favorite University of the East, 98-84.

 

The scores:

UST (78) – Santos 27, Sierba 18, Pastrana 11, Bron 8, Soriano 6, Danganan 6, Maglupay 2, Tacatac 0, Ambos 0, Serrano 0.

NU (68) – Pagdulagan 16, Clarin 12, Pingol 11, Surada 10, Fabruada 5, Villanueva 5, Betanio 4, Konateh 3, Canuto 2, Cayabyab 0, Talas 0.

Quarterscores: 20-9, 32-25, 48-49, 78-68.

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