Mapua guns for a share of the lead as it tries to fan its winning streak to four games when it squares off with Lyceum on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City. Mapua's Clint Escamis is expected to lead the team anew. (GMA/NCAA Images)...
Mapua extended its winning ways and overpowered Letran, 77-62, to clinch solo second in NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Friday, Sept. 20. Mapua's Clint Escamis. (NCAA/GMA Images) The Cardinals dictated the game tempo throughout with four players...
Clint Escamis exploded with a career-high 28 points as Mapua edged a gritty University of Perpetual Help side, 71-65, in NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Sunday, Sept. 15. The reigning Most Valuable Player steered the Cardinals particularly in the...
Mapua weathered Emilio Aguinaldo College’s late rallies and escaped with a 69-66 victory for its first win in NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Lawrence Mangubat shines for Mapua. (NCAA/GMA Images) Rookie Lawrence Mangubat made...
James Payosing delivered when it mattered the most, making him very much deserving to become the Finals Most Valuable Player according to San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta. San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta and James Payosing receive their respective awards. (Mark Balmores) The Red Lions mentor...
Yukien Andrada saved the best for last and caught fire from the distance to power San Beda past Mapua, 76-66, and bag its first title in four years in the NCAA Season 99 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 17. The San Beda Red Lions are the NCAA Season 99 men's...
For one last time. For all the marbles. Mapua and San Beda duke it out for glory in the all-or-nothing Game 3 of the NCAA Season 99 men’s basketball tournament Finals on Sunday, Dec. 17, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. Will it be the Red Lions who are eyeing a return to the...
For one whole week, one of San Beda’s biggest priorities entering Game Three of their NCAA Season 99 title duel with Mapua was free throw shooting. “Nagalit ako,” said San Beda coach Yuri Escueta referring to their atrocious effort from the foul line in a 71-65 victory in Game Two last Sunday...
It turns out it was not only Mapua which is drawing inspiration from the past. San Beda also got a boost from former player Teddy Alamarez, a familiar figure in the 1991 NCAA Finals between the Red Lions and the Cardinals which the latter won – and incidentally also the last time Mapua got its...
San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta heaped praises for main man Jacob Cortez and the Red Lions’ fighting spirit after surviving another do-or-die game that kept their title hopes alive in the NCAA Season 99 Finals. San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta (left) and Jacob Cortez. (NCAA Media) Not only that...
Jacob Cortez went berserk and delivered in crunch time anew, powering San Beda past Mapua, 71-65, to force a do-or-die Game 3 in the NCAA Season 99 men’s basketball tournament on Sunday, Dec. 10 at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Jacob Cortez of San Beda hangs in the air for a tough...
Mapua's star guard Clint Escamis joined an elite club after winning both the rookie plum and Most Valuable Player award in the NCAA Season 99 Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Mapua's star guard Clint Escamis (Arnold Quizol) The 23-year-old hotshot tallied 53.16 points in...
