Titing Manalili took charge in crunch time as he steered Letran past reigning champion Mapua in overtime, 85-82, to go four in a row in the NCAA Season 101 men 's basketball tournament at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City Tuesday, Oct. 21. Manalili shone bright in the fourth quarter...
Redemption was the sole battlecry of the gladiators from the UAAP and NCAA, with the teams raging war to reclaim what was once their possession or finally get a taste of a long lost glory in the big stage. Playing in two of the country’s biggest collegiate leagues, the UP Fighting Maroons...
Call it fate or coincidence, but it took a former player from its last championship squad to guide the Mapua Cardinals back on top in NCAA men’s basketball. Coach Randy Alcantara and his stalwarts finally ended a 33-year wait, sweeping the College of St. Benilde Blazers in their best-of-three...
The long wait is over. After 33 years of futility, the Mapua Cardinals finally ascended the summit of NCAA men’s basketball after dismantling the College of St. Benilde Blazers, 94-82, in the Game 2 of their finals on Saturday, Dec. 7, before an energetic crowd at the Smart Araneta Coliseum....
It was a deja vu of sorts for Mapua as the Cardinals once again gun for their first NCAA men’s basketball in three decades when they battle the College of St. Benilde Blazers on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Game 2 of their best-of-three finals series starts at 2:30 p.m. with...
The Mapua Cardinals are not resting on their laurels despite drawing the first blood in their championship series against the College of St. Benilde Blazers in the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball. After all, the tournament is far from over. “Siyempre masarap sa pakiramdam na manalo sa Game 1,...
College of St. Benilde coach Charles Tiu offered no excuses in their lackluster performance that saw the Blazers yielding to the Mapua Cardinals, 84-73, in Game 1 of their NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball finals over the weekend. Charles Tiu and the College of St. Benilde Blazers seek to bounce...
Once again, the NCAA men’s basketball trophy was within reach of the Mapua Cardinals after drawing the first blood against the College of St. Benilde Blazers, 84-73, in Game 1 of their best-of-three finals showdown at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 1. Mapua star Clint Escamis is a...
Mapua survived Lyceum’s blistering third-quarter run by unleashing a fourth-quarter storm en route to an 89-79 victory on Saturday, Nov. 23, to make a return trip to the finals in NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City. Reigning MVP Clint Escamis...
Mapua and College of St. Benilde try to arrange a championship showdown when they clash with separate rivals on Saturday, Nov. 23, in the Final Four hostilities of the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City. Reigning MVP Clint Escamis, left, is expected...
Mapua asserted its dominance and downed Arellano, 75-69, to sweep the second-round eliminations and clinch the No. 1 semifinal seeding in NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on Saturday, Nov. 16. Mapua's John Recto and Chris Hubilla, and Arellano's Lorenz...
Clint Escamis flashed his MVP form and drained a buzzer-beating triple as Mapua squeaked past College of St. Benilde, 75-73, for the share of the lead in NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Sunday, Nov. 10. Mapua celebrates Clint Escamis' (0)...
