September 18, Wednesday Smart Araneta Coliseum
- 4:30pm – FEU vs UE
- 6:30pm – NU vs UP
FILE– Guard JD Cagulangan and UP Fighting Maroons’ during a UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball game. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.mnet
MANILA, Philippines—University of the Philippine guard JD Cagulangan may have had a scoring exhibition to help the Fighting Maroons to a 2-0 start, but the graduating guard was far from satisfied.
The Fighting Maroons blazed past the University of the East in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament but it didn’t come without difficulties.
“We need consistency with what we’re doing,” said Cagulangan in Filipino after their 81-71 win over the Red Warriors on Saturday.
Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin during a game against La Salle inthe UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin preached patience after the Blue Eagles dropped to 0-3 to start the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament.
The Blue Eagles are having their worst start in a decade—an unprecedented situation under Baldwin— following a 74-61 loss to archrival and defending champion La Salle in front of 12,478 fans on Sunday evening at Mall of Asia Arena.
The four-time UAAP champion coach is taking their winless start in stride.
With Kevin Quiambao leading the team, La Salle has scored three straight wins to open the UAAP season. —MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
Winning its first three games, including a thorough whitewashing of an old, bitter rival just a few nights ago has justified La Salle’s tag as a powerhouse and the consensus team to beat in Season 87 of the UAAP men’s basketball tournament.
Defending the championship is a first-time experience for this batch of Green Archers, whose cornerstone, reigning MVP Kevin Quiambao, is leading a no-nonsense approach in trying to accomplish that task.
La Salle brought down rock-solid National University to touch off that streak, which was capped by a 74-61 demolition of Ateneo just last Sunday. But even with those, Quiambao remains on even keel, the same attitude that his teammates have.
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