Four in row for Ateneo's Blue and White quint By Rocky Nazareno 10/02/2011

EAGLES STILL UAAP CHAMPIONS


Four in row for Ateneo's Blue and White quint
By Rocky Nazareno

10/02/2011


Not even another typhoon could stop Ateneo de Manila from finally laying claim to its fourth straight UAAP men’s basketball crown.

The Blue Eagles fashioned out an 82-69 victory over Far Eastern University yesterday — much like their Game One conquest of the Tamaraws — to complete a sweep of their best-of-three series and take their place as only the fourth school to win for four straight years in the league’s 74-year history.

Not even a five-day lull that brought about the postponement of Game Two originally set last Tuesday due to Typhoon “Pedring,” nor the threat of another stormy day from Typhoon “Quiel,” could put a damper on the Blue Eagles’ game as even their benchmen keyed a pivotal third quarter breakaway that set the tone for that lopsided win fashioned out before 18,900 shrieking fans at the Cubao arena.

The Blue Eagles were trailing the Tamaraws, 35-36, at the turn when back-up men Juami Tiongson, JP Eram and Tonino Gonzaga bannered a 22-7 blast that broke the game wide open in favor of Ateneo at 57-43, with only 47.1 seconds left in the third quarter..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/sports/20111002spo1.html