La Salle avenges shock first round defeat over UE

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UAAP Season 87 Collegiate Women’s Basketball Standings

NU 7-0

UST 6-1

AdU 5-3

Ateneo 4-3

UP 3-4

DLSU 2-6

FEU 2-6

UE 1-7

Games Sunday at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum

8 a.m. – AdU vs NUNS (JHS)

10 a.m. – NU vs Ateneo (Women)

12 noon – UST vs UP (Women)

4 p.m. – NU vs Ateneo (Men)

6 p.m. – UST vs UP (Men)

DE LA SALLE University avenged its shock first round loss to University of the East with a dominant 74-46 victory to start its UAAP Season 87 Collegiate Women’s Basketball second round campaign, Saturday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. 

Back on September 22, the Lady Warriors stunned the Lady Archers, 65-47, to arrest a 40-game skid dating back to Season 82. 

With that in mind, La Salle came out of the gates on fire, doubling UE’s output in the opening quarter right away, 24-12, before extending its lead to 50-27 at the half. 

Although UE was able to cut its deficit to within 16 late in the third, 37-53, La Salle answered back with 14 straight points to establish an insurmountable 30-point advantage early in the fourth frame, 67-37. 

“For us, we’re just looking at correcting our mistakes. Things that we did wrong, the habits we had nung first round, we just want to correct them,” said De La Salle head coach Cholo Villanueva. 

“It’s like that in anything that you do, you make mistakes, you correct them, and then you build good habits from those.”

The victory allowed the Lady Archers to raise their record to 2-6, tying the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws, who earlier stunned Adamson University, 67-64, for sixth and seventh spots. 

Tricia Mendoza top-scored for La Salle with 15 points to go with five rebounds and two blocks, while Bernice Paraiso added 13 points, 10 rebounds, and four steals while shooting 5-of-6 from the field. 

Arabell Bacierto and Luisa San Juan also delivered 12 points apiece for the Lady Archers. 

La Salle looks to build on this win when it matches up with Adamson University next Saturday, 6 p.m., at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion (QPav). 

Moana Vacalares had 12 points and four losses as the Lady Warriors fell to 1-7 at the bottom of the standings. 

Rachel Lacayanga chimed in 11 points, six rebounds, and five steals, while Kamba Kone made nine points and 10 rebounds. 

UE will next face FEU on Oct. 20, also at the UST QPav. 

The Scores:

DLSU 74 – Mendoza 15, Paraiso 13, San Juan 12, Barcierto 12, Sunga 6, Dalisay 4, Sario 4, Dela Paz 4, Rodriguez 3, Delos Reyes 1, Villava-Cua 0, Santos 0, Camba 0, Catalan 0, Salado 0.

UE 46 – Vacalares 12, Lacayanga 11, Kone 9, Ronquillo 7, Ganade 5, Yanez 2, Buscar 0, Cruz 0, Ruiz 0.

Quarterscores: 24-12, 50-27, 57-37, 74-46