S73 Autopsy: FEU Tamaraws

Outgoing Players
- Reil Cervantes (10.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists) (forgoing his fifth year to enter the PBA Draft)
- Paul Sanga (5.3 points, 28.57 3P%, 2.8 rebounds)
- Anjoe Latonio (demoted to Team B)
- Christian Manalo (demoted to Team B)

Win/Loss Records
- Season 73: 12-2 (1st, lost in the Finals to ADMU)
- Season 72: 11-3 (2nd, lost in the Final Four to UE)
- Season 71: 10-4 (3rd, lost in the Final Four to DLSU)

Key Stats
- First in field goals made per game (27.29) and in turnovers per game (13)
- First in starter points per game (45.0) and total points scored per game (73.24)
- Last in opponents' forced turnovers per game (12.94)
- Last in opponent's allowed free throw percentage (67.57 percent)

FilOil This Week: 042511 to 050111

April 25 (Monday)
8:30am - RP Youth U13 vs Letran (Jrs)
11:15am - Mapua/Malayan vs FEU-FERN (Jrs)
12pm - Ateneo vs Arellano (Jrs)

1:45pm - UP vs FEU (Srs)

3:30pm - San Beda vs Lyceum (Srs)

5:15pm - Arellano vs De La Salle (Srs)

April 27 (Wednesday)
9am - EAC vs NU (Jrs)
10:45am - JRU vs UE (Jrs)
12:30pm - Adamson vs UE (Srs)
2:15pm - Lyceum vs Ateneo (Srs)
4pm - De La Salle vs SSCR (Srs)

April 29 (Friday)
9am - San Beda vs Adamson (Jrs)
10:45am - UST vs UPHSD (Jrs)
12:30pm - Arellano vs NU (Srs)
2:15pm - Adamson vs UP (Srs)
4pm - FEU vs Mapua (Srs)

April 30 (Saturday)
10am -  Ateneo  vs RP Youth U16 (Jrs)
11:45am - UE vs EAC (Srs)
1:30pm - JRU vs Letran (Srs)
3:15pm - Ateneo vs UST (Srs)

Next, next week - SSCR vs NU, UE vs FEU, Ateneo vs NU

Lawrence Chongson's Got PEx

As pointed out by the local sports blog Fire Quinito and alluded to by myself on Twitter, former UE Red Warriors coach Lawrence Chongson has taken to posting at the UE Red Warriors III thread over at the Pinoy Exchange UAAP forums, and the result has been quite enlightening.

Fire Quinito has already gone and highlighted the passages involving Chongson's dismissal, the shrinking role of Bong Tan in Red Warriors management, and Paul Lee's non-inclusion in Team Gilas, but there's other juicy bits in there including:

• Chongson downplaying Rene Baena's role in the upswing of UE's fortunes in Round 2 last season
• Saying that he preferred Ponso Gotladera over Chris Javier
• A list of recruits that he had in the pipeline from abroad
• Roi Sumang's academic saga
• UE letting go of some of his recruits and him bringing them over to NU, including Henri Betayene
• Squelching the possibility of Paul Lee returning to UE to play
• My personal favorite, the chance that he could have been FEU's head coach for S74

DLSU Wins in Dubai, Scorches Ateneo

Photo by Mike Malata, ABS-CBN News (source)

According to various reports, the De La Salle Green Archers were able to hold on for the win against their arch-rivals, the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles, in an exhibition game held in Dubai, last Friday, April 15, at the Al Ahli Sports Club in Al Ghusais, Dubai.

With the tagline "Down the Wire," the game supposedly began as the exact opposite, as reports from ArcherPride had the Archers nursing a large first quarter lead. By the end of the first half though, Ateneo had managed to get to within four points, 34-30.

With their largest lead at 12 points, the Eagles began aggressively attacking the defense of the green-shirts (the blue side of the story) or the refs decided to start making the game more interesting (the green side of the story), as the zebras whistled La Salle for 13 fouls, to just three for Ateneo in the quarter. Despite this though, La Salle still led, 50-44, after three periods. In the end, DLSU got the win, 62-58.

Unfortunately, the final score is still in doubt, but we do know that La Salle was able to maintain its stranglehold on the lead. As you can see below, the unofficial box score has it at 61-58, La Salle, but the actual summation of the scores has it at 63-58. Chris Soler of Inboundpass.com tweeted the score as 62-58, and this seems to be the accepted number.

Sam Marata and Joshua Webb of the Archers did not make the trip, while Ateneo played without Greg Slaughter (in addition to the four players who are currently not with the summer team).

Kiefer Ravena scored just 6 points in his first collegiate game against La Salle, and tweeted after the game, "Lack luster [sic] performance by number 15"

Quoth ABS-CBN News:

"Without a trace of jetlag, La Salle opened the game with a 16-3 run in the first 6 minutes of the game and ended the first quarter with a 10-point advantage over Ateneo, 21-11.
The ensuing second quarter saw an exchange of baskets from both teams but La Salle still managed to take control of the game and had a 4-point advantage, 34-30, at the close of first half.

Finding their shooting range, Ateneo went full throttle after the half time break and briefly enjoyed the driver’s seat via a 3-point shot by Bacon Austria which gave the Blue Eagles a 1-point advantage, 41-40, with 3:30 left in the third.

After the first deadlock at 44-all, Yutien Andrada and Almond Vosotros initiated a 6-0 run that gave back the lead to the Green Archers, 50-44, going into the final quarter.
Kirk Long’s drive to the basket with 5:42 left in the fourth quarter put the match into another deadlock at 54-all but the Blue Eagles went cold going into the final minutes of the game as Vosotros, the Green Archer who hails from Albay, answered with 6 consecutive points."

Hopefully news outlets will write a more detailed account of the game so that we have a better idea of both teams performed.

Unofficial box scores (courtesy of user 1983 on ArcherPride):

Box scores courtesy of the Phil. Star:

DLSU 62: Vosotros 14, Torres 9, Mendoza 9, Atkins 9, Dela Paz 5, Revilla 4, Villanueva 3, Andrada 3, Van Opstal 2, Tampus 2, Gotladera 2

Ateneo 58: Salva 25, Monfort 7, Ravena 6, Tiongson 5, Austria 4, Chua 4, Gonzaga 3, Long 2, Erram 2

FilOil This Week: 041111 to 041711

April 13 (Wednesday)
9am - RP Youth U13 vs NU (Jrs)
10:45am - Letran vs SSCR (Jrs)

12:30pm - EAC vs Letran (Srs)

2:15pm - San Beda vs Arellano (Srs)

4pm - NU vs UST (Srs)

April 15 (Friday)
9am - Adamson vs JRU (Jrs)
10:45am - UE vs UPHSD (Jrs)
12:30pm - Mapua vs CSB (Srs)
2:15pm - UP vs Letran (Srs)
4pm - UE vs JRU (Srs)

April 16 (Saturday)
10am - San Beda vs UST (Jrs)
11:45am - UST vs SSCR (Srs)
1:30pm - FEU vs Adamson (Srs)
3:15pm - NU vs San Beda (Srs)

Next, next week - DLSU vs SSCR, FEU vs Mapua, ADMU vs UST

A Phenomenal Debut

Summer Starts Well for ADMU

In their first game of the summer season, a match against St. Clare College of Caloocan in the Fr. Martin's Summer Cup, the Blue Eagles got up and running, leaving their opponent in the dust.

When one thinks of Ateneo, defense and size are two factors that immediately come to mind as the reasons for the Blue Eagles' success these past couple of seasons. An underrated reason for their winning though, has to be their fast break offense, and that was in full display today, as the Eagles zoomed to a 102-60 victory.

Starting Frank Golla, Nico Salva, Kirk Long, Kiefer Ravena and Eman Monfort, the Eagles made the extra passes to find wide open guys and ran the break to perfection. From that point on, it was just a matter of divvying up the minutes to make sure everyone got to play.

RANDOM NOTES:
- Kiefer seems to have grown taller, to the point where I would wager him as a legit 6'0. He scored 11 on a variety of ways in the third quarter that got the crowd "ooooh-ing" and "ahhhh-ing." Ateneo is blessed to have him.
- Salva seems a touch more athletic, attacking the rim, while still nailing that mid-rang jumper.
- Gonzaga is an early lock for "most improved player." He will dog the other side's best player from end to end AND knock down triples with ease. Toss in the fact that we can bring him, Bacon and Pessumal off the bench, and Ateneo's second unit can put the stranglehold on opposing teams.
- Erram has added even more muscle, and when the team was going to him in the fourth, he responded well with 14 in that period. Another big that's gotten better is Chua, who showed a wider array of post moves.
- Tallo's offense wasn't quite here yet, but his ball handling and floor vision was. And did I mention Ateneo is going to run a whole lot more? 

SCORES:
Ravena - 17, Chua - 16, Erram - 16, Gonzaga - 14, Salva - 14, Long - 6, Monfort - 6, Capacio - 5, Pessumal - 3, Tallo - 3, Austria - 2, Tiongson - 0

SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER NOTES:
- Don't expect Ryan Buenafe, Jeric Estrada, Art Dela Cruz and Chris De Chavez to make summer league appearances, due to a variety of issues, mostly grades. Because of that, the Blue Eagles have elevated 6'4", long-limbed Paul Siarot to the Team A roster.