San Beda locks EAC and wins a third consecutive victory

Defending champion San Beda found himself defending in the third quarter en route to a 61-46 rout at Emilio Aguinaldo College on Tuesday to remain undefeated in the NCAA 94 men's basketball tournament.

He started and closed the Generals, who scored only eight points in the third period.

Robert Bolick led all scorers with 15 points in 6 of 8 on the field in more than six assists and two interceptions while San Beda was playing

"I'm happy with the way the boys played. "It is our defense that has really strengthened today," said San Beda Boyet Fernandez 's coach, who celebrated his 47th birthday on Monday. "We knew that EAC was a very good team in the third quarter and we kept them at eight points."

"We also know that EAC is one of the best teams in the world. rebounds of the league. We have limited Laminou to only two rebounds all the game, "said Fernandez, referring to the center of generals Hamadou Laminou.

Laminou, who entered the game averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds, finished with just nine points and two boards.

St-Benilde maintained his game from start to finish to beat Jose Rizal University, 81-66, in the other match.

Cameroon center Clement Leutcheu has scored 20 points and 14 rebounds while Yankie Haruna added 15 points, including nine in the third quarter for the Blazers, who tied their record at 2-2

"Before the game, what I said to the guys was the consistency ", said the Blazers head coach, TY Tang.'s team came out a sorry loss to defend champion S a Beda in a game the Blazers blew out." We are a young team and we do not have a good time. have not really played together for a long time. "

Leutcheu scored 10 points s in the second period when the Blazers created the split and never looked back.

Mapua survived a fierce fourth-quarter fight by Arellano, 91-83, to stop a two-game dropping in the final glass at the Filoil Flying V Center.

The Cardinals let slip an 18-point lead before making crucial baskets in the home stretch to keep the Chiefs.

"After our last defeat, we really gave our double effort to increase our intensity," said Laurenz Victoria, a third-year goalkeeper from Mapua, who scored nine points and stabilized the backcourt as part of the rally. Arellano

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