June 3, 2015, 7:28 p.m. – VETERAN Ed Daquiaog carried an
undermanned UST Growling Tigers to a 66-59 victory against the Southwestern
University Cobras in the 2015 Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup at The Arena in
San Juan Wednesday.
Trailing by two points at the five-minute mark of the game,
52-54, the Growling Tigers unleashed a 14-5 run against the Cobras, with 12
points coming from Daquiaog, to steal the victory.
Daquiaog led the Tigers with 22 points, while Mario Bonleon
added 14 markers, including four three pointers.
“He’s the leader of the team right now. Wala sila
Kevin, si Karim, si Louie so he has to lead at ‘yun ang ginawa niya nung fourth
quarter,” head coach Bong Dela Cruz said as his team improved to a 4-3
win-loss record.
The Tigers missed the service of Kevin Ferrer who left for
Singapore for the 2015 SEA Games as part of the Sinag Pilipinas national team.
Louie Vigil is sidelined by a hamstring injury but is set to return in their
next game against De La Salle University.
UST held the lead through the first quarter until John
Auditor sank a three for the Cobras with 4:16 remaining in the second quarter
to take the lead, 26-28.
The Tigers will try to stretch their winning streak to three
as they face La Salle on June 6, Saturday, 5 p.m., also at The Arena. Angelica
P. Abello
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BOX SCORES:
UST 66 – Daquiaog 22,
Bonleon 14, Sheriff 9, Lao 9, Kakonda 4, Caunan 4, Magno 2, Arana 2, Lee
0, Huang 0
SWU 59 – Goloran 16, Tallo 8, Bregondo 8, Parker 7, Mupungo 6, Auditor 5, Holper 5, Luz 4, Acuno 0, Racho 0
Quarter scores: 19-13, 32-31, 49-45, 66-59
