THE ADAMSON University Baby Falcons edged out the UST Tiger Cubs in overtime, 77-74, in the UAAP Season 81 boys’ basketball tournament at the Blue Eagle Gym Saturday.
The Baby Falcons improved to a 3-2 win-loss record while the Tiger Cubs dropped to a 2-3 slate.
Baby Falcon Adam Doria’s freebie with 12 seconds left in overtime sealed the win for Adamson.
“We started very slow tapos nagkaroon ng mental block ang mga bata, naramdaman nila ang pressure at nataranta sila,” Tiger Cubs head coach Bonnie Garcia told the Varsitarian.
Johnvic Casingcasing’s triple with 0.3 ticks left in the payoff period allowed UST to force the game into overtime, 66-all.
Doria spearheaded Adamson with 18 points and five rebounds while Lorenz Capulong tallied 10 markers and 10 rebounds.
Mark Nonoy had 20 points and 10 boards for UST.
The Tiger Cubs will try to bounce back against the De La Salle-Zobel Junior Archers on Dec. 12, Wednesday, at the same venue.
