Arellano clips Lyceum behind JL Capulong’s profession recreation

Arellano’s JL Capulong dominates in Arellano win over Lyceum in NCAA Season 100.–NCAA PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines–JL Capulong overpowered an undersized Lyceum College facet as Arellano College prevailed, 91-86, on Saturday on the NCAA Season 100 males’s basketball event.

Exploiting the plain mismatch across the rim, the heavy-duty 6-foot-6 pivotman dominated your entire frontline of the Pirates with a career-high 30 factors and 16 rebounds because the embattled Chiefs started their rigorous climb out of the pits.

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“It was all a part of our recreation plan, maximize the energy of our bigs,” stated Capulong in Filipino, who displayed a whole bundle of flattening pictures from mid-range and a wide range of brief jumpers aside from his invincible presence down low.

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Whereas Capulong stored the Arellano offense buzzing all through with double-double figures proper within the first half, speedy guards Maverick Vinoya and Ernest Geronimo sealed their fourth victory in 12 video games within the remaining minute.

After the Pirates knotted the depend at 88 on John Barba’s incursion and free throw, Geronimo drove by means of the tooth of the Lyceum protection to interrupt the impasse earlier than Vinoya raced down the ground for a swift lay in off a baseball pitch from the opposite finish.

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Lyceum’s JM Bravo passes out as his teammates test on him after a head-to-head collision with Arellano’s Renzo Abiera late within the Pirates’ loss to the Chiefs in NCAA Season 100.–NCAA PHOTO

“We’re on the backside of the standings and coach (Chico Manabat) insisted that we should always all work exhausting collectively and win one recreation at a time,” stated Capulong.

With the Chiefs forward by 4, the Pirates scrambled for a fast basket on the other facet in three consecutive possessions that yielded nothing, apart from an motionless John Bravo on the ground.

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Bravo misplaced his footing in a rebound scuffle and obtained banged up in a head-to-head collision with Renzo Abiera with eight seconds remaining because the Lyceum wingman was about to hit the deck.

Bravo laid there immobile however was closely respiratory for a couple of minutes earlier than he was stretchered out of the court docket that had your entire Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan freakishly nervous. He regained consciousness on the workforce’s dugout.

Coming off a torpid efficiency of their earlier match, Barba led the Pirates with 18 factors whereas Bravo added 17 as they absorbed a sixth defeat in 12 video games.

The scores

ARELLANO 91 – Capulong 30, Vinoya 14, Valencia 9, Miller 9, Borromeo 7, Abiera 4, Camay 4, Geronimo 4, Hernal 3, Flores 3, Libang 2, Ongotan 2, Rosalin 0

LYCEUM 86 – Barba 18, Bravo 17, Villegas 15, Montaño 10, Daileg 9, Peñafiel 5, Aviles 4, Versoza 4, Panelo 4, Pallingayan 0, Moralejo 0, Cunanan 0

Quarter scores: 26-17, 54-46, 72-68, 91-86