La Salle held on to a 74-72 triumph against listless Far Eastern U to avenge its deflating defeat to Santo Tomas in the UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball yesterday at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.
The Green Archers banked on their defensive fangs in the clutch after going scoreless in the final minute and nearly losing a five-point lead as FEU’s Jorick Bautista muffed a game-tying lay-up in the last seven seconds for the Archers win.
La Salle, which beat Adamson, 60-58, but wasted a 12-point lead and bowed to host and dark horse Santo Tomas, 93-84, improved to 2-1 behind unbeaten Ateneo, Santo Tomas and National U.
Doy Dungo led the way with 17 points on three triples while Mason Amos, Jacob Cortez and EJ Gollena churned out 14 points each for La Salle, which only drew six points from team captain Mike Phillips on a 1-of-7 clip.
Phillips, however, collared 13 rebounds.