FEU Tamaraws’ Jorick Bautista during a game against UE Red Warriors in the UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball tournament. –UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines–Far Eastern University kept its Final Four hopes alive after sending University of the East to a winless season, 84-77, in the UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball on Saturday at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The Tamaraws improved to 6-7 with their second straight win and three of the last four behind five players scoring in double figures, but not before preventing the Red Warriors from closing in during the fourth quarter.
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That left UE to suffer a dubious fate of failing to register a victory in all 14 games, equaling the feat of the similar misery the Red Warriors endured in the pandemic-delayed Season 84 in 2022.
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Jorick Bautista, Mohamed Konateh, Kirby Mongcopa, Janrey Pasaol and Neil Owens were key in the Tamaraws’ triumph in a game where they led for most of the way.
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Bautista had 17 points, three rebounds and six assists, Konateh registered 15 points and eight rebounds, Mongcopa dropped 14 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, Pasaol tallied 12 points, six assists and four steals and Owens added 10.
FEU led by a high of 16, but UE threatened several times in the fourth.
Precious Momowei posted 19 points, 14 rebounds and four steals in the Red Warriors setback that also extended a skid of 19 consecutive games dating back to the tailend of last season.
Wello Lingolingo added 14 points and four rebounds for UE.
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