UP wins 1st game in FilOil Tournament

2011 FilOil Flying V Preseason Invitational Cup
UP Fighting Maroons vs Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights
UP defeats Letran, 65-63
April 13, 2011 – Arena, San Juan

Game Highlights:
- Mike Gamboa who did not play in the previous UAAP Season scored only 6 points but made the crucial 3 pointer with 33 seconds left in the game to give UP the lead
- Nigerian-Rookie Alinko Mbah with 10 points and 9 rebounds
- Mike Silungan led the UP Fighting Maroons with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
- Carlo Gomez contributed 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
- Debut win for new Coach Ricky Dandan

Game scores:
UP 65
– Silungan 13, Gomez 12, Mbah 10, Maniego 8, Gamboa 6, Manuel 6, Romero 5, Juruena 3, Montecastro 2, Gingerich 0, Ball 0, Wong 0, Weirzba 0

Letran 63 – Racal 14, K. Alas 11, Belorio 10, Cortes 9, Cruz 6, J. Alas 6, Taplah 4, Espiritu 3, Mendoza 0, Pantin 0, Gabriel 0
Quarter scores: 15-14, 38-31, 49-52, 65-63

FilOil Quarterfinals: UP vs FEU on June 9

2010 FilOil Flying V Preseason Tournament Quarterfinals
UP Fighting Maroons vs FEU Tamaraws
Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 11am
The Arena, San Juan

Good luck to UP on their 1st Quarterfinals appearance in a FilOil Flying V Preseason Tournament! Please watch on June 9 and continue to support our team!

Ateneo beats UP by 20

2010 FilOil Flying V Preseason Tournament
UP Fighting Maroons vs Ateneo Blue Eagles

Ateneo wins 87-67

UP beats DLSU
DLSU beats Ateneo
Ateneo beats UP

Some notes from the game:
- UP just scored 6pts in the 3rd quarter
- Ateneo led by 40pts, 78-38
- Mike Silungan led UP again with 32pts

Game Scores:

Ateneo 87 – Salamat 15, Long 13, Salva 13, Tiongson 11, Erram 6, dela Cruz 6, Gonzaga 6, Monfort 5, Austria 4, Chua 3, de Chavez 3, Escueta 2, Buenafe 0, Burke 0, Golla 0.

UP 67 – Silungan 32, Padilla 12, Reyes 7, Mbah 6, Co 5, Juruena 2, Saret 2, Gomez 1, Lopez 0, Maniego 0, Gingerich 0, Flores 0, Pascual 0.

Quarter scores: 28-19; 50-32; 78-38; 87-67.

UP defeats Emilio Aguinaldo

2010 FilOil Flying V Preseason Tournament
UP Fighting Maroons vs Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals
UP wins 78-75

Rookie Mike Silungan scored 35 points to help the UP Fighting Maroons win over Emilio Aguinaldo College, 78-75 and won their second straight game after losing their opening game in the 2010 FilOil Flying V Preseason Tournament.

Notes from the Game:
- Mike Silungan scored 24pts in the 1st half, 13 in the 2nd qtr (5 three point shots)
- Woody Co, Magi Sison, Alvin Padilla did not play the game
- Sophomores Moriah Gingerich (2 three point shots) and Carlo Gomez each had 8 and 12pts respectively
- Rookie Martin Pascual scored 7pts
- Another Rookie Joshua Saret scored 6pts and made a clutch layup at the end game to stop the run of EAC

Game Scores:

UP 78 – Silungan 35, Gomez 12, Gingerich 8, Pascual 7, Saret 6, Juruena 4, Mbah 4, Lopez 2, Reyes 0, Flores 0, Maniego 0, Evangelista 0.

EAC 75 – Cubo 16, L. Yaya 15, Mendoza 11, Chiong 10, Vargas 8, Lim 6, R. Yaya 4, Diolanto 3, Lapitan 2, Tuazon 0, Villegas 0.

Quarter scores: 20-22, 46-41, 64-58, 78-75.

UP defeats La Salle

2010 FilOil Flying V Preseason Tournament
UP Fighting Maroons vs De La Salle Green Archers
UP wins 68-61

Some notes from the game:
- Top Scorer Rookie Mike Silungan with 12 points
- Veteran Woody Co had 11 points
- Rookie Point Guard Joshua Saret contributed 8 points
- La Salle led to start the Game 10-0 but UP had a good second half
- UP committed 26 turnovers
- UP outrebounded DLSU 46-37
- Current Standing of UP 1-1
- 1st loss by La Salle in 3 games

Game Scores:

UP 68 – Silungan 12, Co 11, Gomez 9, Saret 8, Juruena 7, Sison 6, Padilla 5, Lopez 4, Ma. Reyes 4, Gingerich 2, Flores 0, Pascual 0.

DLSU 61 – Banal 9, dela Paz 8, Villanueva 7, Ferdinand 7, Webb 6, Andrada 5, Vosotros 4, Paredes 4, Tampus 2, Marata 2.

Quarter scores: 16-21, 40-37, 55-46, 68-61.

San Beda defeats UP

2010 FilOil Flying V Preseason Invitational Cup
UP Fighting Maroons vs San Beda Red Lions
San Beda defeats UP 70-61

With only 7 players available in their first game, the UP Fighting Maroons gave San Beda Red Lions a scare making the game close in the last quarter but San Beda held on to win 70-61. Next UAAP Season Rookie Mike Silungan led UP with 25 points, followed by Veteran Magi Sison with 13 points and a surprise player for UP Rookie Joshua Saret with 9 points and 7 assists.

The core of the UP Fighting Maroons were missing including Woody Co, Alvin Padilla and Mikey Reyes due to an injury or school commitments.

For those who do not know, Joshua Saret was the player who broke the Juniors NCAA Record last year for points, scoring 89 points in a single game for JRU. Jett Manual is also one of the prized rookies for the UP Fighting Maroons from champion team Xavier, also missed the game.

Game scores:

SBC 70 – A. Semerad 17, dela Rosa 12, Pascual K. 8, Hermida 7, Villahermosa 5, Daniel 5, J. Pascual 4, Lanete 4, D. Semerad 2, Mendoza 2.

UP 61 – Silungan 25, Sison 13, Saret 9, Lopez 7, Gomez 5, Mbah 2, Reyes 0.

Quarter scores: 17-14, 34-30, 55-44, 70-61.