UP Fighting Maroons Basketball

12. 09.

UAAP Season 72 2nd Round

UP Fighting Maroons vs. Adamson Falcons
AdU wins 74-61
Sep 12, 2009, 2pm
Araneta Coliseum

The UP Fighting Maroons loses its last game in the UAAP Season 72 vs the Adamson Falcons 74-61. UP led most of the first half but a run by Adamson in the third quarter made sure that they will not lose a close game again. In playing his last year in the UAAP, and dedicating this game to his late father, Agapito who died last monday, Arvin had solid game contributing 10 points. 4th year player Woody Co led UP with 13 points and ended as the top scorer for UP this season.

UP ended the season with 3 wins and 11 losses, the same record last year and tied NU for 7th place in the overall standings. But it is without a doubt that the highlight for this season were the wins versus Ateneo and La Salle, giving Ateneo their only defeat this season.

Box Score:

AdU 74 – Camson 13, Colina 12, Canuday 11, Nuyles 10, Galinato 6, Alvarez 5, Margallo 4, Lozada 4, Canada 4, Cabrera 3, Lapitan 2, Penalosa 0, Sandoval 0, Ruiz 0, Basillio 0.

UP 61- Co 13, Braganza 10, Martin Reyes 8, Juruena 5, Astorga 5, Padilla 4, Lopez 4, Mikee Reyes 3, Gamboa 3, Sison 0, Maniego 0, De Asis 0, Marfori 0, Gomez 0, Gingerich 0.

29. 08.

UAAP Season 72

UP Fighting Maroons vs. FEU Tamaraws
FEU wins 86-74
Aug 29, 2009, 2pm
FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan

The FEU tamaraws started strong beating the UP Fighting Maroons 86-74. The lead ballooned to 22 points at the start of the 4th quarter but UP cut the lead to 9 with 2 minutes left but just like the game vs UST, they ran out of time catching up.

Rookie Mikee Reyes who was hot the last game vs La Salle was a non-factor scoring just 2 points. Woody Co led UP with 24 points and another good game by Mark Lopez contributing 16 points. Alvin Padilla who played despite having a 3rd degree sprain a week ago had 14 points and a season high 6 steals.

Box Score

FEU 86 –Garcia 17, Ramos 16, Barroca 11, Noundou 10, Cervantes 9, Eguilos 8, Cawaling 8,Sanga 4, Vinluan 2, Exciminiano 1, Tanuan 0, Pereabras 0, Knuttel 0, Caluag 0.

UP 74 – Co 24, Lopez 16, Padilla 14, Braganza 8, Juruena 4, Ma. Reyes 3, De Asis 3, Mi. Reyes 2, Sison 0, Maniego 0, Gomez 0, Astorga 0.

20. 08.

UAAP Season 72

UP Fighting Maroons vs. UST Growling Tigers
UST wins 93-88
Aug 20, 2009, 2pm
Araneta Coliseum

With hot shooting UST having a 31 point lead in the third quarter, the UP Fighting Maroons almost made a comeback cutting the deficit to 5 with 8 seconds left in the game, but time was not on their side as UP loses to the Growling Tigers, 93-88. Leading UP were rookie Alvin Padilla scoring 21 points and former Rookie of the Year Woody Co contributing 24 points.

Although UP lost this game, we can see that the future is bright for the UP Fighting Maroons, specially the play of Alvin Padilla, who by the way is ineligible for the Rookie of the Year honors because he is not a freshman but a transferee from San Beda. With the entry of Mike Silungan in UAAP Season 73, I think Padilla and Silungan will be a formidable combination for the fighting maroons next year.

Box Score

UST 93 – Ababou 23, Bautista 17, Fortuna 14, Teng 13, Mirza 13, Camus 8, Maliksi 3, Afuang 2, Ungria 0, Green 0, Cam 0, Aytona 0.

UP 88 – Co 24, Padilla 21, Lopez 18, Mikee Reyes 5, Sison 4, De Asis 4, Gomez 3, Gamboa 3, Martin Reyes 2, Gingerich 2, Braganza 2, Maniego 0, Hipolito 0, Juruena 0, Astorga 0.

8. 08.

UAAP Season 72

UP Fighting Maroons vs. UST Growling Tigers
UST wins 95-85
Aug 8, 2009, 4pm
Araneta Coliseum

Rookie Mikee Reyes had a breakout game, scoring 21 points but could not lead UP to its second win, losing to UST, 95-85. Another tough loss for UP which led most of the first half, Woody Co, still wearing a protective mask led UP with 23 points.

UP made 13 three point shots, a season high for the maroons. UP ends the first round with a 1 win, 6 loss record, their only win coming from the no. 1 team, Ateneo. Please support our team and I know they will still improve in the second round and may surprise the other teams again.

Box Score

UST 95 – Ababou 23, Mirza 22, Teng 22, Camus 8, Bautista 7, Fortuna 4, Aytona 3, Afuang 3, Maliksi 2, Green 1.

UP 85 – Co 23, Mikee Reyes 21, Martin Reyes 17, Sison 8, Padilla 8, Lopez 3, Braganza 3, Gomez 2, Maniego 0, De Asis 0.

6. 08.

UAAP Season 72

UP Fighting Maroons vs. University of the East Red Warriors
UE wins 77-69
Aug 6, 2009, 2pm
Araneta Coliseum

UP had a chance to seal the win in regulation, but Rookie Alvin Padilla missed 1 of 2 free throws with UP leading by 3 points with 9 seconds left. Then Acuna of UE beat the buzzer with a 3 point shot and tied the game at 65, sending the game into overtime.

In the extra period, it was all UE as veteran Elmer Espiritu took over the game, leading UE to a 77-69 win over the maroons. Woody Co led UP with 23 points, but could not lead UP to its second win and ties NU and Adamson at the bottom of the standings.

Although the loss is heartbreaking, it was a big improvement from last year, specially versus UE, where they lost to UE by 30 points. Hoping UP bounces back this saturday against UST for their final game of the 1st round. Game time will be 4pm at the Araneta Coliseum.

Please support the UP Fighting Maroons!

Box Scores

UE 77 – Lingganay 16, Espiritu 15, Lee 13, Llagas 10, Acuna 7, Bandaying 2, Reyes 4, Zamar 3, Duran 2, Alabanza 2, Tagarda 0, Noble 0, Ayala 0.

UP 69 – Co 23, Reyes 14, Padilla 10, Lopez 9, Reyes 4, Gomez 4, Juruena 3, Sison 2, Maniego 0, Hipolito 0, De Asis 0, Braganza 0.

Other Game Results:
Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws defeats University of Santo Tomas (UST) Tigers, 90-63

26. 07.

UAAP Season 72

UP Fighting Maroons vs. Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles
UP wins 68-58
July 26, 2009, 4pm
Philsports Arena

Box Scores

UP 68 – Co 15, Lopez 15, Gomez 9, Padilla 8, Sison 7, Braganza 7, De Asis 3, Maniego 2, Juruena 2, Mikee Reyes 0, Martin Reyes 0, Gingerich 0, Gamboa 0.

ADMU 68 – Al-Hussaini 17, Salva 11, Salamat 9, Reyes 8, Long 5, Monfort 3, Chua 2, Baclao 2, Gonzaga 1, Tiongson 0, Sumalinog 0, Golla 0, De Chavez 0, Buenafe 0, Austria 0.

18. 07.

UAAP Season 72

UP Fighting Maroons vs. Adamson Falcons
Adamson wins 72-68
July 18, 2009, 2pm
Araneta Coliseum

Box Scores

AdU 72 – Colina 14, Canada 11, Camson 11, Alvarez 9, Canuday 8, Nuyles 6, Galinato 6, Santos 5, Cabrera 2, Margallo 0, Lozada 0, Basilllio 0.

UP 68 – Co 17, Sison 12, Martin Reyes 9, Gomez 8, Padilla 6, Mikee Reyes 5, Maniego 4, Lopez 2, Braganza 2, Astorga 2, Juruena 1, Marfori 0, De Asis 0.

15. 05.

UP Fighting Maroons defeats UST, 71-62 to gain its first win in the 2009 Nike Summer League. Veterans Woody Co and Martin Reyes led UP with 16 and 15 points respectively.

Box Score

UP 71 – Co 26, Martin Reyes 15, Silungan 14, Lopez 6, Padilla 4, Dejito 2, Gomez 2, Braganza 2, Mikee Reyes 0, Sison 0, Juruena 0, Gamboa 0, Hipolito 0, Lao 0, Marfori 0.

UST 62 – Bautista 16, Teng 15, Mirza 15, Ungria 5, Afuang 5, Fortuna 4, Green 2, Camus 0, Marquez 0, Aytona 0, Cam 0, Hadi 0, Alupani 0.