Lady Falcons still spotless
By Alder T. Almo
Manila, Philippines – Adamson Lady Falcons continue to dominate the UAAP Season 73 women’s basketball as they streaked to their eight straight win, routing Final Four contender De La Salle Lady Archers, 60-45, on Tuesday at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
The Lady Falcons used stifling defense in the middle periods to scuttle the Lady Archers. Adamson broke away from a tight first quarter with a 31-14 exchange bridging the second and third periods to run away with the victory.
Adamson’s defense held down La Salle to below 30 percent shooting in those quarters as the Lady Archers never got closer than 13 points the rest of the way.
Frontliners Anna Buendia and Annalyn Almasan tossed in 19 and 18 points, respectively to power the Lady Falcons. Almasan, the reigning MVP, also hauled down 19 boards to fuel the Lady Falcons’ sleek running game.
The Lady Archers, who only had Fil-Am center Kady Wilson scoring in double figures with 10 points, tumbled to their third loss in eight games.
In the other game, National University Lady Bulldogs led from start to finish in total domination of the winless University of the East Lady Warriors, 83-63.
Jovelyn Mejia flirted with triple-double as she scattered 22 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists to lead the Lady Bulldogs to their third win in eight games.
Pamela Meneses and Eden Alla chipped in 22 and 12 points, respectively, while Carmina Laguindanum had 9 markers, 13 boards and 6 steals for the Lady Bulldogs.
Cindy Resultay’s another huge game went down the drain as the Lady Warriors smacked to their eight straight loss. Resultay finished with a game-high 30 points, 18 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.
The Scores:
AdU 60 – Buendia 19, Almasan 18, Mangahas 7, Sandel 6, Roque 5, Bernardo 5, Penaranda 0, De Leon 0, Ortega 0.
DLSU 45 – Wilson 10, Viterbo 9, Urieta 9, Corcuera 6, Amador 5, Abaca 2, Santos 2, Ong 2, Andico 0, Santos 0, Calaquian 0.
Quarters: 14-13, 32-19, 45-27, 60-45.
NU 83 – Mejia 23, Meneses 22, Alla 12, Laguindanum 9, Mandap 7, Bonleon 5, Mendoza 3, Santos 0, Pama 0, Batnag 0, Pujante 0, Moll 0, Ramos 0, Letigio 0.
UE 63 – Resultay 30, Ventura 11, Dollero 9, Junsay 5, Floralde 3, Puno 2, Vergara 2, Tan 1, Gatmaitan 1, Silvestre 0, Paraguan 0, Monzales 0.
Quarters: 28-11, 37-33, 66-46, 83-63.
