Naveen Ganglani
BIG DOES WORK. Papi Sarr (L) goes for a lay-up during Adamson's most recent win. Photo by Josh Albelda/ Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – The Adamson Soaring Falcons have started UAAP Season 79 winning 3 of their first 4 games after defeating the NU Bulldogs, 64-51, on Wednesday, September 21, at the Mall of Asia Arena.
In what was a close game all throughout the contest, the younger Falcons looked like the more poised team down the stretch by getting big stops and quality looks on offense to seal the victory.
Papi Sarr had his best game of the season with 13 points and 17 boards while Frederick Tungcab finished with 11 points in the win.
Alfred Aroga led the Bulldogs with 17 points and 13 boards. J-Jay Alejandro was held scoreless in 26.5 minutes.
The game started to get away from the Bulldogs when Jerrick Ahanmisi converted a 3-point play to give his team a 56-51 lead with two minutes left. Later with 45.5 seconds remaining, Sean Manganti drilled a baseline pull-up to give the Falcons an 8-point edge.
NU, which had 4 turnovers in the final two minutes and 20 overall for the game, didn’t score the rest of the way, and dropped to 2-2 in the league standings. – Rappler.com
