The Ateneo Blue Eagles hope to carry their massive 99-89 win over rival UP into the second round of the UAAP Season 86 basketball tournament, as they aim to “turn the corner.”
Ateneo head coach Tab Baldwin told reporters after the game that they want to carry the momentum off their first back-to-back wins to the most crucial stretch of the tourney.
Ateneo looked primed to beat UP in regulation, leading by 10, 78-68, with more than seven minutes left. “If we play them again, we just gotta play them possession by possession and we gotta respect them as I’m sure we would. We gotta prepare really, really hard.”vivo school tour updates: V29 5G takes center stage at Jose Rizal University
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