Forthsky Padrigao showed nerves of steel as University of Santo Tomas survived National University, 67-64, in the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Saturday, Sept. 21.
Padrigao, who finished with eight points and five assists, drilled a stepback jumper at the top of the key with 29 seconds left to spoil Steve Nash Enriquez and Jake Figueroa’s second-half heroics for the Bulldogs.Mo Tounkara and Nic Cabanero also starred especially down the stretch for the Pido Jarencio-mentored squad when NU was making a run in the fourth quarter.
Though the momentum was on the side of NU entering the fourth period, UST rose to the occasion with Manaytay and Tounkara then Padrigao sinking key baskets to make it 61-60 with under three minutes left.
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