Published December 17, 2022 4:29pm
Updated December 17, 2022 4:29pm
Top-seed De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde willed its approach to a winner-take-all rubber match versus defending champion Colegio de San Juan de Letran within the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the Philippines (NCAA) Season 98 Men’s Senior Basketball Finals.
The highly-anticipated NCAA Finals Game 3 is scheduled on Sunday, December 18, on the Ynares Center in Antipolo City, with a simulcast at 3 p.m. on GMA and GTV.
Last Sunday (Dec. 11), viewers had been glued to their screens because the Letran Knights and Benilde Blazers each confirmed their will to outlast each other.
Based on Nielsen Philippines’ National Urban TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM) in a single day scores for Dec. 11, the NCAA Season 98 Men’s Senior Basketball Finals Game 2 posted a mixed individuals ranking of three.8 p.c (for GMA and GTV). It dominated rival reveals which aired on TV5 (1.4 p.c individuals ranking), A2Z (1.4 p.c individuals ranking), and Kapamilya Channel (0.3 p.c individuals ranking).
Online, the livestream of Game 2 tallied 1.6 million views on Facebook, 265,000 views on YouTube, and 61,600 views on Twitter based on knowledge from Tubular Labs.
Taking house the essential victory final Sunday, 76-71, the Benilde Blazers stored its hopes alive with NCAA Season 98 Most Valuable Player Will Gozum and Miggy Corteza each delivering 21 factors to show the sport round and pressure a Game 3 showdown this Sunday. Coming from an ankle damage in earlier video games, rookie Migs Oczon additionally stepped up large time to assist his crew keep alive within the best-of-three finals.
The three-peat searching for Letran Knights, alternatively, tried to go for the sweep with key gamers Brent Paraiso and Louie Sangalang maintaining the scores shut till the very finish. The Knights completed the sport with out crew captain Fran Yu who was slapped with a disqualifying foul within the second interval.
Prior to the heated Game 2, a particular program was held to acknowledge distinctive groups and gamers of the season.
Gozum was named Season 98 MVP after averaging 16.9 factors and 9.8 rebounds. He is the primary Benilde participant to win the award in 17 years.
He bested this Season’s Mythical Selection members that embody San Beda University’s JB Bahio and James Kwekuteye, Letran’s King Caralipio, and Arellano University’s Cade Flores.
Flores was additionally awarded because the Defensive Player and Rookie of the Year. Joining the Chiefs star ahead within the defensive crew are Gozum, Bahio, Perpetual Help’s Mark Omega, and San Sebastian’s Romel Calahat.
Lyceum’s Shawn Umali, alternatively, gained the Most Improved Player award. The whole San Beda crew was honored with the Sportsmanship award.
“It has been an exciting season for the NCAA. GMA Network, through GMA Synergy, is proud of our student athletes as they showcased their skills and sportsmanship throughout this season. Whoever wins between the Letran Knights and the Benilde Blazers truly deserve the championship. Indeed, the NCAA inspires everyone to ‘Achieve Greatness Every Day.’ We would like to thank the NCAA community for joining all the players and the teams in their journey this season, the sports fans who showed their support in every game, and all the Kapuso viewers who continue to make watching NCAA games their habit. We are also grateful for the trust of the NCAA Policy Board and Management Committee,” says First VP and Head of GMA Regional TV and Synergy and Acting Head of GMA Integrated News Oliver Victor Amoroso.
Game 3 of the NCAA Finals can be anchored by Synergy Sports host Martin Javier. Joining him is sports activities commentator Andrei Felix and Philippine basketball legend and analyst Coach Jerry “Defense Minister” Codiñera.
Sparkle artist Bianca Umali and standard woman group XoXo add pleasure to the Finals throughout halftime.
Don’t miss the NCAA Season 98 Men’s Basketball Finals on Dec. 18 airing dwell on GMA and GTV at 3 PM. Get your tickets by way of www.ticketmax.ph.
Catch the livestream on the NCAA Philippines web site, NCAA Philippines Facebook web page and YouTube channel, and GMA Sports’ Facebook and Twitter pages. Kapuso overseas can catch all of the motion by way of worldwide channel GMA News TV.
For extra updates on NCAA, go to its official web site www.ncaa.com.ph. Follow @ncaaphilippines, @gmasynergy, and @gmasportsph on social media.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
