Published December 17, 2022 4:14pm
Updated December 17, 2022 4:14pm
Colegio de San Juan de Letran will search to construct a dynasty whereas De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde will look to have a date with future when the NCAA Season 98 males’s basketball event comes right down to its final recreation of the season on Sunday for the winner-take-all Game 3.
Game time is at 3 p.m. on the Ynares Center in Antipolo City with Letran vying to cop its third straight championship whereas Benilde is eyeing to finish a 22-year title drought.
The Knights and the Blazers break up the primary two video games after the reigning champions eked out a dominant 81-75 victory in Game 1 the place Louie Sangalang, King Caralipio, and Kurt Reyson took over as they moved on the cusp of the crown.
But that Taft crew made certain to not soak up a sweep, carving out a 76-71 triumph to even out the collection. Will Gozum proved why he is the Season MVP as he steered the Blazers to the Game 2 win alongside Miggy Corteza and Migs Oczon.
And it’ll all boil down to 1 final recreation.
Benilde head coach Charles Tiu harassed that whereas the momentum is on their facet, they cannot simply rely the defending champions out because the Knights are tipped to go all out.
“I don’t know whose momentum is this kasi you can say we have the momentum pero sila ‘yung champion team eh. They don’t panic at all e,” Tiu mentioned.
“Even if may run na kami, wala, composed na composed sila. I can’t say we have the momentum, I think even lang talaga.”
Letran, in the meantime, will probably be an incomplete workforce come the do-or-die match as workforce captain Fran Yu will serve his one-game suspension after a disqualifying 4 he sustained within the earlier recreation.
And head coach Bonnie Tan admitted it is going to be a problem to play with out their fundamental gunner, whose management tremendously boosted the workforce all season lengthy.
“Ang biggest challenge is playing without a leader sa loob ng court. Alam naman natin kung ano ‘yung nabibigay ni Fran Yu, na isang leader namin.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
