The University of the Philippines have an opportunity to defend their championship as they booked a slot within the UAAP Season 85 Finals after escaping National University, 69-61, on Wednesday within the Final Four match on the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Down 61-58 with 3:03 left, the Fighting Maroons had an 11-0 run late within the ultimate interval to say the win. John Lloyd Clemente tried to cease the bleeding for NU with a triple however missed, with free throws from Harold Alarcon sealing the deal for the Diliman-based squad.
At the tip of the primary half, the Bulldogs had the benefit, 38-35.
This is UP’s second straight finals look and it’ll look ahead to the winner of the Ateneo de Manila-Adamson sequence that begins tonight. The Blue Eagles maintain the twice-to-beat bonus.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
