The Warriors, who had won three of their last four games, moved one victory behind the fifth-running Maroons and National U, which earlier drubbed University of Santo Tomas, 91-83, and two adrift idle No. Desiderio struggled for eight markers while Manzo had seven points and Ouattara finished with two before fouling out. “We did a great job defensively, containing Desiderio, Manzo and Ouattara,” said UE coach Derrick Pumaren. Juan Gomez de Liano took scoring cudgels with 22 for UP, which lost five of its last six games. Earlier, Issa Gaye and Matt Salem spearheaded an explosive second half charge as the Bulldogs posted an eight-point victory over the winless Tigers, 91-83.

Source: Philippine Star October 22, 2017 16:07 UTC