Ateneo Blue Eagles grabbed their tenth win for the UAAP season after winning over Adamson (AdU) Falcons, 79-72, Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
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| Photo: Nico Salva and Keifer Ravena, Ateneo Blue Eagles Photo Credit: PinoyExchange |
NICO SALVA CHAMP OF THE GAME with 24 points!!! That's what I call a Champ! Congratulations Bubba!!!
— Karla (@KarlaAguas) September 9, 2012
a nice game betweenAteneo and Adamson what a shootout ! props to Eric Camson and Nico Salva #GoAdU #LEGGOFALCONS!
— Moises Balagtas (@zesez) September 9, 2012
Salva continued to sizzle in the fourth quarter, tying the game at 63-all with 7 minutes and 18 seconds remaining.
Camson hit a three at the other end, before Ryan Buenafe scored his first three points via an and-one play, 66-all.
Freethrows and a jumper by Salva gave Ateneo a two-point lead, 70-68, at the 4:06 mark, before Camson hit another three, 70-71.
With less than three minutes remaining in the game, Nico Salva hit a go-ahead jumper, followed by a couple of freethrows from Keifer Ravena that gives lead at three, 74-71.
A split by Cabrera made it 74-72 for Adamson, before Ateneo went on a 5-0 blitz to enter the final minute of the game with a seven point lead, 79-72.