UAAP Season 87 basketball Finals schedule
December 8, Sunday – Game 1 – Smart Araneta Coliseum
- 1pm– NU Lady Bulldogs vs UST Growling Tigresses (women’s)
- 5:30pm – La Salle Green Archers vs UP Fightings Maroons (men’s)
UP Fighting Maroons and La Salle Green Archers begin their UAAP Finals duel on Sunday. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
None of the previous results between La Salle and University of the Philippines (UP) matter when Game 1 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament gets going.
Even two-time MVP Kevin Quiambao of the Green Archers knows that. All that matters is who will come in more prepared for Sunday’s clash at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
“I think, coming to this finals, right now it’s back to 0-0,” Quiambao said as La Salle renews its rivalry against the Fighting Maroons that started last season. “No matter what the history of our past games in round one and two, this is a new game.”
University of Santo Tomas worked its way towards getting the shot to defend its UAAP women’s basketball crown.
But there were no big on-court celebrations, just a team huddle after the final buzzer and a gingerly walk back to the dugout after the school hymn. That’s because the Growling Tigresses know what’s ahead of them.
Santo Tomas stopped Adamson dead on its tracks at the close of the stepladder semifinals on Wednesday at Smart Araneta Coliseum and will be squaring off against a familiar foe in National University (NU) for the Season 87 championship with both finalists eyeing a sort of redemption.
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