The Varsitarian

July 20, 6 p.m. - RETALIATING from two consecutive losses, the UST Tiger Cubs clinched their first victory against De La Salle Santiago-Zobel Junior Archers, 59-47, at the Arena in San Juan Tuesday.

The Cubs engaged in a scoring barrage in the third quarter en route to a pulsating 27-point lead, 50-23, courtesy of rookie hotshot EJ Corre who scored eight points in the third quarter alone, to end the quarter at 50-25.

Glen Capacio and Gabriel Reyes combined for 29 points to help De La Salle recover but the Tiger Cubs never looked back as they maintained their double-digit lead until the final buzzer. Corre struck the final blow on the Junior Archers with a ferocious lay-up finisher via in-bound play in the last 35 seconds of the game that sealed the win for UST, 59-47.

Jaypee Sarcia topscored for UST with 17 points while Corre added 13 markers. Angelo Nonato P. Cabrera

Box Scores:

UST (56) – Sarcia- 17, Corre- 13, Cabauatan- 12, Mison- 8, Ferrer- 5, Ilarde- 4 Salas- 0, Lazaro- 0, Florentin- 0, Cabural- 0, Gooh- 0.

DLSZ (47) – Capacio- 18, Reyes- 11, Torres- 5, Subido- 4, Tempongko- 3, Roxas- 3, Calugcug- 2, Torres- 1, Salvador- 0, Monteiro- 0.

Quarter Scores:

18-5, 36-22, 50-25, 59-47.