FEU sweeps first round of women's basketball

By Donjie Carreon Posted Aug 4th 2013

Defending champions Far Eastern University completed its sweep of the first round of the Season 75 Women’s basketball tournament with surprising ease, as it dispatched De La Salle University, 70-49, on Sunday at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

The Lady Archers were bent on limiting FEU’s Camille Sambile and assigned Nicole Garcia to shadow her. The ploy was effective in the first quarter, as Sambille was held scoreless and forced to sit out after picking two quick fouls.

But the Lady Tamaraws exploded for 29 points in the second quarter for a 41-20 halftime lead as they started hitting their perimeter shots while Sambile finally escaped Garcia.

La Salle failed to get going in the second half, and when the lead ballooned to as much as 70-40 in the middle of the fourth quarter FEU coach Allan Albano finally pulled out his starters. 

“Maganda yung planning naming particularly sa depensa… Maganda din yung gising namin (kaya maraming pumasok sa perimeter)… Alam ko mananalo kami pero di ko inexpect na ganito kalaki,” said Albano.

The FEU coach said that with the first round sweep complete, he will give his team time to rest and recuperate and study game tapes to see which areas they can still improve on. FEU is now 7-0, while La Salle falls to third with its 5-2 slate.

Sambile led FEU with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Maritess Albano added 14 points. Jack Tanaman and Vangie Soriano also chipped in 10 points each. No one from La Salle scored in double digits, with Cass Santos’s nine the team high.

In other games, National University defeated University of Sto. Tomas, 81-69, to finish second in the first round standings at 6-1 and dump the Lady Tigresses to fifth with a 3-4 card.

Adamson University (4-3) finished fourth after its 81-53 thumping of Ateneo de Manila University (0-7), while the University of the Philippines (3-4) beat the University of the East (1-6), 67-55.

The scores: 

FEU 70- Sambile 19, Albano, 14, Tanaman 10, Soriano 10, Gesalan 5, Siat 4, Chan 4, Gabriel 2, Basa 2

DLSU 49- Santos 9, Vergara 8, Ong 8, Garcia 5, Oyao 4, Corcuera 4, Abaca, 4 Ramos 2, Piatos 2, Claro 1

Quarter scores: 12-11, 41-20, 54-30, 70-49

NU 81- Abram 20, Bernardino 15, Gupilan 14, Escoto 12, Tongco 8, Antiquera 6, Paig 5, Bonleon 1

UST 69- Cortes 20, Mejia 12, Rivera 10, Salvador 8, Reyes, 8 Ong 7, Angles 3, Felisarta 1

Quarter scores: 14-17, 32-32, 51-52, 81-69

ADU 81- Balasta 15, Cochico 12, Bilbao 12, Quingco 9, Tongco 7, Garrido 7, Taller 6, Osano 4, De Castro 4, Ong 2, Amper 2, Buscas 1

ADMU 53- Nunez 16, Deacon 12, Uy de Ong 7, Bunedia 6, Jose 5, Tantoco 3, Bo-ot 2, Belarmino 2

Quarter scores: 18-14, 34-21, 58-42, 81-53

UP 67- Salapong 21, Topacio 11, Daez 9, Luna 8, Wong 7, Furaganan 5, Tatel 4, Pioquinto 1, Aliermo 1

UE 55- Ventura 16, Tacula 10, Valdez 8, Domino 5, Doqueza 4, Ano-os 4, Sto. Domingo 3, Mendina 3, Ramos 2

Quarter scores: 14-10, 34-22, 51-38, 67-55