Pirates present character in come-from-behind win

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Lyceum’s Enoch Valdez soars for a layup in opposition to the Arellano Chiefs. –NCAA Photo5

Greater than profitable a fifth straight recreation, Gilbert Malabanan of Lyceum appreciated what he noticed after his Pirates wanted to stroll the tightrope on this one.

“I feel this one confirmed our character,” Malabanan mentioned after his Pirates rallied from 24 factors down to assert an 89-77 win over Arellano and keep within the NCAA Season 99 males’s basketball event lead at San Juan Area on Friday.

“[For me] that’s No. 1. We didn’t surrender till the ultimate buzzer and that’s the nice factor,” he went on. “Everybody, even when the deficit was massive, by no means gave up.”

Malabanan was notably pleased with how his crew received collectively when the chips had been really down. He is aware of that character will serve them nicely after they go up in opposition to the massive weapons later within the first spherical.

“At first, they had been hesitant to shoot and create with their determination making however when extra time got here, they received their rhythm and that’s the nice factor.”

The Pirates trailed, 48-29, on the half, earlier than flipping the swap as they restricted the Chiefs to solely 9 factors within the third quarter to make a recreation out of it.

Mclaude Guadaña capped off the comeback run in regulation with a steal and a triple to tie the sport at 75 with 14.5 left.

With their confidence at a excessive after that, it was a unique Lyceum facet that confirmed up.

“Good factor is, all of us had been engaged and on one web page and received the win, which we actually labored onerous for,” mentioned captain Enoch Valdez, who completed with recreation highs of 26 factors and 14 rebounds.

Lorenz Capulong had 13 factors and 12 rebounds, whereas Danielle Mallari completed with 11 factors within the defeat, the Chiefs’ fourth straight.

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