Archer King Simon Atkins against Eagle Emmanuel Monfort.
Ryan Buenafe of the Blue Eagles scored seven points.
Kirk Long of the Blue Eagles fouled out in the 4th quarter.
Eagle Nico Salva scored five points.
Archer Jovet Mendoza on the move.
According to Inboundpass.com, "The Blue Eagles had a chance to tie it up after Salamat stole the ball with 26 seconds left, but his outlet pass was broken up, and a jump ball was called."
GMANews.tv reports, "The Eagles had a chance to send the game into overtime with a three-pointer but Justin Chua, the hero of Ateneo's 68-56 win over University of Santo Tomas on [July 18] and again delivered big shots in the fourth period, muffed an open triple try."
The quarter scores: 14-15, 26-30, 46-42, 66-63
Joseph Marata (#16) was hailed Player of the Game.
Joseph Marata scored two crucial triples within 30 seconds near the end of the game.
Bianca Gonzales (left) and Saab Magalona (right). Magalona tweeted during the game, "Couple of tweets saying they saw me on TV. Excuse the crazy eyes, I love ADMU-DLSU games haha! GO #ATENEO!"
Spotted: Jiggy Cruz, nephew of Pres. Noynoy Aquino
A young Archer is indoctrinated into the longstanding rivalry.
A La Salle fan brings a piece of the recent FIFA World Cup to the UAAP game.
La Salle fans rejoice at the Archers' first win over the Blue Eagles since 2007.
Bro. Armin Luistro (center, in white), the new Department of Education secretary, celebrates with the green crowd.
"I don't know what to say, I'm so happy. We were down nine points but the boys showed their heart," La Salle Coach Dindo Pumaren, former coach of the University of the East Red Warriors and brother of former Coach Franz Pumaren, told GMANews.tv.
"We didn't finish strong," Ateneo Coach Norman Black told GMANews.tv. "And it didn't help that Kirk Long fouled out and Eman Monfort went down with cramps in the end."
The De La Salle Animo Squad performs during halftime.
The Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion performs during halftime.
