DLSU Clamps Down UST Shooters With 75-66 Win

DLSU Clamps Down UST Shooters With 75-66 Win

DLSU (4-1) bounced back from the Ateneo loss with a new offensive look outclassing UST (2-3) with a score of 75-66. Justine Baltazar was the focal point of La Salle offense posting up or making spot-up shots. Together with Michael and Benjamin Phillips, La Salle now have high-low plays as the big men converge at the paint. Of course UST is shorter but its a glimpse of what La Salle can do against stronger teams. Baltazar opened up the scoring for La Salle with 5 straight points at the post and at rainbow country. Baltazar would not stop there. Shooter Emmanuel Galman suits up for La Salle for the first time this season and hits the 3-pointers. Joshua Fontanilla, Nic Cabanero and Christian Manaytay would score for  UST but La Salle leads 23-16 end of the first quarter. With DLSU closing down on the shooters of UST, Fontanilla and Cabanero have to drive and dish. Baltazar keeps the inside outside threat going, this time La Salle fielded in shooters Kurt Lojera and Cyrus Austria. The La Salle defense has pressured UST scorer Sherwin Concepcion into passing the ball. It was 42-27 at the half. UST's 3-point shooting has the La Salle lead into 46-37 until Lojera heats up with drives to the basket. La Salle's stifling press defense, their offense humming and Michael Phillips cleaning up the boards, they lead as much as 19 points at 58-39. The 3rd quarter ends at 61-44 with UST big man Bryan Santos hitting a 3-ball. 4th quarter was when Cabanero and Fontanilla were most aggressive driving inside they cut the lead 65-56 with 6 minutes left in the game. It looks like UST has another rally in them at 71-62 with 3 minutes left in the ball game when Manaytay missed on a breakaway drive. It proved a costly miss as Baltazar scored on a post-up play and La Salle pulls away at last. Baltazar scored 20 points for La Salle while Lojera added 15, Galman 13 and M. Phillips 8. UST was led by Fontanilla with 20, Cabanero 20, Manaytay 9 and Santos 9.