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Ateneo–La Salle rivalry Ateneo and La Salle in UAAP Season 86 basketball Sports Various Location Philippines Teams Ateneo Blue Eagles De La Salle Green Archers First meeting 1924 (NCAA) Latest meeting October 26, 2024 (UAAP) Stadiums Araneta Coliseum Mall of Asia Arena Statistics Most wins Ateneo (basketball, 56–41) Largest victory Ateneo: 25 points, 80–55 (September 14, 1996) La Salle ...
Pumaren closed the gap to four points at 74–70, with two free throws off Joseph Kenneth Nieto, but the Blue Eagles prevented further scoring opportunities for La Salle; Santa Maria fouled Daniel Francisco, who converted his two free-throws to give Ateneo the win, and a successful defense of their championship.
With a 14–0 sweep giving them a bye up to the best-of-3 finals, La Salle won their first thirteen games; their last game was against arch rival Ateneo. The two teams were locked 43–all when Wesley Gonzales, Rich Alvarez, Larry Fonacier and Andrew Cruz engineered a 21–3 run to put Ateneo up 64–46 with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter.
La Salle's go-to guy Joseph Yeo scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half to blow the game wide open; he led the 11–0 run at the third quarter to erase Ateneo's three-point halftime lead to a 43–31 La Salle lead. Ateneo will not catch up, and La Salle qualifies for the finals with a 74–57 victory. [2]
The defending champions were the De La Salle Green Archers (men), Ateneo Lady Eagles (women) and the De La Salle Junior Archers (juniors). Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines president Chito Narvasa is the season's commissioner.
Finals Most Valuable Player: Nonoy Baclao (Ateneo Blue Eagles) La Salle started the game with an 8–3 scoreline, capped by a Simon Atkins three-pointer. Ateneo came back with their own 24–9 run to hold the lead 27–17 despite Al-Hussaini riding the bench with two personal fouls. Ateneo closed out the first half with another 8-0 run to lead ...
January 12: La Salle (3–0) Ateneo at the Mall of Asia Arena (25–16, 25–20, 25–16) January 19: La Salle (3–0) Ateneo at the Filoil Flying V Arena (25–14, 25–14, 25–19) La Salle has the thrice-to-beat advantage after sweeping the elimination round.
Ateneo needed their twice-to-beat advantage to outlast La Salle in a fight-marred series to advance to the Finals, while FEU needed one game to eliminate a stubborn UE team. In the Finals, FEU coach Koy Banal led the team to victory over a tired Ateneo team coached by his brother Joel to win FEU's first UAAP men's basketball championship since ...