MANILA -- Tey Teodoro fired the go-ahead jumper that won the game for Jose Rizal University (JRU) against Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC), 60-59, in the NCAA Season 92 men’s basketball competition at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan on Thursday.
The Heavy Bombers were trailing by a thread, 58-59, following Francis Munsayac’s basket for the Generals. But Teodoro found an opening seconds later and drilled the clutch basket that proved to be the difference.
This saved the Heavy Bombers, which struggled with their shooting throughout the game. With the win, JRU improved its record to 2-3.
Teodoro ended up with 21 points.
He got help from Mark Cruz, who contributed 14 points -- his best performance of the year after scoring just a total of six in his first four outings.
JRU coach Vergel Meneses, however, wasn't happy despite the triumph. "I didn't see any positive in this game and we're way below the level of San Beda and Mapua," he said.
Paolo Pontejos, the second best player in the squad behind Teodoro, was benched and saw action in just less than five minutes after he missed all four of his shots.
Teodoro, fortunately, came through to fill the void.
Sidney Onwubere tallied 18 points and 19 rebounds for EAC, which also got 14 points and 14 rebounds from Hamadou Laminou. These numbers, however, did not save the Generals from suffering their fourth straight defeat.
The two teams engaged in a tight exchange all throughout the match. JRU was up, 58-57, in the final minute before Munsayac stole the lead for EAC with 11 seconds remaining.
But Teodoro refused to be denied and came up with the game winner, 5.3 seconds to go.
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