Sunday - August 3

 August 3 - SMART Araneta

Game Faces, Broken Plays

and Broken Hearts
  
NU - 57       UE - 55
ADM - 81     FEU -78

  

-   Angry Bird  -
Determined to redeem himself after a lack-lustre game vs NU - prev --
Team Captain Kiefer Ravena is All-Business,
 just minutes before the match vs FEU.

After three straight wins, Arvin Tolentino finally tasted defeat,
 at the hands of the NU  Bulldogs [July 26].
Now, minutes before his fifth game, as a Blue Eagle, 
the rookie quietly mentally prepares himself for another big match.

FYI - For purposes in this blog post [by broken plays - I'm referring to - blocks, fumbles, botched plays, drives -etc.  -  simply because I don't have a good number of actual broken plays] - Honestly, I just want the title to sound catchy  - Ha !

[#12] Gwyne Capacio blocks [#4] Karl Cruz - All Ball !!

[#12] Mark Belo SWATS the ball as rookie sensation

 [#13] Arvin Tolentino skies.

 - Chris vs Chris  -

[#11] Chris Newsome fouls [#13] Chris Tolomia real hard !

[#16] Fonso Gotladera and [#4] Carl Cruz try to outhustle each other.

 Von Pessumal loses control and plows into the ringside seats !

[above and below]

In the last seconds,  [#6] Roi Sumang drives and elevates !

He misses on close range,
 the shot that could have sent the game into OT !

August's first Sunday sees two UAAP doubleheaders being decided by 2 points [NU vs UE], and 3 points [ADM vs FEU]. 

The Warrior Weeps.

The more foreboding, demoralizingly painful loss, that being of the Red Warriors, who, after winning their first two outings have lost three straight --- Pumaren's charges lost by 2 points to DLSU [July 27] and 2 points to NU [just yesterday] --- Their loss to FEU [July 30] was by 10.

Having three losses midway in Round 1 of the elims gives UE a 20% Win-Loss ratio - putting them on 6th place.

More randomly arranged images 

from yesterday's doubleheader  .....

 Minutes before the FEU-UE match, my UAAP buddy ->Randy Javier  [known him since 2010] [Chris Javier's dad] sits uneasy behind the UE bench.  The Warriors simply have to find a away to halt their two-game losing skid !! - To think that they have to face FEU, Ateneo and UST [three very tough teams] in the next 10 days !

During the Warrior-dominated 1st Quarter, 

Kyle Neypes can only sigh in frustration,  during a timeout.

This blog has been punctuated by "endless" candids of another UAAP colleague of mine, Lyane Ocampo - She's always sweet and smiley when I photograph her - Not in this one, tho.  When it's time to concentrate on her tasks at hand - Lyane puts her game face on.

 

 Erika Alcantara,  photographer AND Archer die-hard [more often than not - the life of the baseline ! - so to speak ] -{she's always engaged in animated conversation with somebody [anybody!], each time she's "nakapuesto" sa baseline }.    Catch Erika in a perplexed moment here.

Midway in the 4th Qtr, Coach Derek Pumaren makes sure veterans Mammie and Sumang are well rested for the end-game, whilst hoping the Warriors on-court keep it close - very close with the Bulldogs.
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Immediately after the final buzzer ends the match, 

Nico Javelona trots towards the UE side

 to console Roi Sumang.  [photo below]

How does one console the inconsolable ??

- The Unsaid -

Footnote

As of August  4

After 20 matches [and 8 more to go] 

in Round 1 of the UAAP Mens' Basketball Tournament -

The Team Standings are as follows

ADM                4 Wins           1 Loss

NU                   4 Wins           1 Loss   

FEU                 3 Wins           2 Losses

DLS                 3 Wins           2 Losses

UST                 3 Wins           1 Loss

UE                   2 Wins           3 Losses

Adu                 0 Wins           5 Losses

UP                   0 Wins           5 Losses

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