San Beda coach Yuri Escueta.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines—San Beda coach Yuri Escueta lauded Mapua after successful the NCAA Season 99 males’s basketball championship.
Regardless of coming away with a 10-point victory, Escueta tipped his hat to counterpart Randy Alcantara and the Cardinals’ backcourt duo of Clint Escamis and Paolo Hernandez.
Escueta and his teaching employees, nevertheless, knew simply what to do to decelerate the Cardinals’ one-two punch.
“Properly, I’ve to present it to educate Randy and his teaching employees, they know easy methods to put Pao and Clint on the proper spots however as I stated, they might have Hernandez and Escamis however now we have 4 guys behind our gamers,” stated Escueta after their 76-66 win in Sport 3 of the Finals at Araneta Coliseum on Sunday.
“Pay(osing) was defending Hernandez and we instructed him now we have 4 guys behind you, no matter occurs do your finest to include him and the 4 different guys are behind you, assistance is there for you.”
Escamis, the Rookie-MVP, was restricted to simply 13 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists whereas Hernandez struggled mightily with solely six factors on 2-of-12 capturing from the sphere.
Escueta credited his boys’ “demon-like” protection in shutting down the Cardinals’ offensive choices.
“I instructed them to play protection like demons. Protection would be the factor that can make us win right here and that’s what I instructed them. Now we have satisfaction in our protection. Protection wins the championship.”
San Beda star Jacob Cortez additionally relished the expertise of going up towards Escamis on the NCAA’s greatest stage.
“I had a tough time, as you may see I even had cramps. He’s very proficient and he gave it his all. It’s all the time good going up towards that caliber of gamers,” Cortez stated.
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