After depleting the men’s basketball juniors’ division defending champion Saint Claire-Caloocan last September 13, the Baby hunters demolished another titlist as they defeated the Hawklets of the five-time champ University of Manila, 82-79, last September 16 at the NEU gymnasium.Baby Hunters escaped the make or break battle against the Hawklets with a sweep that kept them on the tournament for another round-robin series with the other top six of the NAASCU men’s basketball tournament juniors’ division.Kevin Narciso steered the Baby Hunters on a blitz during the last two minutes of the final quarter after letting the Hawklets trim down the nine-point deficit and finally take its last lead at 75-74. With the offensive thrust of Narciso and defense combo of Tagis Lakas juniors’ basketball Most Valuable Player BJ Luz, NEU regain the lead at 77-76 with 1:06 minutes on the clock.The Baby Hunters stiffened its guard against the now furious Hawklets Juanito Pajayat and Samuel Santos to defend its lead at 81-76 with 27.3 ticks left on the clock.Narciso split his free throws to make a 82-78 cushion on the remaining 6.7 seconds.Hawklets’ Santos last freebie fell short to fill up the trail on the 0.7 second time finishing the match with 82-79 for NEU.Narciso paced the Baby Hunters with 17 points while Leo Roncal added 15 and John Galang chipped in 14 markers.Pajayat led the Hawklets with a season-high 37 point and Samuel Santos contributing11 markers.
The win brought the Baby Hunters to the final six of the National Athletics Association of Colleges and Universities Juniors’ basketball tournament। The junior squad also invaded the final four teams but meted a loss by defau
lt on the supposed to be battle for the third place against the University of Makati last September 2 seeding them to the fourth place of the tourney.
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