{"id":201646,"date":"2019-02-10T22:40:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T03:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=201646"},"modified":"2019-02-10T22:40:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T03:40:29","slug":"ateneo-blue-eaglets-retain-number-two-position-in-uaap-jrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/10\/ateneo-blue-eaglets-retain-number-two-position-in-uaap-jrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ateneo Blue Eaglets retain number two position in UAAP jrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_201648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201648\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/28166536_10203945237588937_1399557175196944434_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-201648 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/28166536_10203945237588937_1399557175196944434_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/28166536_10203945237588937_1399557175196944434_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/28166536_10203945237588937_1399557175196944434_n-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kai Sotto had a double-double at 17 points, 17 rebounds, five assists, and one steal. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10203945237588937&amp;set=a.10203945234988872&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edsmrmjoai?__tn__=%2Cd*F*F-R&amp;eid=ARDxto-TDhNosSzdIBJyN4g6GGR24ZuS03TE5uKDSq0rTqXP1l5t1_mVO21PTGYoJ4of5OszFPIATHOW&amp;tn-str=*F\">Jim De Ramos<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ateneo Blue Eaglets continue to stand second in ranking for the University Athletics Association (UAAP) Season 81 juniors\u2019 basketball tournament semifinals, as they triumph a double-digit win over Adamson last Sunday, February 10 at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The huge lead is attested to Forthsky Padrigao, who went 17-3 during the first half, turning a 25-23 lead into a 42-26 lead. Although he only provided 2-of-13 from the field, he contributed nine rebounds, eight assists, and four steals. Teammate Geo Chiu turned out to be the highest pointer with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and four blocks, coming off the bench, while Kai Sotto had a double-double at 17 points, 17 rebounds, five assists, and one steal. David Diaz performed as well, chipping ten points and five rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ateneo head coach Reggie Varilla shared, \u201cI\u2019d like to give credit to our bigs. They were fighting for it the whole time. We had three centers and what better way than Kai as a power forward and they embraced that. And now, we\u2019re seeing them play really well together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This win totals 11 for the Ateneo Blue Eaglets, only losing thrice in the season. Therefore, they do not have a twice-to-beat advantage over the number three seeded team, Far Eastern University (FEU) Diliman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the Adamson Baby Falcons, Joshua Barcelona led the team with 18 points and eight rebounds, while Jake Engbino provided 12 points, four rebounds, and four assists. However, the rest of their teammates, including usual scorer Joem Sabandal, was limited in scoring, which is why they now have to settle for the number four spot during the tournament\u2019s semi-finals going against the twice-to-beat advantage of Nazareth School of National University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ateneo Blue Eaglets continue to stand second in ranking for the University Athletics Association (UAAP) Season 81 juniors\u2019 basketball &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":201648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}