San Carlos places second in CCAA

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The University of San Carlos Warriors, atoning for their last year’s miserable performance, turned the UV gymnasium into a slaughter house as they steam-rolled the San Jose Recoletos-Five, 77 - 62. Coach Martin Echivarre’s starting five — Jose Reynes, Ernesto Remidio, Luis Ceniza, William Yu and Liberato Berbesada got out from a shaky start and romped away with a 6-0 lead. Gonzaga spoiled what would have been a five-minute shut-out by the P. del Rosario dribblers when he sank a beauty from underneath. In the last 1:40, Berbesada knocked in a twinner with a pivot at the center, grabing the lead from San Jose, 22-26. These followed a series of errors by both teams. Joe Reynes heaved a long one from the quarter court and ended the half for USC, 29-26, sending the partisan crowd in a flood of joy. Jaguar Rabuya started the second half for San Jose with a long blow that chopped the lead down to one, 29-28. But that was the best they could do. An undergoal stab by Luis Ceniza. SAN CARLOS Demy Jumoad, Luis Ceniza and Ernesto Magale, took turns in snipping off the Jaguar’s picket lines and sinking field goals almost at will outside, inside and underneath. The Warriors started their uphill climb, 42-32, with 14:9 still left to play. A rebellious CSJ-R threatened to revolt when they chopped the lead down to five points, 42-38. But a series of team plays engineered by Coach Martin Echivarre Jr. quickly doused out the fire. The fierce Ernesto Remidio prevented Fred Gonzaga from the what he was before — a scoring machine. December 5, 1965 — The miracle boys of Atty. Martin Echivarre Jr., putting up one of their finest shows of the season toppled down the CIT Wildcats, 80-73, bringing them selves closer to the championship last night. The gigantic task of unhorsing the defending champion, University of the Visayas Lancers, now rests on their laps. Joel Cenabre of CIT raced down the court and scored the first field goal of the game, after Luis Ceniza’s three successive undergoal attempts. That was the Wildcats only taste of lead. A cluster of baskets by Reynes, Remidio, Ceniza and Yu proppelled the Warriors to the driver’s seat for good, 11-2. Page Thirty-four THE CAROLINIAN January-February, 1966 With five minutes left of the first, Coach Alveola ordered his men to a pressing man-to-man defense which reduced the Warriors’ cushion to seven points at the end of the half. 32-25. Hovering over the Warriors like a plague, the Wildcats threatened to cheat defeat when they staged a searing uphill climb led by the impeccable Cenabre and Gica at the second canto. The Warriors, their defenses deflated by the loss of its clutchmen — Re midio, Yu, Magale on disqualification and to top it all slippery Ceniza who wrought havoc in the CIT ranks, succumbed to a leg cram,—held on for dear life. But the reserves — Jigger Villegas and Edwin Quiamco — although with shaky knees and taut nerves came off the bench to choke off the Wildcats uprising, combining efforts with Jumoad and Berbe sada, and clinched the game for San Carlos with plenty to spare. December 12, 1965 The University of the Visayas Lancers crushed the USC Warriors, 89-78, in the first of the two-outof-three play — of series last night at the UV gym nasium. The Lancers have only to win their game on Sunday to clinch the CCAA championship. San Carlos, on the other hand, has to sweep their last two games from UV to have the claim to the throne. Banking on their tremendous height advantage, the Lancers built up a solid 43-29 lead at halftime. The overflow crowd expecting a neck-to-neck battle were disappointed as the Warriors, complete outreached, displayed a below par performance — far below their old form. The Warriors seemed headed for the big time at the start but suddenly UV’S brigade of Goliaths — Cheongtek, Grafe, Callelero, Singson and Kong exWilliam Yu defying CIT sentinels. PLACES SECOND IN CCAA SPOT Reporting by MANUEL RAMOS OCHOA Sports Editor Berbesada and Singson grapple for the ball, as Cenlia and Jumoad watch. In the foreground Is Cheongtek. ploded like hell broke loose, thoroughly obliterating the San Carlos defenses. There were however, signs of the Warriors old form when they fought the Lancers basket for bas ket, tying the score up six times: 2-2, 4-4, 6-6, 8-8 14-14 and when they sliced UV’S lead down to seven, 47-40, on Jumoad’s and Berbesada’s terrific outside shooting with 17:05 left of the second half. But it was to no avail. UV went on to win, 89-78, going away. December 19, 1965 — A highly demoralized San Carlos quintet succumb ed to the murderous onslaught of the UV Lancers to the tune of 100-71. The victory gave UV the un disputed claim to the crown. The Warriors fell the victims of the Lancers as they poured mercilessly their wrath on the hapless Warriors. After seven minutes of play, the Lancers had already appeared master of the situation with their complete domination of the board. It was a rebounding, running, scoring UV team that was so determined to win. San Carlos was not even half of it. Although the old Warrior spirit came to life with still six minutes left. Seven consecutive field goals lighted the Warrior score board but was not enough to overcome the buffer UV had established earlier. January-February, 1966 THE CAROLINIAN Page Thirty-five

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