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  • UV shrugs off USJ-R’s rallies to win

    ROOKIE shooter Venhur Villamor restored order for the nine-time defending champions University of the Visayas. With his outside shots, he helped the Green Lancers weather the repeated rallies of the University of San Jose-Recoletos Jaguars for a 91-80 win in the 2013 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) basketball tournament held at the Cebu Coliseum last night.

    In the high school matches, Cebu Eastern College Dragons lost a 17-point lead before surviving the repeated attacks of the Cebu Institute of Technology-University Wildkittens for a 72-63 win to stay unbeaten after two assignments.

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  • Rookie rages for USJR

    Rookie rages for USJR

    RENDELL Senining proved larger than life and worthy of the high trust rating of University of San Jose-Recoletos coach Edito Salacot, as the 16-year-old rookie guard led the Jaguars to an astounding victory, 79-66, over the Cebu Institute of Technology-University Wildcats in the 2013 Cesafi Basketball Tournament held at the Cebu Coliseum last night.

    Senining whose lean but athletic frame packed a huge heart that could lead a tattered team to victory, delivered 19 points on top of seven rebounds, four assists and three steals. (READ MORE)

  • Cesafi: Thunderous 3 saves UV

    HE MAY have missed two crucial free throws in the final 33.7 seconds but Ernesto Limetares made up for it by sinking the game-winning triple in the final 4.9 seconds. He lifted the undersized University of the Visayas Baby Lancers to a 77-74 win over the University of San Carlos Baby Warriors to start the high school division of the 2013 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) basketball competition on a high note yesterday at the Cebu Coliseum.

    Today, defending champions Southwestern University Cobras will start their title-retention bid as they face the emerging University of San Carlos Warriors in the main game at 6:15 p.m. following the game of high school champs Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu. (READ MORE)

  • Speak out: UV will return to Cesafi finals

    IN ALL likelihood, the nine-time college champion University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers in will return to Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) final this year and claim the championship trophy. The team learned a lesson from the last year’s misfortunes for being selfish, self-centered and conceited.

    The UV Green Lancers represented the Philippines in the 27th Summer Univesiade basketball tournament and suffered humiliating defeats in Kazan, Russia, against other European teams. After the nightmare in that tournament, they discovered the cause of defeats among themselves. (READ MORE)

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