Mike Phillips spearheaded an enormous fourth-quarter rally for De La Salle University, however Korea College held them off to eke out a 95-85 win within the World College Basketball Collection (WUBS) finals on Monday in Japan.
The Inexperienced Archers erased a 27-point deficit by unleashing a powerful second half outing earlier than dropping steam within the endgame as they have been dethroned by the Koreans.
Korea College, in the meantime, accomplished its redemption bid in opposition to the identical group that toppled them in final yr’s version, the place the Inexperienced Archers swept the entire tournament to reign supreme.
?La Salle as soon as stared at a 27-point gap when Junhwi Seok sank a layup that despatched the Koreans to a 55-28 lead within the second quarter, earlier than they ended the primary half having fun with a 57-35 cushion.
The Taft crew, although, managed to maintain up with Korea College after Jacob Cortez opened the fourth interval with a 5-0 private run whereas Phillips transformed back-to-back baskets to additional trim the hole to simply 14, 63-77, midway via the body.
Kean Baclaan then accomplished a three-point play earlier than Phillips cleaned up his personal miss, 72-88. The graduating huge man cut up his free throws earlier than unloading a two-handed slam off his personal steal to make it a 79-91 deficit within the remaining 1:12.
However Korea College displayed resilience to shut out the sport even after a last-gasp triple from Cortez.
Phillips posted 30 factors within the dropping effort whereas backcourt gunners Baclaan and Cortez chipped in 18 and 13 markers apiece.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Built-in Information
