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By Joey Villar
The Philippine Star 07/18/2006

Defending champion Letran College leaned on its defense when its offense began to sputter as it trounced Perpetual Help, 60-48, yesterday to remain unscathed in five games in the 82nd NCAA basketball tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Boyet Bautista, one of the aspirants in the coming PBA rookie draft, bucked a double, triple-teaming defense thrown at him by the Altas as he came away with a game-high 14 points, including a pair of triples in the fourth quarter that capped the Knights’ breakaway victory.

“He was really defended well in the first half and I told him to pass out on his teammates in the second half, which he did,” said Letran coach Louie Alas, who steered the school to titles in 1998, 2003 and last year.

Aaron Aban added 12 points for the Knights, who trailed in the first two quarters but seized control in the third period before cruising to the win in the fourth.

Letran also made the right stops, limiting Perpetual Help’s top two scorers — Khiel Misa and Conrad Fritz Bauzon — to a combine 23-point output.

Misa, who was the league’s leading scorer with a per-game norm of 21.6 points before this match, was held to just 11 points while Bauzon, who was fourth in scoring with a 16-point average, finished with 12.

Misa was also slowed down by an early foul trouble, committing four fouls at the break.

“Our main focus was to really stop Misa and Bauzon because we know they can score,” said Alas.

The win also augured well for the Knights’ bid for a sweep of the first round. Letran faces Mapua on Friday and before tangling with San Beda next week.

The Red Lions trail the Knights with a 4-1 (win-loss) slate while Cardinals, who defeated the Muralla-based school thrice before the season, is in fourth place with a 3-2 card.

With Bautista shackled, the Altas roared to an 18-7 lead and barely kept it at the end of the first half, 28-27.

That proved to be Perpetual Help’s last taste of the lead as Bautista started to find his open teammates and the rest coming up with a fine defensive game to turn what had been a close contest into a rout.

It was the Altas’ fourth defeat against two win.

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By FRANK CALAPRE
The Manila Times Correspondent

Defending champion Collegio de San Juan de Letran held University of Perpetual Help Dalta to only six points in the third period en route to a lopsided 60-48 win Monday in the 82nd National Collegiate Athletic Association seniors basketball tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Despite the double teaming defense of the Altas, Boyet Bautista still managed to top score with 14 points for the 15-time champion Knights, who remained unbeaten after stretching their winning streak to five.

“Immediately at the start, they were like putting a handcuff on Boyet [Bautista]. So I told him not to challenge them and just play his usual game,” Letran coach Loiue Alas said.

It was not an easy win for the Knights, though, as they had to struggle from a 12-point deficit midway in the second quarter before grabbing the lead, 28-27, on Bautista’s two charities entering the final half.

“We have 17 turnovers in the first half, that’s why we have to make adjustments especially on our offense,” Alas added.

Aaron Aban scored four points and Bautista added three to widen the Knights’ lead to, 44-34, some 24 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

From there, Letran, which is aiming to surpass its 11-game winning streak last year, had the match in complete control the rest of the way as Baustista connected with two straight triples for a big 57-42 edge going to the final two minutes of the match.

Aside from Bautista, who also grabbed 7 rebounds and 2 steals, Aban finished with 12 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists while Hafer Mondragon scored 8.

Conrad Bauzon and Khiel Misa were the only two who scored with double digits for the Altas with 12 points and 11 respectively.

In the juniors game, Richard Mojada scored 27 points to lift the UPHD Altalettes past Letran Squires, 80-72, in the first game.

Veteran point-guard of the CSJL Knights Boyet Bautista scored a season-high of 30 points yesterday in their duel with last year’s finals contender PCU Dolphins. The Knights went home undefeated and with smiles on their faces: 62-54.

Here are some quotable texts from the dailies today:

ABS-CBNnews.com

Height isn’t always might, especially if you ask Boyet Bautista.

The 5-foot-7 point guard for Letran College shamed bigger, taller defenders on Friday in leading the Knights to a 62-54 win over Philippine Christian University in the 82nd National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

In a rematch of last year’s Finals, Bautista dropped 30 points on the Dolphins—21 in the first half—on top of 6 rebounds, an assist and a steal for Letran.

He shot 8-of-22 from the field, making 7-of-13 from three-point territory, and was perfect from the free throw line, making all seven shots and four straight in the final three minutes that kept PCU at bay.

“If not for Boyet we don’t know where Letran would be in the standings. He’s the team leader,” Knights coach Louie Alas said of his prized point guard, who is playing his final year in the NCAA.”

Manila Standard Today

Boyet Baustista erupted with a game-high 30 points, six rebounds, an assist and a steal for the Knights, who grabbed the solo lead with a clean 4-0 slate.

Bautista was at his best in the second period, as he knocked in 10 points in that stretch that enabled the Knights to pad their lead to 11, 39-28, by halftime.

The Philippine Star

Letran drew another huge number from Boyet Bautista who unleashed a shooting blitz as the defending champions downed Philippine Christian U, 62-54, yesterday to remain unscathed in the 82nd NCAA basketball tournament at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Bautista fired his season-best 30 points including 21 from behind the arc as the Knights solidified their grip of the top spot with four straight wins.

“He’s the heart and soul of this team, I’m always confident we’ll pull through if he’s around,” said Letran coach Louie Alas of his 23-year-old pointguard, who is turning pro this year.

Bautista came to his team’s rescue by scoring four points in an 8-0 splurge in the stretch that doused cold water on PCU’s last-ditch effort to steal the win.

Manila Bulletin

Pivotman Boyet Bautista exploded for 30 points, 21 of them from downtown, and forward Andro Quiday added nine markers and nine boards to lead the Knights to their fourth straight victory.

Knowing their rivals will be eager to vindicate their finals loss last year, the Knights imposed themselves early and with Bautista unloading 21 points, Letran raced to a 39-028 halftime lead.

Now, for some statistics from UBelt.com:

• Boyet Bautista is now ranked 2nd in terms of POINTS with a value of 19.5 in 4 games played, just next to Khiel Misa of UPHDS with 21.6
• Boyet outshines everyone as he leads the stats for 3-POINTS category with a value of 3.8
• His EFFICIENCY RATING stands at 13.5, placing him 5th this season