CEBU CITY, Philippines—Partner’s Cup champion Southwestern University -Phinma Cobras and last season’s runner-up University of San Jose Recoletos Jaguars look to end their skids when they meet for their last game of the first round of elimination in the College division of the ongoing 19th Cesafi Men’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday, October 3, 2019.
SWU is on a two-game skid, losing to the Cebu Institute of Technology University Wildcats, 67-62, last September 28, and the defending champion University of the Visayas , 71-66, last September 26.“We just have to play better than we did in the last two games,” said Reyes, whose team dropped to 3-2 after momentarily taking the lead early in the season.
“We have to lessen the burden for Lamine Thiam. We’ve been giving him too much responsibility. Maybe he is getting tired,” added Reyes.USJ-R is on an alarming four-game skid and coach Leode Garcia is hoping his team breaks out of the slump for a better chance at a final four spot. “Of course gusto namu nga mudaug para naa pa gyud mi chance nga makasulod sa magic 4,” said USJ-R head coach Leode Garcia.“But gusto nko nga ila mental toughness and mindset is we end by winning mentality kay sayang ang gihaguan nga nindot kaayo ang pakita sa 1st to 3rd quarter nya dili ma sustain inig 4th…in short kinahanglan lang ko ug consistency, kung unsay amo gisugdan nga nindot mu end sad mi ug nindot nga result,” said Garcia.
Prior to the collegiate game between SWU and USJ-R, the UV Baby Lancers will face Cebu Eastern College Dragons in the High School division. /bmjoThe comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.