MANILA, Philippines – UE’s dream run in the UAAP Season 87 m en’s basketball tournament continues in spectacular fashion as the red-hot Warriors stunned the Adamson Soaring Falcons, 63-62, thanks to a Wello Lingolingo buzzer-beater at the rocking Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, October 6. UAAP | WATCH: LINGOLINGO PANALO! Pandemonium ensues at the Mall of Asia Arena as Wello Lingolingo buries the buzzer-beating jumper to lift UE past Adamson for the Red Warriors' fifth straight win! That is UE's longest win streak in 10 years. #UAAPSeason87 pic.
twitter.com/afHNQyHuFt — Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) October 6, 2024 After once looking down in the dumps with a 0-2 start to the season, the dark-horse contender now carries a 10-year best five-game winning streak for a 5-2 record with a chance to enter the second round as the second-ranked team should La Salle lose to undefeated UP later in the evening. Precious Momowei led the superb escape with game-highs of 14 points and 11 rebounds, offsetting a 6-turnover total and a 1-of-7 free throw clip.
Devin Fikes added 11 points while the returning Ethan Galang and Lingolingo each scored 10, the latter reaching double digits off his Hail Mary mid-range fling coming off a bricked Nico Mulingtapang isolation jumper in the final possession. “Coach Jack [Santiago] always tells us that we shouldn’t seek the game and let the game come to us instead,” Lingolingo said in Filipino. “When I wasn’t able to shoot threes, I just foun.
