HOST University of the East (UE), under newly installed Head Coach Derrick Pumaren, crushed University of the Philippines (UP), 87-59, at the start University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 77 men's basketball tournament on Saturday at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
The Red Warriors used the vaunted full-court press to frustrate their counterparts from Diliman and zoomed ahead with a 26-10 spurt in the second quarter to pull away early.
Dan Alberto put up 15 points, eclipsing his previous best of 14 last season, and gave UE its first opening-day victory since upsetting De La Salle, 65-46, in 2009.
Chris Javier added 12 points and nine rebounds while RR de Leon and Gino Jumao-as contributed 10 markers each to give Pumaren, who previously steered La Salle to back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990, his first win in the UAAP with the Red Warriors.
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