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Gulllian Quines is looking to go all out for College of Saint Benilde-La Salle Green Hills by any means as the Greenies seek for a series extension in the NCAA Season 100 juniors basketball finals. The 6-foot guard’s 29-point outing went for naught following the Greenies’ 100-96 loss to the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Junior Altas in Game 1 of their championship battle. Even with Quines’ high-scoring performance, the Greenies could not gain ground on the Junior Altas led by Lebron Jhames Daep’s near double-double of 21 points that went nine rebounds on Friday.
With his fellow guard Arle Podador missing Game 2 due to serving a one-game suspension, Quines not only wants to pour his personal efforts in the next opportunity, but he also urged the team to tighten their defensive scheme and rely on proper communication if they ever hope to bounce back on Sunday. READ MORE | Perpetual braces for dogfight in Game 2 of NCAA Juniors Finals vs. undermanned Benilde-LSGH “‘Yung effort namin kailangan pa doblehin o triplehin sa next game.
‘Yung defense needs improvement para makakuha kami ng crucial stops from Perps. Kasi talagang malakas sila sa offense, sila ‘yung number one offensive team. So we need to work on our defense and communication,” Quines told GMA News Online.
[We have to double or triple our effort in the next game. The defense needs improvement so we can get crucial stops from Perps. They are really good on offense, they're the number one offensive team.
So we need to work on our defense and communication.] The Greenies kept themselves within striking distance of the Junior Altas up until the pivotal third quarter that saw the latter pull away with an 11-point separation as Jan Pagulayan and Daep took turns knocking down unanswered baskets. Although LSGH managed to erase most of the deficit in the payoff period, Perpetual displayed its nerves of steel in the final minute where they traded free throws to ice the game.
“‘Yung nangyari nung third quarter malaking pagkakamali para sa amin. Talagang nasaktan ‘yung team. So kailangan namin mag-adjust, mag-refocus sa next game.
Kasi kailangan mag-bounce back at bawiin ‘yung panalo na binigay namin sa kanila,” he said. [What happened in the third quarter was a big mistake for us. The team really hurt.
So we need to adjust, refocus for the next game. We need to bounce back and get the win back that we gave them.] If their semifinal win against Colegio de San Juan de Letran Squires was any indication, LSGH is capable of overcoming even greater odds.
Quines also believes that his teammates will step up in the absence of Podador as they try to avert a total collapse. “Magtitiwala lang ako sa teammates ko na kaya naming mabawi to ng wala si Arle. Kailangan namin mag-step up para sa kaniya.
We will work harder to [win] this series.” [I will place my trust in my teammates that we can bounce back even without Arle. We need to step up for him.
We will work harder to win this series.] —JMB, GMA Integrated News.
