NCAA: San Beda still searching for consistency, says coach
MANILA, Philippines — San Beda may have won a tight battle on Sunday but the extra-time victory over San Sebastian doesn’t take away the fact that the Red Lions have yet to address some of their concerns. in this season.
The lions were lucky to escape the score 82-79, after turning the ball over 25 times to the dismay of coach Yuri Escueta’s students.
“I told my players they needed to adjust. We couldn’t turn the ball 25 times due to physicality and pressure. Whatever we can control, that’s what we have to fix. We have to play stronger with the ball, handle the pressure and also get the bounce,” Escueta said after directing his squad. third win in a row.
In addition to their first leg, San Beda also let San Sebastian have too many offensive rebounds with 19 points leading to 15 second chance points.
“Firsts and bounces are what really interest me. It gives the opponent more assets,” said Escueta, whose team also has 15 goals compared to Arellano’s six last Friday.
Luckily for the Red Lions, they were able to win even though they were flawed in first leg limitation and resilience.
But that won’t make it any less for Escueta, who wants his team to be consistent as the Quartet finally approaches.
“Oh, we’re consistent… in terms of revenue and missed boxes,” he said gleefully. “But actually, we are still inconsistent. It’s a fight in the NCAA, the teams will put pressure on you, we have to be tougher than that.”
San Beda (9-4) is currently in third place with third place behind only second place College of St. Benilde (9-3) and top seed Letran (11-3).
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