UP eyes to sustain streak in UAAP women's basketball

MANILA, Philippines – University of the Philippines seeks to stretch its winning run to four games, while early semifinalists National University and De La Salle eye to cement their 1-2 positions as action in the UAAP Season 78 women’s basketball tournament at the Blue Eagle gym.

Very much in Final Four contention, the Lady Maroons take on University of Santo Tomas in the first of another four-game bill at 9 a.m.

The back-to-back seeking Lady Bulldogs shoot for a 11th straight win as they play Ateneo at 11 a.m., while the second-running Lady Archers try to extend their winning run to 10 games in their 3 p.m. duel with Adamson University.

University of the East and Far Eastern University clash in the day’s other game at 1 p.m.

This quadruple-header was supposed to be played last October  18 but was called off due to Typhoon “Lando”.  There were no games last weekend for a Halloween break.

All eyes are on UP, which has won three straight after a 25-game losing skid that spanned for three seasons.

Tied with the Lady Falcons in sixth place at 3-7, the Lady Maroons are trailing joint fourth placers Lady Eagles and Lady Warriors (4-6) by just a game in the race for the last semis berth.

NU, meanwhile, is on course for an outright championship berth after winning its first 10 games while La Salle, with a 9-1 card, is on the verge of clinching a twice-to-beat bonus in the semifinals.