Baby Falcons on cusp of crown

MANILA, Philippines — Adamson inched closer to its first title in over three decades by carving out a 77-71 comeback win over National U-Nazareth School in Game 1 of the UAAP Season 86 high school boys’ basketball finals over the weekend at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

Vince Reyes dropped 17 points, including nine in the Baby Falcons’ fourth-quarter avalanche to turn the tide on the Baby Bullpups for the 1-0 lead in the short best-of-three series.

Adamson, then under the tutelage of now agent Charlie Dy, last won the UAAP juniors title in 1993, and will have a chance to end that long drought tomorrow.

The Baby Falcons, who topped the eliminations with an impressive 13-1 slate, erased 49-59 deficit late in the third with a searing 17-2 rally capped by Reyes’ lay-up for a 66-61 lead.