In the last three minutes of the Archers’ 80-73 triumph over the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, another unfortunate injury hit the boys in Green. As Luigi de la Paz scrambled to save a ball possesion, a Letran Knight forcibly grabbed his arm, resulting in a recurrence of his shoulder dislocation, technically a displacement of the arm bone from the socket. “Injuries are part…

Coming from a close-game defeat against University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, the Green Archers relied on rookies Jeron Teng and Mark Tallo’s clutch-game tango to bounce back against the FEU Tamaraws, 58-54, at the Trinity University of Asia gymnasium last May 1. The win gave DLSU a 2-1 record and clinched for them a second spot tie with the Green-and-Gold squad at Group B…

Hannah Viterbo, Ara Abaca and Nicole Garcia pooled for 32 points out of 45 to carry the Lady Archers past the FEU Lady Tamaraws, in a low-scoring affair of 45-34 for the 18th Father Martin Cup Women’s Division last April 29 at the San Beda College Gym. After trailing by 13 at halftime, Lady Tamaraw Camille Sambile chipped in seven of her 20 points to…

No L.A. Revilla. No Luigi dela Paz. No Arnold Van Opstal. No problem. Even without these key veterans inside the court, the young bowmen of the Green Archers stepped up to an 80-73 Fil Oil Flying V Pre-season debut win over the NCAA Letran Knights last April 27 at The Arena in San Juan. “Blessing din in disguise dahil L.A. (Revilla) was not here, [so]…

When Lady Archers mentor Tyrone Bautista saw his squad collapse in the latter half of their debut pre-season game, he could do only so much about it. He watched by the sidelines as the Lyceum Lady Pirates demolished the Lady Archers via 30-points, 48-78, last April 22 for the 18th Father Martin Cup Women’s Division at the San Beda Gym. “I guess we’re not yet…

High school standouts and Green Archers Jeron Teng and Thomas Torres delivered, as DLSU drowned the Philippine Merchant Marine School Mariners, 91-54, in the 18th Fr. Martin Summer Cup last April 17 at the San Beda Gym. Xavier School’s Teng and La Salle Greenhills’ Torres hit 14 markers each that gave the young cast of Archers their first pre-season win. “It’s more of a lot…

The Green Archers started the Fil-Oil Flying V Pre-Season Hanes Cup opening day in defeat against reigning NCAA titlist San Beda Red Lions, 63-69 at the San Juan Arena last April 14. Head Coach Gee Abanilla breaks the game ball to basket. System failure We [Green Archers] ran away from our system. We did not execute it properly. It was kind of disappointing because we…

Falling short of a Final Four stint in the last UAAP season, the DLSU Green Archers found itself back to the drawing board to formulate an improved game plan to bring back its lost brilliance. The result: a new coach and six exciting rookies. “They [rookies] are slowly getting into rhythm. They are slowly adjusting to the system that we have…Our focus right now is…