Winston fires 33 as De La Salle routs UST (Sabong News)
Author
Carlo Anolin
Date
APRIL 19 2022
Deschon Winston caught fire and dropped 33 points in De La Salle’s 112-83 routing of University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP Season 84 men’s basketball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City Tuesday, April 19.
Powered by Winston’s hot-shooting from mid-range, the Green Archers pulled away in the third quarter and never looked back from that point.
He finished with 33 points, 19 of those coming from that sizzling run after the halftime break.
Evan Nelle put the nail in the coffin after nailing a buzzer-beating three, his first basket of the game, heading into the payoff period en route to a commanding 86-61 lead.
Tension rose, however, when Joshua Fontanilla of UST and Deo Cuajao of De La Salle got entangled inside the paint at the start of the fourth quarter.
Cuajao sustained a personal foul while Fontanilla was called for an unsportsmanlike for the elbow hit on the former in midair.
After receiving a warning for improper bench decorum earlier, the Growling Tigers’ bench was slapped with a technical foul which enabled Nelle to sink a pair of free throws and take the lead to a high of 92-63.
The Archers, who improved to a 6-3 record, eventually reached the 100-point mark with five minutes left.
