Historic

There is no other word I can describe the feat the University of the East Red Warriors has made last night other than the title.

Battling against a formidable foe, the Warriors swept the elimination round with 14 wins and undefeated. The last win came against the DLSU Green Archers, the kind of game I would describe as something like I-should-have-been-there skirmish between two teams who have a great chance of meeting again in the finals.

Except of course, the La Salle has to wade through the semifinals. The Warriors has earned themselves a rare reward by nailing the automatic championship berth when the final buzzer sounded in a game that went into overtime.

The Green Archers had the opportunity to deny victory to the opposing team, but it was all in the hands of their main guy JV Casio, who missed one of the pair of free throws in the dying seconds of the regulation. The game was tied at 77-77. And it was all UE all the way into the overtime. The Warriors trampled the Archers, 92-84 the final score.

Early in the game, there was a punch thrown and absorbed a minute left in the first quarter. A player was ejected, technical fouls were given out to both teams, but the commotion between competing players didn't stop the history from unfolding.