After suffering a loss to their arch rival Ateneo de Manila University, the De La Salle University community showed graciousness in defeat last night, as it lit the facade of the university’s iconic St. La Salle Hall blue.
The Green Archers suffered a heartbreaking loss in the men’s basketball tournament to their rivals, who snatched from them what would have been their second successive title.
In a remarkably well-fought game that featured seven deadlocks and seven lead changes, the Blue Eagles fended off the Green Archers, 88-86, in the do-or-die Game 3 of the best-of-three finals to dethrone their rivals and annex the UAAP crown.
It was Ateneo’s first UAAP title since Season 75, when they won the last of five consecutive championships.
The act of sportsmanship was seen in a photo shared on Facebook by The LaSallian, the university’s paper.
https://www.facebook.com/TheLaSallian/photos/a.156129219759.117942.149678604759/10155543112639760/?type=3&theater
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with a report from ABS-CBN News
