Zavier Lucero chopped down the most important man on the ground on Sunday night time and put College of the Philippines (UP) able to validate a UAAP title gained final season within the tightest of how.

Lucero smothered an Ange Kouame brief stab within the waning seconds that sealed the Maroons’ 72-66 nipping of Ateneo in Sport 1 of the UAAP Season 85 Finals in entrance of a mixture of 18,211 screaming followers clad in blue and maroon at Mall of Asia Area.

After that, Lucero was workmanlike in asserting what must be finished subsequent, similar to how he was when the stress was at numbing level within the series-opener.

“It is nice, however truthfully there’s one other one (sport to be gained) forward of us,” mentioned Luc…

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