Francis Lopez, after facing criticism for Game 2 errors, redeemed himself with a clutch triple in UP's Game 3 victory against De La Salle, securing the Fighting Maroons their second UAAP title in four seasons.
Francis Lopez was all about accountability in University of the Philippines’ Game 2 loss in their best-of-three finals series — now he’s a UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball champion.The sophomore star forward drilled the assurance triple in the Fighting Maroons’ 66-62 do-or-die Game 3 victory against De La Salle University on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
It was just really a surreal moment, man. They keep on believing in me, and I’m just really happy that they were still there for me. Even though we got that loss. We were able to conquer this time,” Lopez told reporters during a scrum interview.Lopez, however, paid no mind to outside noise and focused solely on redeeming himself for the Diliman squad, which refused to settle for a runner-up finish this time.“Like I said, I don’t care about what they say.
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