THE SUDDENLY streaking Letran Knights go for their fourth straight win in National Collegiate Athletic Association Season 95 today when they collide with the Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals in the scheduled 4 p.m. match at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.
Lost their season debut on opening day, the Knights (3-1) have been on a roll since to make their way to the top four to date in the brand-new season of the country’s oldest collegiate league.
The latest of the conquered of Letran were the Perpetual Help Altas, 82-80, in overtime period on July 19.
Bonbon Batiller and Ato Ular starred for the Knights in said game, helping their team to the hard-earned victory.
Batiller top-scored for Letran with 22 points with Ular adding a career-high 19 markers.
Big men Larry Muyang and Jeo Ambohot also came up strong for the Knights, combining for 19 points and 22 rebounds.
While they are happy with the current streak they are in, Letran coach Bonnie Tan said they still have things to work on and polish, including how to properly close games, which he said is still suspect as attested by the game against the Altas.
“We are still in the learning process and we have to do a better job of closing out games. But we will take this. A win is win,” said Mr. Tan after their game on Friday.
Incidentally, the top-scoring performance of Batiller earned for him the NCAA player of the week honors.
Looking to derail the Knights today are the Generals, who have been competing well despite the current losing 1-2 record they have.
The Generals fell to the defending champions San Beda Red Lions, 89-72, in an NCAA on Tour offering on July 18.
The quartet of Marwin Taywan, Kriss Gurtiza, JP Maguliano and Jethro Mendoza all scored in double digits in the game but it was not enough to stop the Lions from running away with the victory.
Previous to the game, the Generals, now coached by Oliver Bunyi, defeated the Lyceum Pirates and narrowly lost to the College of Saint Benilde in their season debut.
Meanwhile, playing in the 12 noon seniors’ play opener are the Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers (1-3) against Perpetual Help (1-2), to be followed in 2 p.m. by the clash between Lyceum (2-1) and San Sebastian (2-0). — Michael Angelo S. Murillo
