Harold Alarcon came through in the clutch as University of the Philippines escape University of Santo Tomas, 89-88, in the UAAP Season 88 men's basketball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena on Nov. 5, 2025. Alarcon poured eight of his total 22 points in the last three minutes, including the go-ahead jumper in the last 24 seconds for the Fighting Maroons, who claimed their third straight win and seven of their last eight games to rise to 7-3 for solo second place. UST suffered its fourth straight loss to fall to 5-5 for a 3-way tie with Adamson and Ateneo in fourth place.
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00:00Team Maroons are now at 7-3 in second place we have coach Goldring Monteverde, Noy De Mogat, and Harold Alarcón.
00:28Coach, congratulations for this big league. You've been 45 years in place at the number 2 spot.
00:34So, ano manasahin mo sa ginawang effort ng mga bata, especially the last 24 seconds after Harold hit the go-ahead jumper?
00:42For me, having started slow, I believe it's a year. And being able to come back, I'm slightly before the captain for the south.
00:53Sa akin, siguro defensively, malaki din yung team na ating defense na akin. Although, towards siguro sa stretch na game, siguro yung mga fouls na akin ang parami.
01:08But then, for me, yung mga hit-ma-class yung game, yung mga tough games nito, it would really prepare us for bigger junior games.
01:17Thank you, Tonoy. You had 19 points 3, bounce 3, access 2, skills and plus 6.
01:22So, yun nga. At isa, kabawi kayo ito kasi nung first song. Natalo kayo sa opening day, tsaka nga nakapakaba through that time.
01:28So, ano manasahin mo na this time, araw nakabawi ka sa USD. At, magnatili kayo sa number 2, Tonoy.
01:35Siguro, mas nangibabao lang yung mentality ng team namin na bumawi. Kasi personally, wala naman akong parang intention na nagigil or something.
01:44Siguro, mas nangibabao yung team namin na, alamay, bumawi sa ganang pagkatalo. Kasi, talagang hindi talaga ako yung pagkatalo namin.
01:52So, wala kaming ibang ginawa kung hindi pagtabauhan nung, ah, kung hindi ginagina preparation para sa amin.
01:59Ito buwan namin. And, siguro, ito lumabos yung resulta.
02:03Thank you to Harold. You had 22 points 5, bounce for us in 3 steals.
02:08You took over, down the stretch, yun naman, sayo mo na, yun nga.
02:12Ito, nakuha ni yung panalong. At itong, at itong mamagay itong mismo, katulungin sa inyo in the long run.
02:19Yung nga sabi nga ni Coach Gold, parang piniprepare nga kami sa experience namin nito ngayon sa future games namin.
02:27Kung mga, parang, kung maka-experience nilid kami ng ganito mga sitwasyon,
02:32mga closed game, mga crucial games, parang hindi na sa amin bagohan.
02:49So we areful for you to teach them.
02:54And, when that works, so werozum them, everything that comes to zeroes,
02:59I love you to teach them.
03:02But, as I am often often taken, I ask I am weary when I am not lot of time sleeping in theあ פり collection area.
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