UST Growling Tigers’ Mo Tounkara throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball recreation towards La Salle Inexperienced Archers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines — Mo Tounkara admitted feelings acquired the higher of him throughout his fourth-quarter ejection from the College of Santo Tomas’ gallant stand towards defending champion La Salle within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event.
Tounkara acquired his second technical foul within the remaining 3:38 mark of the fourth quarter for taunting Mike Phillips. UST was in a position to power time beyond regulation just for La Salle to regain momentum and escape with a 94-87 win on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
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The Malian heart, who had 14 factors and eight rebounds, was slapped together with his first technical with 5:42 left within the opening interval after flexing his muscle mass on Henry Agunanne.
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Tounkara took the blame because the Growling Tigers missed his presence in crunch time.
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“Man, I used to be an excessive amount of within the recreation. Typically I’ve to regulate myself. I feel, if I had been there we’d’ve had a a lot [better] probability to win this recreation. I want to regulate myself typically. I acquired an excessive amount of within the recreation,” stated Tounkara, who hugged the Phillips brothers earlier than the reporters’ scrum.
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However he remained happy with his workforce after Nic Cabañero and Forthsky Padrigao continued to push La Salle to its limits even with out him.
“That basically exhibits that we’ve a reasonably good workforce this 12 months. We continue to grow and maintain getting higher on daily basis. That’s what I can see from the workforce. I feel via our preparation we’re going to do a lot better and I’m trying ahead to our subsequent 5 video games,” Tounkara stated.
UST had submitted its attraction for the ejection. Tounkara will likely be slapped with a one-game suspension and be disqualified for any particular person awards this season if the workforce’s plea is denied.
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Tounkara is hoping keep away from suspension because the Tigers will host their first residence recreation towards the Ateneo Blue Eagles on the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion on Saturday.
“We’re at residence, man. You recognize, its gonna be enjoyable. We’re prepared to present all our greatest there to win the following recreation since we acquired two losses towards UP and La Salle. We have now to win the following recreation if we need to get our spot to the Last 4, we’ve to,” stated Tounkara as UST dropped to 4-5 after shedding back-to-back video games to open the second spherical.
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Whatever the attraction’s consequence, Tounkara vows to be higher after his ejection.
“Typically, I get an excessive amount of within the recreation however I’ve to regulate myself. It’s solely about basketball however that’s an excessive amount of private. I’ve to regulate myself in these sorts of conditions,” he stated.
