Jiovani Jalalon of Arellano University dribbles the ball up court in a file photo. File photo by Josh Albelda

MANILA, Philippines – Arellano University continues its roll in the ongoing NCAA Season 91 men’s senior basketball tourney as the Chiefs edged out Mapua Institute of Technology, 100-96, in an overtime thriller on Friday, July 17 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.

Dioncee Holts and Jiovani Jalalon carried the Arellano University Chiefs past the Mapua Cardinals to move up the standings ladder to third spot with a 3-1 record.

American Dioncee Holts finally woke up from a scoring coma and Jiovani Jalalon had another productive outing to help the Arellano University Chiefs survive a thrilling 100-96 overtime win over the Mapua Cardinals on Friday in the 91st NCAA seniors basketball competition at The Arena in San Juan.

MANILA — Arellano University showcased its championship form in its first outing at the 12th Shakey’s V-League Collegiate Conference Sunday in San Juan when it made quick work of Polytechnic University of the Philippines in straight sets.

The reigning NCAA champions showed no mercy to the debuting Lady Radicals as the Lady Chiefs fired off from all angles to notch the 25-17, 25-6, 25-12 win.

Zahara Mae Soriano, representing Arellano University placed  2nd  in the recently concluded Miss NCAA contest. The 21-year old Tourism student, who hails from Negros Oriental, stands 5’9” and tips the scale at 120 lbs. Joining beauty contests is not anything new to Zahara. She participated in Miss Bikini Philippines and Miss Resorts World contests and was chosen finalist in the Binibining Pilipinas 2014 contest. 

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ARELLANO University, AMA Computer University, and Xavier School turned back separate rivals over the weekend to emerge unbeaten in the13th Fr. Martin Division 2 Cup basketball tournament.

Led by the stellar play of point guard extraordinaire Jiovani Jalalon, the Arellano University Chiefs have been one of the more exciting and competitive teams this season. During the first round wherein they had a 6-3 record, they usually used their quickness and torrid outside shooting in overwhelming their opponents.