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“Na-challenge ako sa kanya kasi siya papunta na sa pro, ako andito pa (sa NCAA). Naisip ko siguro kaya ko rin ang ginagawa niya,” said Arellano's Jiovani Jalalon of his match up with Scottie Thompson of Perpetual Help. Dante Peralta

The JRU Bombers celebrate at the end of the hard-fought match that was marred by a wrong call by the referees late in the second overtime. Dante Peralta

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Guilmer de la Torre and the Braves score their fifth win in six outings.Dante Peralta

ARELLANO and Mapua beat separate rivals on Friday to stay in joint second place in the NCAA Season 91 juniors basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan.

Guillmer de la Torre had 33 points as the Braves beat Letran, 89-71, while the Red Robins, behind Michael Enriquez's 27-point effort, defeated Lyceum, 76-64.

With the victories, Arellano and Mapua shared second place with a 5-1 win-loss slate behind San Beda (6-0).

BUS COMING THROUGH. Jiovani Jalalon was in total control in the final frame.

Known more as a playmaker, Jiovani Jalalon used the biggest of stages on Tuesday at the San Juan Arena to show he can score as well – and against their Finals tormentors no less.

The third-year rising star still drove his way towards eight assists, but also poured in eight of his 22 points in the final frame as runners-up Arellano University exacted revenge on defending champions San Beda College, 88-84, in Season 91 of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

TAKE OVER. Jiovani Jalalon takes over for Arellano in a rematch of last year's NCAA Finals against San Beda. Photo by Mark Cristino/Rappler

MANILA, Philippine – In a rematch of last year’s NCAA finals, Arellano University pulled off an 88-84 upset against the defending 5-peat NCAA champion San Beda College on Tuesday, August 18 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.

Arellano's Jiovani Jalalon celebrates after nailing a three-pointer against San Beda. Photo by Mark Cristino for ABS-CBNnews.com

MANILA, Philippines – Jiovani Jalalon waxed hot in the fourth quarter and lifted the Arellano University Chiefs over the San Beda College Red Lions, 88-84, in a rematch of last season's finalists to end the first round of the NCAA Season 91 men's basketball tournament on Tuesday at the San Juan Arena.

EASY WIN. Arellano's Michael Salado goes for a layup over CSB's Jose Saavedra. Photo by Josh Albelda/Rappler

MANILA, Philippines – The Arellano Chiefs didn’t have much of a difficult time earning their fifth win of the NCAA season as they had the upper hand from start to finish in their 85-73 victory over the CSB Blazers on Friday, August 14, at the San Juan Arena.

Zach Nicholls was on fire from downtown, finishing with 5 3-pointers and 19 points while Jiovani Jalalon registered 13 points, 10 assists, and 6 rebounds in the win.

MAKE IT RAIN. Zach Nicholls continued pouring in outside shots to give Arellano a much-needed win right before their rematch with San Beda.

Arellano University made sure they were hitting the right notes heading into the much-anticipated first meeting between the reigning finalists in the NCAA 91 Men's Basketball Tournament.

The Chiefs were firing on all cylinders from the get-go with a 30-point first quarter all the way to an easy 85-73 win against the College of St. Benilde Blazers on Friday at the San Juan Arena.

KALOKALIKE. Schoolmates, teammates, magkababayan, magkapwesto, magkamukha even; these are just a few of the things to describe Jiovani Jalalon and Michael Salado.

After Arellano University's victory against San Sebastian last Thursday, ABS-CBN Sports caught up with senior Jiovani Jalalon and rookie Kent Salado for their post-game thoughts and it was truly amusing how their answers were always in sync and how they even practically finished each other’s sentences!

MANILA — If there is one squad in the 12th Shakey’s V-League Collegiate Conference who knows how to beat National University, it should be NCAA champions Arellano University.

With a core mostly made up of former Lady Bulldogs, the Lady Chiefs clearly got the numbers of the opponents as they take down one of the early favorites in the tournament in four, 25-23, 25-18, 19-25, 25-22.