OPENING ILLUSTRATION BY WARREN ESPEJO OF SPOT
October 8, 2009 | 3034 views
3. ADMU vs DLSU, 2003
The bench-clearing incident between Ateneo and La Salle in a 2003 final four game had more than a kick and a punch. Players shoved each other and coaches tried to break up the fight amidst persistent whistled warnings from the referees.
This was how it all began: Blue Eagle Tenorio loses the ball. Tenorio punches Archer Jerwin Gaco. Gaco retaliates by nudging Tenorio. A fight ensues and takes the referees more than 10 minutes to stop. There was kicking (Archer Ryan Araña kicked Blue Eagle Wesley Gonzales from behind, earning Araña a one-game suspension) and a slapping of suspensions (Ateneo’s Tenorio, Christian del Rosario and coaching staff Bob Marquicias, and La Salle assistant team manager Manny Salgado).
La Salle won in overtime, 76-72. The next Ateneo-La Salle game was rescheduled to allow the teams and fans to cool down.
4. NU vs UP, 2009
During their second game this season, fouls rained in an almost bench-clearing incident between the National University Bulldogs and UP Fighting Maroons. "Miggy Maniego of UP and Joseph Terso of NU got into a shoving scuffle, while Terso’s teammates Jewel Ponferrada and Jerome Tungcul joined the two," reports spot.
Says Maniego to Spot: “Our emotions just got out of hand; we were too passionate to win. I’m just really competitive. I don’t want to be pushed around. It’s just part of the game and what happens in the court, stays in the court.”
For leaving the bench, Ponferrada and Tungcul saw disqualification from the game. Maniego, Terso and Bulldogs Coach Manny Dandan got technical fouls in a game that the Maroons won, 78-76.
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