OCTOBER 26, ADMU vs. UST

- 2 assists in the first few minutes, reading the rotation correctly, both off drive-and-kick

- second quarter UST switches to man-to-man. vargas reads the change immediately, uses his defender's momentum against him, pulls up from the elbow. hits two consecutive mid-range jumpers

- 3rd qtr, ust goes on a 9-2 run, cuts ateneo's lead to three. vargas calls timeout at the next dead ball.

- comes out of the timeout and attacks w back to back possessions. - draws two fouls, makes three of four from the line

- forty seconds left, down two, vargas drives baseline, gets fouled. two free throws, makes both

- ateneo holds. 77-73. 9-0.

- clean game, controlled, managed. but he looked up when his dad was on the jumbotron. and in the fourth, when it got messy and loud and close, he looked like he wanted to be exactly where he was.