#NCAASeason95Finals: Under pressure after game 1 letdown, MVP Calvin Oftana answers San Beda SOS

With San Beda trailing by seven in the fourth against archrivals Letran, San Beda have been frantically calling for 117 all game long, hoping to find an answer to a Fran Yu juggernaut.

And just when their backs against the wall after seeing their unbeaten regular season went down the drain in a game 1 loss, Calvin Oftana answered the Red Lion SOS - SAVE OUR SEASON, as the MVP of the NCAA delivered when it mattered to push the Season 95 Finals to a winner-take-all game three Friday evening.

"Gusto ko pang magtraining bukas!"

Those four words he said on national TV meant so much for the man from Siaton, Negros Oriental, as backed it up with a double-double of 17 minutes and 11 rebounds, none bigger than his 11 in the final frame including the three-point play that became the go-ahead bucket to even the series at a game apiece, forcing Sudden Death Tuesday in the process.

Head coach Boyet Fernandez was quick to praise his main man afterwards for his steely resolved that delivered when it mattered dearly.

"Nice comeback by Calvin [Oftana]," he said after his breakout performance of the postseason, an improvement from his 11 points but was typified with his miss from the rainbow territory to seal their game 1 fate. "I’m happy that he made his shots late in the fourth."

With the aspirations of a season sweep went straight to the bin after Letran beat them in game 1, Oftana said that it made them rethink their mindset and that summed up their roaring desire to retain the title.

"We play all heart, Ayaw naming matalo," as he echoed what he said during the awarding ceremonies. "Di kami pupunta sa game na hindi handa atsaka hindi mananalo."