Manila, Sept. 27 -- National University Nazareth School (NUNS) and University of Santo Tomas (UST) kept their perfect records after dispatching separate rivals in the UAAP Season 88 high school basketball tournament at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Saturday.

Center Moussa Diakite and guard Mark Arzola tallied 17 points each as the Bullpups prevailed over the Far Eastern University-Diliman (FEU-D) Baby Tamaraws, 78-66.

Diakite, a 6-foot-10 recruit from Mali, also had 14 rebounds, three blocks and two steals; while Arzola made 10 rebounds and three steals as the NUNS took the first half at 42-31.

FEU rallied behind Prince Carino, Prince Pineda and Dwyne Enriquez to close in at 44-45, with 5:43 left in the third.

But NUNS bank...