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| Letran Squires swingman Rey Nambatac wins MVP honors in the second Seaoil NBTC HS All-Star Game. |
Letran’s Nambatac wins
MVP honors in the Seaoil NBTC HS All-Star Game
by rick olivares
Letran Squires shooting guard Rey Nambatac led the
All-Star Light team to a 92-78 rout of its All-Star Dark counterparts in the
2013 Seaoil National Basketball Training Center All-Star Game at the Ynares
Sports Center in Pasig City last Sunday, March 3, 2013.
Nambatac, the Squires quicksilver-like swingman
tallied 23 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals en route to Most
Valuable Player honors in the official grassroots program and secondary
education national tournament of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.
The All-Star showcase ended the way it began with a
rout.
The All-Star White Team busted out of the gates with
a 16-4 lead behind San Beda Red Cub point guard Axel Iñigo and National
University Bullpups forward Reggie Morido.
When All-Star Dark Team head coach Michael Oliver of
UAAP Juniors Champion FEU-FERN inserted his second and third stringers – forwards
Mario Bonleon (La Salle Greenhills), Jeric Diego (Mapua), Jeric Adorio (Sun Yat
Sen High School in Iloilo), and guards Jefher John Egan (St. Mary’s School of
Cagayan de Oro) and Ricky Peromingan (Bukidnon Faith Christian School), the
lead shrunk to one, 32-31 with time down to 4:15 in the second period.
But when Oliver reinserted his starters – guards
Jerie Pingoy (FEU-FERN) and Kyles Lao (Xavier), forwards Raph Atangan (NU) and
Bong Quinto (Letran) and center Jon Macasaet (San Sebastian College-Recoletos)
– to match up with the All-Star Light Team starting unit of Iñigo, Nambatac,
Ralph Busa (NU), Morido, and Andre Paras (LSGH), the lead ballooned again,
44-35, at the end of two quarters.
In the third period, with the Dark Team’s bench on
the court once again, they retook the lead, 69-61 after a Peromingan layup on
two defenders with 9:20 left to play in the game.
Just when it seemed that the All-Star Light Team of
head coach Britt Reroma (of NCAA Juniors champion San Beda Red Cubs) was on the
ropes, Oliver sent back his starting five that simply couldn’t match up in
terms of firepower.
With the coaches and scouts from Adamson, Ateneo, FEU,
La Salle, Letran, NU, San Beda, UP, and UST looking on, Nambatac erupted for 12
points on drives, pull-up jumpers, and free throws in an electric eight-minute
span. And for good measure, he assisted on two other plays.
Nambatac completed his All-Star masterpiece with a
dish to a cutting Kimlee Bayquin of Chiang Kai Shek High School for an imposing
90-76 lead with a little over a minute left to play.
Bayquin added another two points on a drive to settle
the final score at 92-78.
Iñigo and Morido added 15 points each to their team’s
win that was also the second triumph for Reroma in Seaoil NBTC High School All-Star
Game. In the first staging of the late season classic that is patterned after
the McDonald’s All-American tournament, the SBC juniors coach’s light team was
powered to an 87-81 victory by Mapua’s Ace Basas.
Mario Bonleon led the All-Star Dark Team with 16
points while Jerie Pingoy added 11 markers of his own.
All-Star
Light
Andre Paras (LSGH), Reggie Morido (NU), Edralin
Villanueva (Hope Christian HS), Clint Doliguez (Hope Christian HS), Ralph Busa
(NU), Jeson Delfinado (FEU), Axel Iñigo (San Beda), Rey Nambatac (Letran),
Kimlee Bayquin (Chiang Kai Shek), Carlo Young (Chiang Kai Shek), Wilson
Bartolome (Chiang Kai Shek), Andres Desederio (University of Visayas), Yozi
Manguilimotan (West Negros University-Bacolod), and Raymond Andico (Southern
City College-Zamboanga).
Coach: Britt Reroma (San Beda)
All-Star
Dark
Raphael Atanagan (NU), Mario Bonleon (LSGH), Roger
Domingo Jr. (FEU), Neil Agustin (Southern City College-Zamboanga), Bong Quinto
(Letran), Jerie Pingoy (FEU), Jeric Diego (Mapua), Alwin John Margallo
(Adamson), Jon Macasaet (San Sebastian), Kyles Lao (Xavier), Levi dela Cruz Jr.
(NU), Jefher John Egan (St. Mary’s School-CDO), Arc Gabriel Araw-Araw
(SHS-Ateneo de Cebu), Jeric Adorio (Sun Yat Sen-Iloilo), and Ricky Peromingan
(Bukidnon Faith Christian School).
Coach: Michael Oliver (FEU)
great job covering it, sir rick!
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