Ateneo’s Newsome, San Beda win Filoil-Gatorade honors for April 13-20

Ateneo’s Newsome, San Beda win Filoil-Gatorade honors

The Gatorade Defensive Player for April 13-20 of the Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup is Ateneo Blue Eagle Chris Newsome. In three matches (against Southwestern University, San Sebastian College-Recoletos, and Emilio Aguinaldo College), Newsome pulled down 35 rebounds and had six steals for a 11.6 rebounds and 2.0 steals average.

The Gatorade Best Five for April 13-20 is Ateneo’s Kiefer Ravena, Von Pessumal, and Chris Newsome, and San Beda’s Ola Adeogun and Art de la Cruz.

The first week of the Filoil summer tournament saw both Ateneo and San Beda play three games in the first week since they will be leaving soon for training abroad. Ateneo went 3-0 while San Beda toted a 2-1 record.