Who’s your Mammie, UE?
by rick olivares
May 3, 2013
San Juan Arena
Without the benefit of a strong inside presence, the Emilio
Aguinaldo Generals have gotten by through the three-point shooting of Francis
Munsayac and Jan Jamon.
Heading into their match against the UE Red Warriors, Munsayac
was 7-13 while Jamon was 6-14 from long distance.
The duo put on a spectacular shooting display against
Southwestern University (although they lost 80-75) and they hoped they’d find
the range against the UE Red Warriors.
But the Recto-based team has some pretty decent long-range artillery
themselves.
With the seconds slipping away by the end of the first period,
UE point guard Roi Sumang raced to his offensive side of the court and pulled
up from some 30-feet out for a shot.
The shot was all net to book it, 25-15, for UE.
One of the strengths of the Warriors is they have a lot of
players who can stick that outside three – Lord Casajeros, Jay-R Sumido, Peds
Gallanza, JM Noble, Mario Bonleon, heck, even center Chris Javier will take the
shot when Sumang’s spirit moves him.
Sumang shot 3-4, Sumido 2-4, and Noble 2-3 from trifecta
distance. UE shot 33.3% from that area while EAC was 4-26 for a 15% accuracy
clip.
Only the Red Warriors weren’t getting it done solely from the
outside. When UE stretched the defense to the perimeter, then they pounded the
ball into to their massive 6’8” center from Sierra Leone, Charles Mammie.
Mammie scored 11 first half points, the only player from either
side to register in double digits, to lead the Red Warriors to a 48-33 lead.
The direction was very clear from UE head coach Boysie Zamar –
go to their advantage and that was inside.
A simple inbound play at the 2:24 mark of the third period
showed what UE can do now they have the big guy to intimidate on defense and to
score a ton of points inside.
Mammie inbounded the ball on the right side of their basket to
Sumido who was atop the three-point arc. As the defense swung to Sumido, he
passed off to the left corner where Galanza was even more wide open. As the
defense ran out to defend the three-point shot, Mammie slid inside the lane
where on cue, Galanza dumped the ball right in.
The African missed the shot but was fouled by Jeff Mallari.
Mammie hit both free throws for a 44-26 lead.
Then with 4:36 left to play, Mammie was the recipient of an
outlet pass. He took one dribble then took off for a reverse jam that had the
crowd and his teammates cheering; 91-60 for UE.
The UE center finished with a game high 23 points, 11 rebounds
and 2 assists.
“Iba yung meron magre-rebound para sa yo,” noted Sumang of
Mammie’s presence.
Para kang nakasandal sa pader?
“Siya yung pader!” emphasized the shifty guard.
“We have to accept the fact that this is a seven or eight month
transition,” cleared up Zamar who is on his second tour of duty as head coach
of UE (the first was from 2000-03 with James Yap, Ronald Tubid, and Paul
Artadi). “It is not just learning from the mistakes and failures but also
accepting reality. The sign of a good team is to bounce back.”
Zamar was referring to their painful 89-87 overtime loss to San
Sebastian last Wednesday after the Red Warriors surrendered a double digit
lead.
“We have to be ambitious. We have to
dream big. We have to dare. We have to fail also. Learning from our failure is
part of the challenge.”
UE
97 – Mammie 23, Sumido 15, Sumang 11, Noble 10, Santos 8, Casajeros 8,
Javier 4, Bonleon 4, Olivarez 4, Alberto 3, Guion 2, Flores 2, Pujante 2,
Galanza 1, Hernandez 0, De Leon 0.
EAC
66 – Castro 12, Tayongtong 11, Jamon 10, Munsayac 9, King 6, Manga 6, Mejos
3, Arquero 3, Monteclaro 3, Santos 2, Onwubere 1, Mallari 0, Saludo 0, Navarro
0.
The quotable Boysie Zamar:
On
Charles Mammie taking too long to answer a question in the press room: “Don’t
worry, Charles, the bus will wait for you.”
On
Sierra Leone, where Charles Mammie hails from: “You know the movie Blood
Diamond? That is where he is from.”
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