by rick olivares
Every year, when the new UAAP Men’s Basketball Season
gets underway, one of the keenly awaited developments is the performance of the
rookies.
There are a lot of heralded rookies in this batch and
we wanted to track their opening day performances.
Here’s how the notable
rookies fared.
NAME
|
MINs
|
PTS
|
3PTs
|
2PTS
|
FTS
|
Rebs
|
Ass
|
Stls
|
TO
|
Blk
|
Diego Dario
(UP)
|
9.17
|
4
|
0/0
|
2/5
|
0/0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
Prince Rivero
(DLSU)
|
6.83
|
2
|
0/1
|
1/2
|
0/0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Thirdy Ravena
(AdMU)
|
4.83
|
0
|
0/0
|
0/1
|
0/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Jay Javelosa
(AdMU)
|
5.83
|
4
|
0/0
|
2/2
|
0/0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Arvin
Tolentino
(AdMU)
|
17.83
|
12
|
2/6
|
3/6
|
0/0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
John Apacible
(AdMU)
|
10.50
|
4
|
0/0
|
2/2
|
0/0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Clint Doliguez
(AdMU)
|
2.83
|
2
|
0/0
|
1/2
|
0/0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Rev
Diputado
(NU)
|
8.00
|
8
|
2/2
|
1/3
|
0/0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
Meds Salim
(NU)
|
1.00
|
1
|
0/0
|
0/0
|
1/2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Henri Subido
(UST)
|
5.17
|
3
|
1/2
|
0/0
|
0/0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
Matthew Aquino (AdU)
|
21.00
|
2
|
0/0
|
1/1
|
0/1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Ryan Gumtang
(AdU)
|
9.00
|
4
|
0/0
|
0/2
|
4/4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Ivan
Villanueva
(AdU)
|
27.83
|
15
|
1/1
|
5/8
|
2/3
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Of the 13 rookies, the best showings were from
Adamson’s Ivan Villanueva, NU’s Rev Diputado, and Ateneo’s Arvin Tolentino.
Villanueva, playing the three and four spot in
particular, had a well-rounded performance where he nearly tabulated a double
double performance. Could it be we found the heir to Jericho Cruz who will be
taking his high wire act to the pros?
Diputado on the other hand, didn’t shoot too much but
did well enough. Did a lot of the other chores too.
As for Tolentino, obviously, he isn’t a five, but is
more of a three. He likes to take his man outside where he can beat him off the
dribble or shoot over him. As a result, didn’t pull down a rebound which should
be some cause for concern since they will need all hands on deck in rebounding
especially against teams like La Salle, UST, UE, NU, and FEU. Not a good shooting
day but will definitely help out.
We expect other rookies to contribute heavily from UP’s
Diego Dario to UST’s Henri Subido to La Salle’s Prince Rivero. Ateneo has a lot
of rookies who will eventually do well. But it would be interesting to see what
guys like Jay Javelosa and John Apacible can do with longer minutes.
This weekend should be interesting as some teams will
try to put some distance over the others while others hope to barge into the
win column. The rookies’ baptism of fire isn’t over. As the first round goes
on, we’re going to see more or less the rotation of players.
Grats Ateneo! OBF! They flew higher than their foes' arrows can shoot them down. Next big tests are UE and FEU.
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