Perpetual Help Altas’ Bright Akhuetie captures top Filoil honors

This appears in the Tuesday, May 5, 2015 edition of the Business Mirror.

Altas’ Bright captures top Filoil honors

by rick olivares

The University of Perpetual Help Altas’ young Nigerian center Bright Akhuetie captured Total Player of the Week honors after leading his school to a 2-0 record in the first week of the Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.

In two matches, Bright averaged 17.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.0 steals, and 2.0 blocks in two wins over Letran and University of San Jose Recoletos.

Filoil Tournament Director Joey Guillermo named Bright to the Gatorade Best Five along with San Beda’s Baser Amer, Emilio Aguinaldo College’s Addum Mbang, UE’s Paul Varilla, and UST’s Mario Bonleon.

The Gatorade Best Defensive of the Week is Mapua’s Allwell Oraeme who was the lone bright spot for the Cardinals during a loss to the University of the Philippines. Oraeme grabbed an incredible 29 rebounds and blocked two shots.