College basketball’s top performers are set to be recognized when the Collegiate Press Corps Awards Night returns after four years.
For the first time since the pandemic hit, the Collegiate Press Corps – composed of reporters from various print and online publications covering the UAAP and the NCAA – will fete the best hoopers in the collegiate scene in the past three seasons.
During the awards night at The Hummingbird Rooftop Bar in Quezon City, presented by the San Miguel Corporation and the Philippine Sports Commission, the Collegiate Press Corps are set to award three sets of Collegiate Basketball Mythical Five teams.
The Mythical Five selections are composed of players from both the UAAP and the NCAA, with the 2022-23 batch led by Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Ange Kouame.
Kouame, in the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball finals, towed Ateneo back to the championship as he normed 17.7 points, 11 rebounds, and three blocks in the three-game finals series against the UP Fighting Maroons.
There, he was named Finals MVP.
Joining him are league MVPs Malick Diouf of the UP Fighting Maroons and CSB Blazers’ Will Gozum.
Diouf averaged 10.79 points, 10.86 boards, 2.86 assists, 1.57 blocks, and 1.5 steals for the Fighting Maroons who booked back-to-back finals appearances in the UAAP. Gozum, for his part, led the Blazers to the NCAA Season 98 finals after a stellar elimination round where he averaged 17.2 points on 53.1% shooting, 9.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.1 blocks.
