STREAKING Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda University is favored to hurdle winless AMA Online, but Red Lions coach Yuri Escueta is not one to tell his charges to fall into complacency against the Titans.
“These are the teams and games we want to play kaya kami sumali sa D-League. Every game is tough, and it could go either way, so the learning never stops for us,” Escueta said.
“We still have a lot of things to correct. We’ll take it one game at a time. Malayo pa but ang importante ay iyong mindset namin every game,” he added.
Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda seeks to gain a semifinals slot when it battles AMA Online today in the PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup at The Arena in San Juan.
Game time is set at 2 p.m., with the Lions raring to do an encore to a 66-64 squeaker over Perpetual Help seven days ago that hiked their mark to 3-1.
Wangs Basketball @27 Striker-Letran clashes with Philippine Sports Performance at 4 o’clock.
The Titans absorbed a 70-108 drubbing at the hands of the Gymers also last Thursday– a loss that dropped them to 0-3.
The likes of Jacob Cortez, Yukien Andrada, and Peter Alfaro will be counted upon by Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda.
With a 0-2 slate that included a sorry 85-95 setback to Centro Escolar University last Tuesday, the Knights will pin their hopes on Kurt Reyson and Kobe Monje.
“We have to rely on our defense. We should be disciplined and hungry to win,” Letran tactician Rensy Bajar said after their defeats to San Beda and CEU.
“Letran iyan, champion team sa NCAA, so dapat handa kami,” PSP deputy coach Jonathan Macaranas said.
