MANILA, Philippines — There's definitely an added motivation for Adamson's Royce Mantua in facing his former school and team UST in the UAAP Season 87 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday.
MANILA, Philippines — There's definitely an added motivation for Adamson's Royce Mantua in facing his former school and team UST in the UAAP Season 87 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday. Mantua breached double digits for the second time this season, scoring 11 points on top of two rebounds to lead the Soaring Falcons to a 69-56 win against his former teammates on the Growling Tigers side.
So, it's more on our goal than just my role,' said Mantua.'There's definitely playing against my old teammates as well. And I also got to hide my emotions as well, so, it does motivate that I'm playing against my old team. Yeah, I'm glad that we got the win,' added the 6-foot-4 forward.Doing his part, Mantua helped Adamson recover from its 30-point loss to defending champ La Salle last timeout.
Mantua Extra Motivated Facing Old Team UST
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