San Beda started their NCAA Season 99 stint with a dominant win against Arellano, and one of the Red Lions’ vital cogs was Jacob Cortez.
MANILA — San Beda University started their NCAA Season 99 Men’s Basketball stint with a dominant win against Arellano University, and one of the Red Lions’ vital cogs was Jacob Cortez.
For San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta, this performance was proof of his court general’s continuous development as one of their leaders, especially since the squad is dealing with the departure of some of its top stars in James Kwekutye and JB Bahio.“With age and experience, he’s gonna be much better. He knows what he needs to mature on, alam niya yan.”
“The defense is more focused on me, pero that gives my teammates more [opportunities] to execute, more looks,” the son of ‘Cool Cat’ Mike Cortez said.Despite the good start to their season, Escueta wants Cortez and the whole squad to prepare for tougher games for when the Chiefs turned up the intensity in the second half, Arellano actually outscored San Beda, 35-28, in the final 20 minutes of the game.
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