With their stellar play for their respective teams, Quiambao and Pastrana have earned nods for the first Collegiate Press Corps UAAP Players of the Week awards for the period of Sept. 7 to 15.
The UAAP Season 87 basketball wars have begun, and defending champions De La Salle Green Archers and UST Growling Tigresses right away are on top of the food chain in the men’s and women’s divisions with perfect 3-0 starts.And in the middle of it all are stars Kevin Quiambao and Kent Pastrana.
Quiambao, the 23-year-old reigning MVP, averaged monster numbers of 18.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game against the NU Bulldogs, the Adamson Soaring Falcons and the Ateneo Blue Eagles to grab the men’s weekly award backed by Discovery Suites and World Balance. But with his early outstanding play, the forward stressed that he and the team still have a lot to improve on.
She averaged 16.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in the stretch, which saw UST blow out its first two opponents before fending off Adamson on Sunday to stay unbeaten. “Oo, meron talagang nagbago Unang una yung maturity talaga kasi yun nga sinasabi sa akin palagi ni coach ikaw yung isa sa leader sa loob ng court, kailangan mag-set ka ng tone so kung ano iyong ipinapakita mo sa loob,” she said.
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