UST Tigers boost frontline for UAAP Season 86

UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas is adding more ceiling to its roster ahead of UAAP Season 86 with the acquisition of Vince Ventulan.

The 6’4” winger from Port St. Lucie, Florida will play his one-and-done year for the Growling Tigers this upcoming campaign.

“Magandang addition para sa amin si Vince dahil makakadagdag siya sa athleticism namin dito sa team,” said UST head coach Pido Jarencio.

The 23-year-old Ventulan, whose dad Vic hails from Mactan, Cebu and mom Winnie is from Bohol, is pumped to suit up for one more year in college as he looks to make an impact in his brief time in Espana.

“I’m excited to play another year of bas ketball here. I feel like I have a great size and length and I want to make winning plays for the team,” said the 6-foot-4 slasher.

Ventulan posted 4.8 points on 36-percent shooting from deep, to go with 1.6 assists and 1.5 rebounds in 21.1 minutes of action in his senior year for the Gyrenes this past 2022-23 season. He’s the latest of the new faces in the Growling Tigers’ lair alongside rookies SJ Moore and Mark Llemit.

a 19-15 win over Blackwater.

Tonino Gonzaga finished with seven points and five rebounds for the Braves, who secured another P30,000 prize money after a similar podium finish in last week’s opening leg.

Results of the quarterfinals earlier had Meralco edging out Wilcon Depot in a low-scoring match (14-13), Ginebra ousting Purefoods (17-13), Cavitex defeating San Miguel, 19-17, and Blackwater whipping Pioneer Elastoseal (22-13).

The scores

Third place

Cavitex (19) – Gonzaga 7, Ighalo 5, Napoles 4, Fajardo 3. Blackwater (15) – Publico 8, Salva 3, Bayla 2, Jamison 2.

Finals

Ginebra (19) – Aurin 8, Cu 6, Salcedo 3, Gumaru 2. Meralco (17) – Batino 6, Sedurifa 5, Manday 4, Santos 2.

AVA Fajardo led with 17 points as the Gilas Pilipinas youth girls’ team came off to a great start with a 79-40 smothering of Hong Kong in the FIBA U16

Women’s Asian Championship 2023 on Monday night at the Prince Hamzah Sport Hall in Amman, Jordan.

The Gilas ladies took off on a 15-2 blitz and built their momentum on a 27-13 lead en route to claiming the early leadership of Group A in Division B action.

Ryan Nair and Alyssia Palma struck with 12 and 10 markers, respectively, for the Patrick Aquino-coached squad.

The Filipinas are seeking to improve on their third-place finish last year.

The Philippines will next face Maldives in a bid to move closer to the top seed in the group.

Tsz Ching Kam top-scored for Hong Kong with 14 points in the loss. Yan Ting Tai was her lone support with 11 markers and 10 rebounds.