In creating a basketball team, the start is usually the hardest one. A team would usually endure all the pains of losses and then hopefully start winning. In another move to further improve its basketball team, the STI network of schools have created its first Juniors basketball team that will come out to play in the 9th NAASCU Juniors championships. NAASCU League rules has it that the Juniors is an eighteen (18) and under tournament which can be the school's farm team.
The team which is barely three weeks old is entered as a guest team in the High School division of the Fr. Martin's cup for this summer. Here are some pictures of the game that the STI juniors lost this morning against the UST Juniors team 62-58.
STI College Balagtas center Cedrick Ablaza led the Olympians with 23 points on top of the many three point plays he got and offensive rebounds. Former ICCHS Iloilo stalwart and now an Olympian Lester Bocalbo added 10 points in his manila debut.
Former Olympian Seniors member Paul Sabacahan also backed up the team ably with 10 markets. The troika will be the focal point of the Olympians junior team. Sabacahan came from the Corpus Christi High school from Cagayan de Oro and he rode the bench last year and hopefully be a big contributor to the Juniors team.
Considering the fact that it was their first game as a team, the young Olympians played adequately and defended well. The Olympians were not rattled nor were they problematic, its just that they missed shots in the endgame. After more games they will eventually get the good results.
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