Aquino buried 23 points and hauled down seven rebounds in San Sebastian's 91-76 drubbing of erstwhile co-leader and last year's runnerup Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers last Monday, enough to seal him his second ACCEL/Fil-Oil NCAA Player of the Week Player of the Week honor. With Aquino's consistent 21-point average per game, San Sebastian managed to climb up to solo lead and remained the only unscathed team this season with a 7-0 win-loss record.
"He gave another clutch performance for the team and again proved his leadership," said Stags rookie coach Ato Agustin of the 23-year old native of Bamban, Tarlac.
Aquino, the first player to collect two NCAA POW honors this year, was the inaugural recipient of the award five weeks back when he led the Stags to it's first two wins this season including a shocker against the defending three-time champion San Beda Red Lions.
Against JRU, Aquino drained 14 of his total output in the first two quarters to pace San Sebastian and even outscored his fiercest scoring rival, Heavy Bomber John Wilson, by 14 markers the whole game.
Still Agustin admitted that there were some flaws that Aquino, was the first recipient of the plum backed by ACCEL and FilOil should address.
"The only problem with Jimbo especially when the crowd is cheering him on, he gets a little bit carried away," Agustin added about his ward, who suffered his first disqualification after committing his fifth foul late in the fourth. "I told him that he's our gunner and he has to control his fouls because the team needs him inside the court. He should adjust and play smart."
Aquino topped the likes of San Beda hot shots Garvo Lanete and Sudan Daniel and Letran's RJ Jazul for the weekly plum given by a group sports scribes from the country's leading broadsheets and tabloids covering the beat.
During that stretch, Aquino buried a whopping 10 of the 13 triples he attempted including six in a masterful shock 83-77 win over the heavily favored Lions Monday that sent them atop the heap along with last year's runner-up Jose Rizal, St. Benilde and guest team Arellano U on 2-0 (win-loss) slates.
Deep in 3 point territory -- that’s where Josh Vanlandingham made his mark in the Philippine Basketball League. In his rookie conference, he averaged 9 pts per game with a 42 % shooting clip from beyond the arc which topped the league. Though he showed his capability to slash inside, it was mainly his long bomb arsenal that had his name boom throughout the battleground.
Point number 2 – he played against Brandon Roy!
Josh loves to read. Many stereotype jocks as a “no-read, no-write” breed, but obviously Josh is one of the many who dispel that notion (although mind you there are some who average two syllables per word). He just finished reading “Five People You Meet In Heaven” by Mitch Albom, a book lent to him by neighbor and friend Ryan Reyes – a fellow book worm. It’s a story about Eddie, a simple man who led a normal life till a freak accident took it all away. He crossed paths with five people who have significantly made an impact in his life on earth in heaven. And each person he reconnected with in the after life provided him with divine wisdom. It’s a wonderful read, I’ve been a fan of the book since 2004.
It’s hard to evade your destiny. If it’s written in the stars that you are to be a hoop star, then so be it. Such is the case of Marcy Arellano, Burger King’s court stunner, a true leader who thrives on taking the team through crunch time. His life’s episodes have led him to a road destined for potential greatness. And he’s not wasting any time to go down that avenue, in full speed, pushing that leather up.
High school came and saw Marcy working his way up from the farm team to the roster of the University of the East Pages all the way to his UAAP Juniors MVP stature on his final year. But not even that feather on his cap placed him on the fast lane to the UE Red Warriors line up. Not with the likes of James Yap and Paul Artadi as Coach Boyzie Zamar’s main weapons. But having to go through the grind with those UAAP turned professional superstars day in and day out did Marcy a lot of good. When his number was called up to play in the UAAP seniors arena, he quickly became known as a sweet shooter and a crunch time leader. All his potentials harnessed further under the wings of Coach Dindo Pumaren whose UE squad swept the eliminations only to falter in the finals to La Salle.
while sharing the load of caring for the younger siblings coupled with making sacrifices has definitely helped Marcy mature earlier, and it shows with the way he carries himself on and off the court. 
“With the things that he does, you know that he’ll make it in life”, mentioned Coach Allan. Marcy has made quite an impression on the Burger King coaching staff, including Assistant Coach Vergel Meneses whom he has idolized since he was young. “I was so excited kase idol ko sya. He gave me a jersey and always gives me advice and confidence”. Arellano recounted how the Areal Voyager tells him to “make (his) teammates look good, and bring the team’s tempo, and lead”, advice he’s all too eager to take to heart.
dont feel bad about the lost
PBL five-time champion Harbour Centre yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with leading UAAP title contender Far Eastern University in a deal that is expected to boost their winning chances in their respective leagues.
