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She would feature for the Philippines women's national under-17 team at the 2022 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship [7] [8] [9] She helped the Philippine youth team earn a promotion to Division A from B at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup. [10] [11]
AsiaBasket is an Asian men's professional basketball league founded in 2021. The league hosts tournaments mainly consisting of professional and collegiate teams based in Southeast Asia. Originally called the Filipino Basketball League, or FilBasket in short, it initially began as a domestic basketball tournament in the Philippines.
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) saw an influx of Filipino players of foreign descent or Filipino-foreigners in the late-1990s. The dissolution of the Metropolitan Basketball Association in 2002, meant that PBA was the only league where Filipino-foreigners wanting to play in the Philippines could play. [1]
He later worked as a play-by-play commentator not only on basketball games, but also on boxing games, like Blow-by-Blow. [1] His notable play-by-play game was the do-or-die upset of Barangay Ginebra against Mobiline Phone Pals in 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals. [2] He also worked as a sports reporter on GMA News. [3]
Maurice James Escovilla Shaw (born January 8, 1985) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for the Manila City Stars of the Pilipinas Super League. [1] In Shaw's early years, he attended Washington Union High School in Fresno County , California .
Along with teammates CJ Perez, Jason Perkins, and Moala Tautuaa, they helped the Philippines claim gold for that event, sweeping the tournament in the process. [47] In 2022, Newsome was cleared by FIBA to play as a local for the Philippines. [48] He was given an exemption because he has been living in the Philippines for over 10 years. [49]
Paul Beleno "Bong" Alvarez (born June 15, 1968) is a Filipino former professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association and politician. Dubbed as " Mr. Excitement " because of his high-leaping, slam-dunking acts.
Vicente Paul Bowie Hizon (born November 25, 1970) is an American-born Filipino retired professional basketball player. He is the former commissioner of the Filsports Basketball Association. FBA, a community-based grassroots basketball league in the Philippines. He is currently a motivational speaker while focusing on family and business.