By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

SUDDENLY on a strong charge back, the Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals (EAC) shoot for their third straight win when they face off with the College of St. Benilde Blazers in National Collegiate Athletic Association Season 94 action today at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

Winners of their last two games after starting their campaign with four consecutive losses, the Generals (2-4) attempt to continue rising in their 2 p.m. collision with the middling Blazers.

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

THE Philippine national youth team is through to the semifinals of the FIBA U18 Asian Championship after beating Bahrain, 67-52, in their knockout quarterfinals on Thursday at the Stadium 29 in Nonthaburi in Thailand.

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

WHILE left with limited time to prepare, national men’s basketball team coach Yeng Guiao is determined to come up with an “international tournament-ready” team for the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.

Returning from the FIBA U-17 World Cup last month, Philippines’ under-18 men’s national basketball team Batang Gilas is set to play again on the international stage at the FIBA U-18 Asian Championship in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Aug. 5 to 11.

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

A TALL Batang Gilas team bannered by twin towers begins its 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship campaign this weekend in Thailand.

Seven-footer Kai Sotto and 6’11 Filipino-Nigerian AJ Edu are part of the squad that will carry the Philippine cause in the biennial U18 tournament happening from Aug. 5 to 11 and against 15 other teams from around the region.

Roaring Sportsmanila Lions and Team Orange Cagers snatched their second victories in contrasting fashion  in the 2018 PMC Cup at the Dona Manuela Subdivision, Pamplona Las Pinas on Sunday, July 29.

Transferee Kim Aurin struggled all afternoon with his accuracy.

But the 6'1" Aurin, who moved from Jose Rizal University, made up for this in the closing seconds and lifted the University of Perpetual Help Altas to a 76-74 triumph over the Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals at their own homecourt at the EAC gymnasium in Manila. 

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

THE Alaska Aces face a very steep climb in their best-of-five Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) semifinal series with the defending champions San Miguel Beermen after going down, 2-0, but the team is choosing not to dwell too much on the hole it is in but more on how it can get out of it and turn things around.

Basketball’s governing body FIBA on Thursday handed down hefty fines and suspensions over an ugly on-court melee in Manila between the Philippine and Australian national teams during a World Cup qualifier.

Inaugural staging runner-up Team Orange gave SPO1 Prince Ibrahim "RoboCop" Chan and the rest of Green Archers  a surprise welcome on the second  game of the  2018 PMC Cup at the Dona Manuela Subdivision, Pamplona Las Pinas on Sunday, July 8.