Manila vs Cebu sa Mayor Asis tilt

MULI na namang magtutuos ang Manila at Cebu sa basketball.

Maghaharap ang dating UAAP champion Vincare PharmaUniversity of Santo Tomas ar CESAFI heavyweight Phoenix Fuel LifeUniversity of Cebu sa pagbubukas ng 8th Mayor Kim Lope A. Asis Invitational Basketball Tournament 2018 sa Hunyo 26 sa Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur.

Inaasahang magiging kapanapanabik ang 8 p.m. na sagupaan ng Tigers at Webmasters, na kapwa nasa huling bahagi na ng kanilang preparasyon sa kani-kanilang mga liga.

Bago dito, magkakasubukan ang Madyaw Construction-National University- Manila at Greene Builders/Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan clash simula 6:30 p.m.

Ang nasabing action- packed games ay nababagay na opening-day treat sa prestihiyosong tournament na itinataguyod ni Mayor Asis bilang bahagi ng taunang pagdiriwang ng 11th Charter Day and Bayugan Festival.

Si Mayor Asis ay inaasahang mangunguna sa pag-salubong sa mga bisita at sa ceremonial toss, kasama si tournament organizer/coach Van Halen Parmis.

Ang dalawa pang teams sa fourday competitions ay ang NCAA runner-up ARQ Builders-Lyceum of the Philippines University at Mair Construction/Southwestern University Phinma Cobras.

Ang Pirates at Cobras at magsasagupa sa Hunyo 27.

“For the past eight years, it has been costumary for us to treat our constituents with a very excitng and highly-entertaining basketball action to make our Charter Day and Bayugan Festival celebrations more memorable and meaningful,” pahayag ni Bayugan Mayor Asis.

“And we take pride for this being the biggest sporting event not only in our province but perhaps in the entire Mindanao region,” aniya.

Nakataya ang mga tropeo at cash prizes na P200,000 para sa kampeon.