Batang Pier ready even sans Terrence Romeo
WHILE they would rather have guard Terrence Romeo playing for them in the ongoing PBA Philippine Cup, still Global Port Batang Pier expressed their readiness to compete and go deeper in the tournament even sans the All- Star guard.
Out with a knee injury, there is no definite time yet on when Mr. Romeo would come back and play.
But instead of being hung up on the Romeo situation, Global Port (33) is forging ahead for now, squeezing everything they could draw out of what it has at its disposal.
“I don’t know when exactly Terrence will come back,” Batang Pier coach Pido Jarencio admitted to members of media following their 107-88 victory over the Meralco Bolts last Sunday.
“When Terrence comes back we can adjust but just the same this team is ready and committed to see our cause through,” he added.
The Batang Pier showed what they are capable to do when collectively in synch when they dominated the Bolts in their last game.
Former Meralco players Jonathan Grey and Kelly Nabong led the way for GlobalPort in the win.
Mr. Grey topscored with 24 points while best-player-of-thegame Nabong had a double-double of 17 points and 17 rebounds to go along with three blocks.
Sean Anthony had 18 points while Stanley Pringle added 17 points, five rebounds and four assists.
The win allowed the Batang Pier to put themselves in joint fourth spot in the standings midway into the season-opening Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) tournament.
“We don’t want to expect when Terrence would come back but until then we will just go all-out and compete and stay aggressive,” Mr. Jarencio said.