For Ateneo star Kiefer Ravena, who helped the country win the SEA
Games basketball gold in 2011, it was the first opportunity to team up
with naturalized center Marcus Douthit.
“I’m still learning how to play with him,” said the Blue Eagles
hotshot, who added that it was fun to once again play with a giant
center. Ravena spent his first two years in the UAAP playing alongside
7-foot center Greg Slaughter, who was no longer eligible to play for the
Blue Eagles this past UAAP season.
Douthit and Ravena lead the cast for coach Jong Uichico. Also on the
team Ray Parks, Kevin Alas, Matt Rosser Ganuelas, Ronald Pascual, Jake
Pascual, Garvo Lanete, Kevin Ferrer, Rey Mark Belo, Jericho Cruz, and
Prince Caperal.
It was a good showing for the national team, considering they’ve only been practicing in earnest for less than a week.
For Ravena, it is another opportunity to play with a different set of teammates apart from his usual Ateneo comrades.
“It was nice to play with people you are used to playing against,”
said Ravena, who along with Parks, Lanete, and Jake Pascual are
holdovers from the Sinag Pilipinas squad that won the tournament two
years ago in Indonesia. “It was a new experience for me.”
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