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Season 27 Spotlight: the bench players

If you want to know how competitive division III.7 is, ask the bench players of DLSU IE-98.

Third year guard Carey Velez, the Engineers' 25th pick, shared his thoughts on playing against division III players. "It's a very tough conference, (it's) like being in the playoffs every game". The mercurial guard averaged 7.1 ppg, 40% FG and 34% from the three point line last season, which is way below his current averages of 3.8 ppg, 31% FG and 33% 3pt.

This is also evident in the player rotation of the team: only one player has averaged more than 10 minutes of playing time per game in season 27 (HongKong small forward Yau Fusheng). Sixth man Lou Modina, who averaged 7.8 ppg and 6.3 rpg at roughly 18 mpg last season, has so far contributed only 2.4 ppg and 2.8 rpg with roughly 10 mpg of playing time. "This is very frustrating. You got your momentum for being in the finals last season but so far we're playing as if we are an expansion team... We are looking forward to play better basketball in the next couple of games."

Rookie Caesar Jesus is also feeling the pressure to do well off the bench. "I'm learning what I can from DJ everyday, and I tale every mistake as a learning experience for me to do better next time." Caesar has averages of 3ppg, 0.6 rpg, 0.4 apg, 33% FG and 14% 3pt this season.

Change of Power

Last season, Great 8 has a very tight playoff race, as Hell Catz, After Shocks and New Platoon give there best shot to make it to the next division. On the other hand, Natividad Supreme feast on his conference, and did not break a sweat in reaching the finals.

But this season, a big change has occur. After Shocks is in a rebuilding phase while Caloy Boys is having injury problems. and the 4 Big 8 conference teams has embark to a drive to the division 2. Secret Gardeners and ACP has risen from incubation and it seems there goal is simple, to reach the division 2.

As of this moment, Great 8 is passing the Power to the Big 8 but a quick reminder. Our last season, Natividad Supreme, came from the weaker Conference.

:))

Engineers, nanalo laban sa Golden Bears

Ang pagkawala ni Jose Manuel Dinarte sa Golden Bears ay naramdaman kahapon laban sa DLSU IE-98.

Nakalusot ng panalo ang mga Engineers pagkatapos nila pigilan ang Golden Bears, 93 - 102. Nakagawa ang tambalang guwardiya na Alvaro Iturren at DJ Montano ng 55 puntos sa 19/43 shooting, at 6/17 sa 3 point line.

Makikita sa larong ito ang kagustuhan ng Engineers na manalo pagkatapos matalo ng apat na sunod sa Div III.7 : Naka - 10 steal sila laban sa 5 ng Golden Bears. Hindi rin nakagawa ang mga bench player ng Golden Bears (20 na puntos sa 7/25 (28%) na shooting), kumpara sa 23 puntos ng Engineers sa 10/18 FG (56%))

"We are very happy with the win, and hopefully this continues when we play against DILDILATOR on Tuesday" sabi ni team manager fpanzer10.

"Sayang ang mga na-miss kong free throw, buti na lang at nakalamang kami ng malaki kundi maaring ako ang masisisi" sabi ni point guard DJ Montano. "Alam ko yun ang isa sa mga kahinaan ko, kaya sabi ni coach mag-practice pa ako para lubos na maging mas-competitive ako sa mga sunod na laro."

Samantala, si Dinarte ay magpapagaling pa ng dalawang linggo bago makabalik sa Golden Bears. Siya ay may average na 18 ppg, 9.5 rpg at 6.5 apg nitong season.

Ang Engineers ay nasa ika-anim pwesto ng Big 8 conference, na may 2-5 na record.

Last edited by fpanzer10 at 4/27/2014 9:10:21 AM

nice upset win! keep it up!

hindi sir... si sir Caloy pa rin ang may pinakamalakas na line - up.. may mga secret weapons siya.. at mukhang malapit na niyang ilabas.

ay! nakalusot ako kay hell catz! whew :P

ehem.. ehem..

Engineers win against DILDILATOR

For the first time this season, the Engineers have a winning streak.

Led by Australian big man Mark Kriegshauser (37 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists), DLSU IE-98 won convincingly by the score of 111-94 against DILDILATOR. Filipino stalwart Luduvico also played a fantastic game, converting all eight shots to fill up the stat sheet with 16 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

"Nagpapasalamat ako kay coach na pinagkatiwalaan niya ako,kahit na alam niya medyo masama mga huli kong laro" said Estil, who just had one of his worst shooting nights last Saturday.

Rookie Caesar Jesus also started to show signs of life this conference, garnering 8 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal in 17 minutes of action.

Irish superstar David MacAulay proved to be a scoring machine, leading DILDILATOR with 50 points (20-33 FG, 4-5 3pt), 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

The Engineers play against Antonio Piccinonno and the Joshywoshy Basket Club this Saturday (May 3), 530pm at the Velasco Hall.

Team Feature: Lucilo Quilao

Back then, 18 year old Lucilo Quilao had no idea what was in store for him after high school.

Having been selected first in the season 23 draft, the lanky 6ft 9in Quilao was tasked to provide additional firepower to the Engineers, who were at the time an expansion team led by Israeli sniper Ali Zuabi and Filipino power forward Peter Steven Camalon. Lucilo had to play multiple positions (both forward position, and sometimes even point guard) and switch roles from starter to bench player due to the rotation experiments of then rookie manager fpanzer10. He ended his rookie campaign with a decent line of 8.7 ppg, 5.8 ppg and 2.3 apg in 20 games.

Both Zuabi and Camalon were eventually shipped out to make way for new talent, paving the way for Quilao to take on a starting position for the engineers the following season. Though his scoring average went up to 10.2 ppg, his efficiency rating has decreased by 1.0, primarily attributed to a drop in his FG, 3PT and rebounding stats. Lucilo uses this as an inspiration to do better.

The entry of imports Alvaro Iturren, Mark Krieghauser, Ulisses Varela, Zoran Atanakovic (both Varela and Atanakovic were eventually traded away for cash) and Hakki Cav have made Lucilo's stint with the Engineers even more challenging, since he would have to prove his worth as a first pick. Some analysts mentioned after the season 23 draft that the Engineers taking Quilao too high on the draft board is a gamble, similar to fellow small forward Evan Turner being picked second by the Philadelphia 76ers.


Consistency has been an issue throughout Quilao's career, and he is aware of it. "I know that being the first pick means you have to show up in every game and that definitely is a lot of pressure, and I welcome that... It gives me the opportunity to be a better player, and I hope to share what I've learned to the incoming rookies" said Quilao during a post-practice interview.

Quilao fans were not disappointed last season (season 26), when he has posted averages of 13.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 5.8 apg, and a career high 1.5 bpg to lead the Engineers to a 20-2 record and their first ever finals appearance against talawis. The celebration, however, was short-lived: Talawis won the last two games of the finals and was crowned season 26 champion.

This season, however,Lucilo plans to bounce back after last seasons meltdown in the finals. "I know I have a lot of work to do in order to improve my game, and I'm only 22 years old so that means I still have alot of basketball in me."

Watch Lucilo Quilao and the Engineers this season at Division III.7



Last edited by fpanzer10 at 5/1/2014 9:53:40 AM