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Chooks 3x3 squads brace for FIBA 3x3 Asia Pacific Super Quest

Published Apr 29, 2022 04:18 pm

Eight teams, three of them local and five foreign, will be seeing action in the 2022 Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3x3 Asia Pacific Super Quest on Saturday, April 30 at the Ayala Malls Solenad in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

Mike Harry Nzeusseu, Mac Tallo, coach Aldin Ayo, Zach Huang, and Brandon Ramirez of Cebu Chooks (Handout)

The teams will be divided into two pools for the main draw with home team Manila Chooks being slotted in Pool A along with Mongolia's Zaisan MMC Energy, Australia's Melbourne Hoop City, and Japan's Tokyo Dime.

Meanwhile, the country's top 3x3 team in Cebu Chooks will face Mongolia's Sansar MMC Energy, Indonesia's Tangerang, and Butuan Chooks in Pool B.

The country’s No. 1 3x3 squad will be tasked to defend the home court, and the team looks prepared to do so.

Mac Tallo, Brandon Ramirez, Zach Huang, and Mike Harry Nzeusseu have been training for the past two months under coach Aldin Ayo.

The team gave a glimpse of its progress in the 2022 FIBA 3x3 Dubai Expo Super Quest last March 31.

Cebu Chooks gave Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Riga of Latvia a scare before falling, 17-21. Cebu Chooks came back strong the next game to stun Chicago, 21-15. Chicago was led by Craig Moore and Zahir Carrington, the 3rd and 4th best 3x3 players in the United States.

Expected to lead the charge for the Filipinos will be Tallo who is the country’s highest-ranked 3x3 player. Tallo is 175th in the FIBA 3x3 world rankings.

Sansar is the older of the two Mongolian teams joining the Asia Pacific Super Quest. It is also the bigger one and is equally potent.

The team will be led by 21-year-old Sukhbat Batzorig, who at 148th in the FIBA world rankings, is the second highest-ranked player in the competition next only to his compatriot, Gantsolmon. Joining Batzorig in the Sansar roster are Anand Aruinbold, Enkhbaatar Onolbaatar, and Gansukh Avarzed.

Tangerang will be parading the same line-up that carried the name of the Indonesia Patriots A which won the Asean Basketball League 3x3 International Champion’s Cup last April 17. Composing the team are 6-foot-5 Jamarr Johnson, Surliyadin Itun, Sandy Aziz, and Oki Wira Sanjaya.

Butuan, which will be composed of Alvin Baetiong, Jonjon Gabriel, Joshua Webb, and Ron Dennison, will be looking to pull off a surprise or two in the Asia Pacific Super Quest.

Meanwhile, Manila Chooks will be the 'manong brigade' of the Philippine contingent.

The team is comprised of two reliable bigs in 6-foot-9 former Ateneo Blue Eagle Chibueze Ike and 6-foot-5 Dennis Santos and two veterans in Mark Yee and Chico Lanete.

Gan-Erdene Gantsolmon will be leading a Zaisan team that includes 6-foot-2 Ikhbayar Chuluunbaatar, 6-foot-5 Altangerel Batsaikhan, and 6-foot-3 Ganbaatar Nyamdorj. Gantsolmon, Chuluunbaatar, and Batsaikhan are all below 22 years old. Nyamdorj, at 25 years old, is the oldest player in this youthful Mongolian squad.

The road to the Asia Pacific Super Quest title will go through Tokyo Dime of Japan. It will be recalled that when Chooks-to-Go hosted the first Asia Pacific Super Quest in 2019, it was Tokyo Dime that emerged as champion.

Two members of their 2019 are back in the Philippines to defend their title. These are 6-foot-3 Masahiro Komatsu and 5-foot-11 Keita Suzuki. The other members of Tokyo Dime are 6-foot-3 Taishi Kakuta and 6-foot-2 Kyoichiro Imori.

Finally, Melbourne Hoop City will be one of the biggest squads in the competition with no player standing below 6-foot-3. Spearheading the Aussies is Tom Wright who was named MVP of the 2019 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup held in China.

Melbourne will also feature Andrew Steel who was a member of the Australian national 3x3 teams that placed third in the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in 2017 and 10th in the FIBA 3x3 World Cup in 2019. The other members of the team are 6-foot-4 Mike Golding and late replacement Ethan Wilks who took the place of his brother, Australia’s number 1 3x3 player Cooper Wilks.

This level 8 tournament, which will serve as a qualifier for the top level 2022 Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3x3 World Tour Manila Masters, will tip off at 12 noon on Saturday.

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