Superstars in their roles

The Philippines survived a furious Malaysia fightback and leaned on gritty overtime defense to clinch the boys basketball championship of the 14th Asean Schools Games (ASG), 90–86, Thursday, November 27, at the Indoor Stadium of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Brunei — a victory head coach Jess Linus Evangelio credited to a team full of “superstars in their roles.” Evangelio, who steered the country’s first-ever Davao City–bannered squad on the ASG stage, said his players “won with puso (heart),” especially in the final minutes when the game tightened. “It was a tight game down the stretch, deadlock pa,” he told SunStar Davao. “We locked in on defense. They gave their all.”...