Cebu’s Mantilla all set to play for UP in UAAP Season 82

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CEBU CITY, Philippines—The jersey may have changed but Cebuano point guard Jaybie Mantilla asserts that he will continue to be that jitterbug of a player when he suits up for the highly-touted

University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons in Season 82 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines .Mantilla, former Most Valuable Player of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. , was plucked from the Cebu Sharks by the Fighting Maroons to bolster an already-formidable lineup that features reigning league MVP Bright Akhuetie, former Mythical Five member Ricci Rivero, Jun Manzo, Juan Gomez de Liano and Kobe Paras.

“I won’t change how I play this coming season because as what coach Bo and the coaching staff told me, I just have to play like I did in the Cesafi because that’s what led them to recruit me in the first place,” said Mantilla in an exclusive interview with CDN Digital. The University of San Jose-Recoletos product says their recent training camp in Japan helped them get ready for the upcoming season.“It was very, very challenging since there were times when we would practice twice a day. And then, these sessions weren’t ordinary training sessions because we were being trained by a Serbian who employed difficult tactics,” recalled Mantilla.

 

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