INQUIRER Sports

FOR GINEBRA COACH JONG Uichico, JC Intal?s emergence as a bigtime player is one of the best things to have come out from the long absence of superstars Mark Caguioa and Jayjay Helterbrand.

?If there?s a good thing that happened without Jayjay and Mark is JC finding a niche in the system,? Uichico said of the high-flying swingman who pumped in a career high 28 points in the Gin Kings? 113-100 victory over Talk ?N Text Sunday night in the deciding match of their semifinal series.

With his performances, Intal earned the nod as the KFC/Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week for the period Feb. 1 to 7, besting Purefoods gunner James Yap for the honor.

?JC has gone a long way as a player for Ginebra,? Uichico said of Intal.