UP Maroons with tribute to Prado on their jerseys. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net
University of the Philippines dedicated its victory over Adamson University, which snapped its five game skid with, to an injured Fighting Maroon.
Jerson Prado, dislocated knee and torn both his ACL and MCL in the Maroons’ last game in first round against Adamson.
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“This game is for Jerson Prado,” teammate Jett Manuel said Saturday at Mall of Asia Arena after the 89-84 win.
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To put the issue to notice, Manuel and his teammates sew a simple piece of cloth to their jerseys with Prado’s no. 20 written in permanent ink.
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