Prado, Gomez de Liaño leave Marinero to focus on UP Maroons

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Jerson Prado and Javi Gomez de Liaño played their last game for Marinerong Pilipino-TIP as they prepare for the upcoming UAAP Season 81 season.

Gomez de Liaño and Prado will return to the University of the Philippines to play in the Passi Invitational Inter-collegiate Basketball Tournament at Iloilo on July 11. They will also join the Maroons’ training camp in Serbia this month.

The two are thankful for the experience they gained in the D-League.

“During our practices, everyone was always competitive and it helped us to be more aggressive in our game,” Gomez de Liaño said in Filipino.

For Prado, the D-League helped him hone his mental toughness.

Engineers head coach Koy Banal thanked the effort of the two Maroons in helping them get a playoff spot.

“That’s a good send off game for Javi and Jerson. They’ve given us good minutes not only in this game (against Che’lu) but also in other games that they’ve played,” Banal said. Ivan Ruiz L. Suing