Slam dunk, 3-point events spice up NCAA All-Star

Dioncee Holts of Arellano U INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/AUGUST DELA CRUZ

A slam dunk competition and a three-point shootout have been lined up as side events of the NCAA Season 91 All-Star showcase at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan Friday.

With the league’s top foreign imports vying for the crown, the slam dunk event is also expected to be a big draw while the league’s top snipers dispute the shootout title won last year by St. Benilde’s Travis Jonson.

Americans Dioncee Holts of Arellano and Mustapha Yankie Haruna of College of St. Benilde, Nigerians Allwell Oraeme of Mapua and Prince Eze of Perpetual Help and Cameroonian Laminou Hamadou are part of the loaded field in the slam dunk event along with Lyceum’s Jebb Bulawan and Letran’s Rey Publico. San Beda’s Michole Sorela, San Sebastian’s Ally Bulanadi and Jose Rizal’s Kim Cyril Aurin are also vying for the dunk title.

Jonson will be challenged by Mapua’s Exeqiel Biteng, Letran’s Mark Cruz, Lyceum’s Wilson Baltazar and San Sebastian’s Ryan Costelo.

Also joining are Arellano’s John Kenneth Zamora, San Beda’s Cris Soberano, EAC’s Jozhua General, Jose Rizal’s Paolo Pontejos and Perpetual Help’s Gerald Dizon.