Davaoeno Alvin Pasaol helped Zamboanga City win the 2020 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 President’s Cup Championship

 

Burly Davaoeno forward Alvin Pasaol

DAVAO CITY---Burly Davaoeno forward Alvin Pasaol scored seven points to help Zamboanga City win the national finals of the  2020 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 President’s Cup Championship last October 30.

Pasaol, the country's second-best 3x3 player teamed up with Josh Munzon, Santi Santillan, and Troy Rike to carry Zamboanga City to the 3x3 national championship by beating the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards 22-19.

The Dona Salud, Sasa native said he will save his P337,500 share from their P1.350M prize. 

"Aside from savings mag sho shopping din ako," Pasaol said.

Recently, Pasaol expressed joy that he is still receiving his salary as a 3x3 basketball player in the Philippines despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

Pasaol is very happy that Chook to Go still decides to give him his salary as a member of the Philippine 3x3 basketball team despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sobrang laking pasasalamat namin kay Boss Ronald [Mascariñas] kasi kahit na postpone na ‘yung OQT (Olympic Qualifying Tournament) and ‘yung liga namin, tuloy-tuloy pa rin ‘yung suporta niya sa amin,”  Pasaol said.

The former University of East Red Warriors scoring star in the  UAAP is happy to keep his salary since he sends a portion of it to his family in Dona Salud here.

Aside from keeping his salary, Pasaol is feeling good these days because he retained his standing as the second-best 3x3 basketball player in the Philippines.

This developed after the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has decided to suspend the world rankings for players, teams, and federation due to the global pandemic COVID-19.

In a statement, the FIBA said with the suspension of 3x3 games in both local and international competitions they decided to freeze the ranking until the COVID-19 problem is solved.

With the latest development, Pasaol retains his ranking with 124,986 behind top-ranked 3x3 player  Munzon.

The retention of his ranking is great news for Pasaol, since it allows him a slot to compete in international 3x3 competitions once the holding of sports events is allowed again in the country and

overseas.

As a member of the Red Warriors, Pasaol made a name for himself as a scoring threat who can penetrate, shoot from the outside and play inside.

With his scoring prowess, he was selected as one of the scoring leaders in the UAAP, the top collegiate basketball league in the Philippines.

After graduating from the UAAP, Pasaol, a sought after player played for the Zamboanga Brand Family Sardines in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.

Pasaol carried the team to the MPBL Southern division semifinals where they fall to the defending champion Davao Occidental Tigers 2-0 in their best of three playoff series.

Before making it to big in Metro Manila, Pasaol played briefly in some local leagues in Davao City where he was scouted while playing in one of the commercial teams here. (Romeo Braceros Jr.)