Reinhard Jumamoy leads the Most Valuable Player race in the UAAP Season 89 Collegiate Men’s Basketball Tournament after the first round, tallying 72.714 statistical points
Jumamoy, a fourth-year guard and UAAP Season 85 Boys’ Basketball MVP, ranks eighth in scoring with an average of 13.29 points per game and second in assists at 5.14 per contest. He has helped lead National University to the top of the standings with a 5-2 record.
Trailing Jumamoy among local players are University of Santo Tomas’ Amiel Acido with 68.714 SPs, fellow Bulldog PJ Palacielo with 66.286, another Growling Tiger in Mark Llemit with 66.0, and Far Eastern University’s Kirby Mongcopa with 65.0.
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Acido, the NCAA Season 99 MVP, ranks second in scoring at 15.86 points per game and seventh in assists at 4.0 as UST wrapped up the opening round with a 4-3 record.
Palacielo, a graduating big man, is averaging 12.0 points, 6.29 rebounds, and 4.43 assists per game, while Llemit is norming 14.71 points, 7.29 rebounds, 2.43 assists, and 1.29 steals.
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Mongcopa, meanwhile, has been a key contributor for the 4-3 Tamaraws, averaging 14.43 points, 7.29 rebounds, and 3.14 assists per game.
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However, if the tournament ended on Sunday, the Best Foreign Student-Athlete award would go to Mo Konateh, who leads the statistical rankings with 78.429 SPs.
The Tamaraws’ Gambian big man is averaging 13.86 points, 11.14 rebounds, 2.57 blocks, 2.43 assists, and 1.71 steals per game.
Right behind him in second place is University of Santo Tomas’ Nigerian center Collins Akowe, the first-ever recipient of the award in any division.
Akowe is putting up 15.29 points, 13.71 rebounds, 2.14 assists, and 1.86 blocks per contest.
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Meanwhile, Ateneo de Manila University’s Kieffer Alas leads the Rookie of the Year race, ranking 10th overall with 59.143 SPs.
His fellow rookies, FEU’s Cabs Cabonilas and De La Salle University’s Joaquin Tovera, rank 24th with 48.0 SPs and 35th with 40.429 SPs, respectively.
