Benilde coach Charles Tiu proud of team's restraint during John

Amores incident: We're not out there to hurt people

The game between De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and Jose Rizal University
reached an unfortunate end due to an incident involving Heavy Bomber John Amores
with 3:22 left in the game with JRU down, 71-51.

Amores charged towards the Benilde bench and threw punches at several Benilde
players including Taine Davis, Jimboy Pasturan, and Migs Oczon.

But Benilde head coach Charles Tiu was proud to see most of his players show
restraint during the incident, which resulted in the Management Committee ultimately
stopping the game.

"It's an unfortunate situation but I can say I'm in a way proud that for the most part,
our guys held it together and didn't fight back because to us, we're just trying to play
basketball and our goal is to win a championship," a calm and composed Tiu said.

"We're not out there to start fights or hurt people."

Tiu stressed their focus remained on winning, especially after they improved to 10-3
and fortified their hold of the second spot.

The mentor also reminded of Amores' history, recalling his punching incident during
JRU's game against University of the Philippines in the PG Flex Linoleum-UCBL
Preseason Tournament last July 26.

"It happens, it's happened in the past. Obviously, the person involved has been in the
same situation before, that he punched a UP player in the preseason," Tiu added.

"It happens sometimes in basketball, it's physical, but I don't think there's any need to
charge across the bench if he was being heckled by somebody," he said.

"When we play basketball, we get screamed at by fans all game long, a lot of schools
are hearing worse things, but you just have to be above it and play."

TTT or Tea Tell TV reached out to the Jose Rizal University team for comment but
has yet to receive a response as of posting time.
Kai Sotto reunites with Gilas Pilipinas in Jordan as
work gets underway
Kai Sotto linked up with Gilas Pilipinas in Jordan and the national team
immediately buckled down to work for its battle against the hosts for
the fifth window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.

Sotto joined the national team in its first practice in Amman on

Wednesday, November 9, after arriving from Australia as he takes a
break from his National Basketball League team Adelaide 36ers.

“I love representing my country at every opportunity, we have a great

team,” said Sotto in a story posted on the 36ers’ website.

Sotto gets a prime chance to get ample playing time as he averages just
under 10 minutes per game this season for Adelaide, putting up 4.8
points and 4.3 rebounds.