MANILA, Philippines - La Salle Greenhills and Adamson University bested top contenders from NCR to win the coveted Small Basketeers of the Philippines (SBP)-Passerelle championship recently at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym.
Adamson University, in its second year in the tournament, already made it to the national finals, defeating Ateneo in the Passerelle category, 76-63. For the SBP category, La Salle Greenhills triumphed over their long-term rival Xavier School, 42-36, to regain the NCR title.
La Salle Greenhills and National U placed third and fourth, respectively, in the Passerelle category while Ateneo won against Chiang Kai Shek College, 51-31, in the SBP category.
This year, the SBP-Passerelle twin tournament has assembled 600 of the country’s most promising cagers, with kids 9-11 years old competing in the SBP tournament and kids 12-14 years in the Passerelle tournament, all trained under the award-winning Basketball Efficiency and Scientific Training (BEST) Center.
The event, sponsored by Milo and supported by Chris Sports, provides budding young basketeers a platform to showcase their basketball skills.