{"id":3340,"date":"2025-07-03T22:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2025-07-03T22:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:22:26","slug":"migs-pascual-makes-solid-mpbl-debut-for-sarangani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/migs-pascual-makes-solid-mpbl-debut-for-sarangani\/","title":{"rendered":"Migs Pascual makes solid MPBL debut for Sarangani"},"content":{"rendered":"

After foregoing plans of continuously playing college basketball, Migs Pascual<\/a> wasted no time testing his skills in the professional ranks.<\/p>\n

It turned out to be an impressive debut as he quickly brought in the youth and energy needed by Sarangani in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League<\/a>, as he pumped in 11 points and showed a lot of promise in his first game as a pro despite his team\u2019s losing effort against reigning two-time champion Pampanga Giant Lanterns, 85-95.<\/p>\n

Pascual hit 4-of-8 shots, including three coming from beyond the arc, and came up with a steal and a fast break lay up, showing that he could fit in to the guard-heavy rotation of Sarangani.<\/p>\n

\u201cGusto ko siyempre, manalo pa rin,\u201d said Pascual when asked if he\u2019s satisfied with his performance in his first game as a pro. \u201cMay jitters pa rin dahil first game ko, pero dahil may mga beteranong players akong kasama katulad nina Kuya Kyt Jimenez, Kuya \u00a0Jeff Viernes, Kuya Danny Marilao. Mas dumadali yung trabaho ko.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pascual is one among the new players picked up during the free agency period when the MPBL allowed teams to make some wheeling and dealing to tinker their respective rosters as they make a playoff push.<\/p>\n

A former team captain of the national youth team that represented the country in major international tournaments like the SEABA Under-16, FIBA Asia and World Cup Under-17 tournaments several years ago, Pascual decided to turn pro after playing several years in college.<\/p>\n

The MPBL, according to him, will help him become more matured as he try to hone his skill set more, playing against some of the country\u2019s top pro players.<\/p>\n

\u201cMabilis yung transition. Kailangan parating ready ako. Ayaw ko naman yung hindi ako prepared,\u201d added Pascual. \u201cYung one month period na yun, nagpapakundisyon ako, at the same time, sumasabay ako sa practice ng Sarangani. Pero ang maganda dito, naga-guide ako ng mga beterano.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After foregoing plans of continuously playing college basketball, Migs Pascual wasted no time testing his skills in the professional ranks. It turned out to be an impressive debut as he quickly brought in the youth and energy needed by Sarangani in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, as he pumped in 11 points and showed a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[195,105],"class_list":["post-3340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoops-basketball","tag-migs-pascual","tag-mpbl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3342,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions\/3342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinoystep.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}