Partner’s Cup starts

Games today:

Cebu Coliseum

3 p.m. – Prime Asia-UV vs. Gaisano Capital-UC

4:30 p.m. – Raphael Sports Bar-USJ-R vs. Lion Tiger Katol-USPF

6 p.m. – Cebu Landmasters-USC vs. San Marino-CIT-U

THE CEBU COLLEGIATE basketball scene will come alive once again as the premier preseason tournament of the south, the Enervon Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Partner’s Cup, kicks off with a triple-header today at the Cebu Coliseum.

Opening the hostilities at 3 p.m. will be the reigning champions Prime Asia-University of the Visayas (UV), who are expected to debut their brand new import Mike Harry against the Gaisano Capital South-University of Cebu (UC).

The 6-foot-5 forward joins fellow reinforcement Steve Akomo on a Green Lancer team that is hungry for redemption after losing in the Cesafi finals last year. Though several key players have exhausted their eligibility, a few pillars remain led by lefty guard John Abad.

Following that game will be the tiff between the Raphael Sports Bar-University of San Jose-Recoletos, which will now be led by James Regalado and Matthew Parker, and the Lion Tiger Katol-University of Southern Philippines Foundation, a squad looking for its identity especially with the offseason loss of ace guard James Ferraren who tore his ACL. The third game features the San Marino Corned Tuna-Cebu Institute of Technology-University and the Cebu Landmasters-University of San Carlos. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio