Allein Maliksi and Aljun Mariano had a good time playing in their old stomping grounds on Wednesday night when the PBA on Tour made its stop at the University of Sto. Tomas in Espana, Manila.
Maliksi led Meralo to victory over Mariano’s Barangay Ginebra in front of basketball fans, including Thomasians, at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.
Maliksi and Mariano looked back at the times when they were still part of the UST Growling Tigers.
Mariano played for UST from 2009–2014, while Maliksi was a batch ahead after playing for UST starting in 2007.
“A lot of memories na naalala ko being a student-athlete here before, so I was very excited to come back,” said Maliksi on the PBA website.
“Naaalala ko yung teammates ko, coaches. Ang dami pa ring familiar faces na nakita ko. So nakakatuwa na nandito pa rin sila. And kasama ko sila sa journey ko nung college,” said Mariano, for his part.
The two players also greeted former coach Pido Jarencio prior to the Meralco-Ginebra game.
“First game sila. Sakto nagkita kami and ang daming moments na binabalikan namin,” said Mariano.
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