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MANILA, Philippines – Team Philippines may have split games on opening day of the 2015 FIBA 3×3 u-18 World Championships on Thursday, June 4 in Debrecen, Hungary, but Kobe Paras showed he was one of the toughest players to guard in the tournament.
Paras, who won the contest’s slam dunk competition in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2013, finished day one with 24 points, with 4 long distance connects.
The 17-year-old UCLA Bruins commit scored 15 of his team’s 19 points in a 19-18 win over host nation Hungary after losing 15-13 to Poland in Pool A action.
Paras wasn’t only getting it done on offense. FIBA bestowed on him Play of the Day honors for blocking a dunk attempt by a Polish opponent.
Paras’ teammates include incoming Ateneo Blue Eagle Mike Nieto, La Salle Greenhills high school star Ricci Rivero, and Richard Escoto of Far Eastern University.
Action continues on Friday as the Philippines meets Kazakhstan and Russia.
– Rappler.com
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