Fil-Am Andrew Langston to suit up for DLSU in Season 78

MANILA, Philippines – The De La Salle Green Archers will not have prized recruit Ben Mbala for the 2015 UAAP season, but the team still has a new prospect that has the potential to make heads turn once the collegiate basketball league kicks off on the first weekend of September.

Green Archers head coach Juno Sauler confirmed to Rappler on Monday, August 17, that 6-foot-3 Filipino-American guard Andrew Langston is part of the Green Archers’ lineup for Season 78.

Langston played high school basketball for Cape Henry Collegiate high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. In his senior campaign, the 3-point specialist was a starting guard for his team and co-captain.

Highlights of Langston show him as a deadeye shooter from long range, which is similar to how his former head coach described the best trait of his game.

“He’s a lights out, knock-down 3-point shooter,” Cape Henry head coach Mark Hall told hamptonroads.com in February this year.

“He’s one of the pieces that we definitely rely on to knock down shots and create mismatches when necessary,” the coach added. 

The report also indicated that, by the time it was posted, Langston had already scored in double-figures 13 times in his senior season, with 23-point and 22-point performances in separate games.

The Virginia-based high school basketball website vantagehoops.com lists Langston as “the perfect complimentary player,” noting that he “can shoot it with the best of them, make scoring plays with the ball, and set other guys up with his passing ability.” 

During Vantage Hoops’ Senior Showcase, Langston averaged 10.7 points a game and shot 50% from downtown. 

Another Filipino-American, the 6-foot-6 Leo Joson from Cypress Bay high school in Florida, is also included in La Salle’s lineup this season, though not much is known about the incoming rookie.

Jeron Teng, Abu Tratter, Jason Perkins, Thomas Torres, Prince Rivero, Julian Sargent, Daryl Pascual, Larry Muyang, Josh Torralba, Andrei Caracut, Jollo Go, Lorenzo Navarro, and John Gob make up the rest of the Green Archers’ roster, which will consist of 9 rookies. – Rappler.com