Misamis Oriental Meteors

The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier (after the PBA and the PBL) community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno. The team won the National Finals of the Second Conference of the Liga Pilipinas against the First Conference Champions M Lhuillier Kuwarta Padala - Cebu Niños, 3-2^[1]. The Meteors were also in the National Finals of the Third Conference of the Liga, which they lost to the same team (MLKP-Cebu). The Meteors also represented the Philippines in the 2nd China-Asean Basketball Tournament held in Pingguo County, Guangxi, China in October 18–24, 2009, winning the championship with an elimination-round average of 92.5 points^[2]. The Meteors participated in the Tournament of the Philippines (TOP), a merger of the Philippine Basketball League and Liga Pilipinas. Currently, the Meteors are in the middle of the standings for the Fifth Conference of Liga Pilipinas

Roster

Misamis Oriental Meteors rosterPG		8	PHI !	Moreño, Mark	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
2.0 !SG	13	PHI !	Misa, Khiel	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
2.5 !G/F	16	PHI !	Saldua, Eder John	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
6.0 !C	17	PHI !	Lamocha, Ronald
6.0 !C	21	PHI !	Guiyab, Arden	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
6.0 !C	25	PHI !	Barcellano, Francis	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
2.0 !SG	99	PHI !	Gudez, Lyndon	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
5.5 !F/C		PHI !	Capati, Ron	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
1.0 !PG		PHI !	Billones, Egay	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
4.0 !F		PHI !	Daa, Dino	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
2.5 !G/F		PHI !	Larong, Ardy	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
5.5 !F/C		PHI !	Gerilla, JR	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
6.0 !C		PHI !	Bono, Ken	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
1.5 !G		PHI !	Lingganay, Rudy	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Head coach

• Agripino Noel

Assistant coach(es)

• Bong Abad
• Jaime Rivera

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Legend

• (C) Team captain
• (DP) Development player
• (TP) Training player
• (I) Import player
• Injured

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Roster • updated 26 April 2010

Former players

Gone are MVP Mark Yee (signed up with Burger King in the PBA), Joey Mente, Jeff Bombeo, Jerome Paterno and Dexter Micutuan.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=459745
2. ^ http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p091109.htm&no=57
3. ^ http://www.philstar.com/ArticlePrinterFriendly.aspx?articleId=40684
4. ^ http://www.gameface.ph/forums/index.php?topic=2747.105