Jude P. Roque

Thanks to the National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) of hoops mentor Eric Altamirano, we all got to see Kamaka Hepa in the flesh. The 17-year old, 6’9” Fil-Am from Alaska saw action in the NBTC League National Finals held at the Mall of Asia Arena last week, and left everybody in the arena shaking his head in wonderment over his basketball prowess. Hepa led the Fil-Am Sports USA team of Coach Bong Ulep with a near triple-double of 27 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 9 blocks in a losing effort against eventual Division 1 champions San Beda Red Cubs.

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