Ateneo de Davao University added the 2017 Flying V basketball title to its trophy-rich championship shelf with a 77-880 conquest of archrival Holy Child on Sunday at the RMC Flying V Gym.
The Blue Knights banked on the gutsy plays of Axel Doromal to break free from a tight first half which ended in a 33-all standoff. The spritely Doromal took matters into his own hands in the second half exploding for 11 points inhe third and finishing it off with 13 in the final period for a game-high 29 points.
Doromal later on won the Most Valuable Player honors hands down.
The current crop of Blue Knights, who had played together for years since their passerelle days, won its first title without former head coach Miggy Solitaria who now sits as one of the assistant coaches at the De La Salle bench in the UAAP and top scorer Francis Gabriel Escandor who now plays for De La Salle Zobel in Manila.
Former Philippine SportsCommission Commissioner Leon “Binggoy” Montemayor awarded the trophies to the winners as well as the individual awards.
The Blue Knights are coached by Jess Evangelio. The team is composed of Andre Nebria, Rafael Presbitero, Axel Doromal, Dariel Manliguez, Christian Bacalso, Isaac Go, Miguel Castillo, Lex Blanco, Jethro Taculin, Lance Carr, Joachim Agamon, Zhou Go, Joakim Weil, Kent Batilo, and Ion Angeles.
