UAAP: LJay Gonzales nonetheless decided regardless of FEU’s missed Last 4 bid

LJay Gonzales and the FEU Tamaraws. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet 

MANILA, Philippines—It ain’t over till it’s over. That’s how Far Japanese College’s graduating guard LJay Gonzales sees the problem within the Tamaraws’ remaining video games within the UAAP Season 86 males’s basketball event.

Regardless of formally fumbling a  ticket to the league’s Last 4 after the Tamaraws’ 81-64 loss to College of the Philippines at Araneta Coliseum, Gonzales stated he’s nonetheless proud of how his squad performed towards the Season 85 finalists.

“It hurts that we couldn’t make the Last 4 once more like final yr. Our season now had a whole lot of challenges and accidents so we simply gave our greatest not simply at present however even in observe,” stated Gonzales in Filipino.

“I’m nonetheless proud of the best way we performed even when we’re out of the Last 4. We’re nonetheless combating to have a superb exit.”

FEU Tamaraws’ LJay Gonzales. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet

Gonzales went down firing with a game-high 20 factors within the loss however he shot poorly from the sector, sinking simply seven of his 22 tries.

However going out of playoff competition doesn’t imply the street is ending for the Tamaraws.

In truth, Gonzales’ mindset now’s to go down swinging within the squad’s final two video games, particularly as a result of it is going to be the top of his profession within the Inexperienced and Gold jersey.

And on his approach out, he desires to impart his information to the younger weapons of Morayta.

“For me, I’m simply guiding them as a result of I need to share with them what I realized too. I all the time encourage them, even when there’s no extra Last 4 for us, we should always play nicely for us to have a superb ending.”

“My mindset is I need to finish the UAAP with good worth so once I get to the professionals, I’m okay. What I all the time take into consideration, once I step inside that courtroom is that is my final yr, so I can present everybody what I nonetheless have.”