MANILA, Philippines — The revamped San Miguel-Alab Pilipinas gets to test its mettle today when it visits home team Mono Vampire to kick off its 2019-2020 ASEAN Basketball League campaign at the Stadium 29 in Bangkok, Thailand. Without them, veteran Fil-American guard Jason Brickman and marksman Jeremiah Gray have been tasked to spearhead the new-look Alab together with world imports Khalif Wyatt, Adrian Forbes and Nick King who replaced Balkman. Alapag’s wards will be in for a tough debut as Thai-American Tyler Lamb got an even stronger Mono squad on his back led by Moses Morgan, Ryan Atkins, Preston Knowles and former PBA reinforcement Mike Singletary. Good thing for the Alab squad, it underwent solid preparations for this ABL tour that included a pair of scrimmages against Gilas Pilipinas, which is also revving up for the Southeast Asian Games. The Philippine ABL bet fell short in the first outing, 95-98, before getting back with a huge 93-89 win against the Nationals that served as a morale-booster heading into their ABL debut against Mono Vampire.

Source: Philippine Star November 16, 2019 16:00 UTC