Last season the Adamson Falcons didn't soar high as they landed at the bottom of the standings ending the season at 3-11. The only win they had, was against UP in the first round and against La Salle and UE in the second round.
This season 79 of the UAAP the Adamson Falcons will try to soar high again as they acquired the service of one of the best coaches in the UAAP in the recent decade, no other Coach Franz Pumaren. He is taking over the helm from Coach Mike Fermin that will settle as an assistant coach along with Renren Ritualo.
One of the major problems that the Falcons faced last year is the lack of seniors and having more experienced players as they only had foreign reinforcement Pape Sarr leading them in offense and defense averaging 14.93 points per game and 13.43 rebounds per game. Joseph Nallos and Jerome Garcia, who both average 11.92 ppg and 8.69 ppg, respectively came in second and third in scoring for the Falcons, they both graduated last season.
Left behind this season are a bunch of more young falcons eager to take flight for Adamson, one of them is the newly assigned captain of the team, Dawn Hynrich Ochea. Dawn is the only senior player left in the team and now he is in his 4th playing year as a Falcon the 6 feet 2 Cebu native wants to bring his team back to the final four after missing it out in the past seasons.
When asked about how did he adapt in the program of Coach Franz Pumaren, Dawn said "Hindi naman siya bago para sa kin, parang pareho din kay Coach Kenneth (Duremdes) and Coach Mike (Fermin) ng system", he also added that if he will rate the preparedness of Adamson this season he would probably rate it as 10 stating that the team is currently polishing almost all of the flaws of the Falcons last season.
Regarding their preparations in the upcoming season Dawn shared that they are running most of the time and doing drills that will enhance their core, Regarding the pressure of having a Champion Coach in Coach Franz Dawn said that they know that the bigger pressure is with Coach Franz and that he also instructed them to play for the school and don't mind the pressure at all.
One word to Describe Adamson this season 79, Dawn said "Motivated". Joining Dawn Ochea in the team are some key retrunees like Pape Sarr and Frederick Tungcab, while key additions like Jerrick Ahamisi, Ralph Chua, James Pasturan, and Terrence Mustre are set to boast the line up of the Falcons this season.
The Adamson Falcons will face the UP Fighting Maroons in the opening day of the #UAAPLXXIX on September 4 at the Araneta Coliseum.
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