La Salle will have to find a way to turn things around in the UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball tournament without its star forward Mason Amos.
Amos is expected to miss an extended period of time after an MRI revealed an MCL tear in his right knee-a big blow to the Green Archers’ campaign, which is off to a rough 2-3 start.
The 6-foot-7 Amos hurt his knee after colliding with National University’s Gelo Tolentino during the fourth quarter of La Salle’s 82-78 loss and had to be wheeled out of the court.
Archers coach Topex Robinson said Amos ‘heard a pop’ in his knee.
Amos could be out for multiple weeks or longer, depending on the severity of the tear.
‘I have faith in you, Lord,’ wrote Amos, who is in his first season with La Salle after transferring from Ateneo, in an Instagram story on Monday.
‘We prepared for these kinds of situations and I guess this is going to be an opportunity for another player to step up and try to cover for that missing piece in Mason,’ Robinson said.
La Salle, which has lost two in a row, hopes to get back on track against University of the East on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena.