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San Miguel Beermen Battles Tall Qataris

The San Miguel Beermen will be in the land of the giants as they battle a tall Qatar National Team to start their participation in the pocket in preparation for the upcoming conference.

The Beermen's frontliners will be greatly challenged by the giants of Qatar including Hashim Zaidan Zaidan who stands at 6-11. Left to man the paint are Dorian Pena, Danny Seigle, Marc Pingris, and Jay Washington as new recruit Mick Pennisi did not join due to other commitment.

How do the Beermen stand for this game? I don't expect much. What we can get from these tuneup game is for the players to jell more before the new season starts. I think that's more important than winning any of these games though some pride are at stake.

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Beermen debut versus tall Qataris

Source: INQUIRER.net
by Romina Austria | September 18, 2008

DOHA -- San Miguel Beer will have to work double time when it faces the Qatar national team on Thursday as the host country boasts a lineup that has only two basketball players standing below 6-feet.

To make matters worse, Lordy Tugade, Danny Ildefonso and Mick Pennisi did not join the Beermen, who arrived here Tuesday night. Tugade is nursing an injury while Ildefonso and Pennisi have other commitments.

The 6-foot-5 Marc Pingris will play on Thursday but will return home for a family affair, missing the Beermen's succeeding basketball games against Egypt's national basketball squad and local ballclub Al Sadd.

Qatar's basketball tallest player is 6-11 Hashim Zaidan Zaidan. It also has 6-foot-9 Omer Abgader Salem, 6-8 Ali Turki Ali, three 6-7 basketball players in Erfan Ali Saeed, Baker Ahmad Mohammed and Hammam Omer Ismaili and 6-6 Khalid Suliman Abdi.

Only 5-7 Khalid Masoud Al Nasr and Mansour Atif Elhadary, who is 5-11, stand below 6 feet.

Coach Siot Tanquingcen thus expects Pingris and 6-6 Dorian Peña and Danny Seigle to rise to the occasion.

The basketball game will also serve as a good workout for 6-7 Jay Washington, who was sent by Talk 'N Text to San Miguel last month.