Benilde-LSGH's Guillian Quines eyeing move to La Salle in collegiate ranks

Benilde-La Salle Green Hills guard Guillian Quines is eyeing to make a leap from the NCAA juniors division to the UAAP men’s basketball tournament with the De La Salle Green Archers.

The 18-year-old Quines said he is most likely to transfer to DLSU in Taft after initial discussions of his future with head coach Renren Ritualo, though nothing is set in stone.

This, following the Greenies’ 101-67 winner-take-all Game 3 defeat at the hands of maiden basketball titlist University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Junior Altas in the NCAA juniors basketball on Tuesday.

“Sabi ni coach Ren [he’s going to help me in my plans to move to] DLSU,” Quines told GMA News Online.

“Wala pa namang [official]. Pinag-uusapan pa lang. Pero most likely, [I’ll stay with a] Lasallian school,” he added.

[Coach Ren said he's going to help me in my plans to move to DLSU... Nothing official yet. Just talking. But most likely, I'll stay with a Lasallian school.]

Quines was not only LSGH’s top-scoring option in the series where he averaged 27.3 points per game, but he also delivered an all-around performance throughout the competition.

Despite the series loss, Quines was closely matching Season and Finals MVP Lebron Jhames Daep in numbers. Both of their presences proved crucial to their respective sides.

"It was a good competition against them. Congratulations sa kanila kasi nakuha nila ‘yung championship.  Binigay namin ‘yung best namin kaya nakapunta kaming Game 3. Pero para sa kanila talaga ‘yung championship trophy na to," he said.

[It was a good competition against them. Congratulation to them because they got the championship. We gave our best so it went to Game 3. But it's really for them, this championship trophy.]

Quines even overcame a one-game suspension, when his Greenies had to survive a twice-to-beat disadvantage and force a decider in their Final Four affair against back-to-back champion Colegio de San Juan de Letran Squires.

All of these have gained Quines valuable experience heading to the collegiate ranks, where former Greenies such as himself had showcased their talents and won championships.

"It’s a huge learning experience kasi [we managed to force] a Game 3. [But] na-short kami. Pero dadalhin namin to sa future, ‘yung experience na to ite-take namin [wherever we go]. Kasi sobrang sakit nitong nangyari na to sa amin painful since marami kaming graduating players," Quines said.

"I’m very thankful na dito ako sa LSGH napunta. ‘Yung program ng school napakalaking tulong sa aming young players. Kung nasaan man kami ngayon, Green Hills culture talaga ‘yung nagdala sa amin dito," he added.

[It's a huge learning experience because we managed to force a Game 3. We fell short. But we'll bring this to the future, the experience we can take wherever we go. This hurts so much, what happened to us, painful since we have a lot of graduating players... I'm very thankful I ended up with LSGH. The school's program was such a big help to us young players. Where we are today, it was Green Hills culture that got us here.]

Now that the collegiate tournament is closer than ever, Quines is looking to make his next act equally worthwhile, only this time in the UAAP.

“Nilo-look up ko na talaga ‘yung competition sa UAAP. It’s a dream for me. Marami pa akong need i-improve, kasi ‘yung coaches ko they are still guiding me kung saan man ako mapupunta.”

[I look up to the competition in the UAAP. It's a dream for me. I have a lot to improve because my coaches they are still guiding me wherever I go.]

—JMB, GMA Integrated News