Not wanting to get embarrassed by the San Sebastian Golden Stags on their own home floor last Thursday, Prince Eze made sure not to let the Perpetual Help Altas and the Perpetualites in attendance down.

“At halftime, I got mad actually,” admitted first-year Perpetual head coach Frankie Lim as the Altas fell behind by as much as 21 points against their visitors. “I told them, guys, it’s not about the Xs and Os. It’s about your desire to win.”