CHICAGO - Although he averaged a modest 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds a game in the UAAP’s Season 88, those numbers don’t give justice to the value of EJ Gollena to La Salle.
Championship pedigree and great locker room presence.
In the words of a rival UAAP coach who requested anonymity, the 6-3 forward is “a very good, proven, 2-way wing. Tough defender and tough in crucial situations."
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So it was a surprise that the two-time UAAP champ recently left the program.
Here’s what we found out.
According to sources, following a bad loss in a Filoil preseason tournament game, Green Archers coach Topex Robinson called out players for “not even playing and asking for more money.”
Robinson did not mention names but guess what?
Gollena was injured at that time, didn’t play, and he had recently requested an increase in his monthly allowance.
Shortly after the Topex rant, Gollena was gone. - Homer Sayson
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