MANILA, Philippines -- Colegio de San Juan de Letran big man Larry Muyang played a nearly perfect game to help the Knights pull off a tremendous upset of Lyceum of the Philippines University last week.

The Knights had done all they could to sink the Pirates, and still needed a controversial shot review on Jaycee Marcelino’s shot at the 40-second mark just so Letran could escape Lyceum, 80-79.

Their veterans, Bong Quinto and JP Calvo, were completely gassed by the final buzzer, but the burly Muyang looked as though he could keep on playing.

Against Lyceum’s Mike Nzeusseu, Muyang bullied his way to a monster double-double of 23 points and 16 rebounds, while missing just one of his 12 field goal attempts. He added four blocks to cap his performance.

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Muyang dismissed every defender thrown at him by Lyceum, as he was in another zone the moment he made a move inside the paint.

For being a juggernaut on both ends of the floor, Muyang is the runaway selection as the Chooks-to-Go Collegiate Press Corps NCAA Player of the Week, making it back-to-back Letranite picks after breakout guard Koy Galvelo.

Still, Muyang deflected credit to the surprise arrival of their good friend and teammate Jerrick Balanza, who cheered for his teammates in live action for the first time since his successful brain surgery.

“Nung una, 'di ko napansin si Jerrick tapos bigla rin nya akong tinawag kanina,” he said. “Tapos parang biglang nabuhayan ako ng dugo kasi sabi nga ni Bong, yung kapatid namin nanonood.”

Muyang edged out teammate Quinto, University of Perpetual Help’s Prince Eze, Emilio Aguinaldo College’s Jerome Garcia, and San Beda University’s Robert Bolick for the weekly award given by print and online scribes covering the beat.

Overall, he is the fifth Letranite to be awarded the weekly citation for this season after Calvo, Quinto, and Galvelo as well as Balanza who was a special awardee after his surgery.

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