Bacoor City Strikers

The Bacoor City Strikers are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Bacoor, Cavite.^[1] The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of six active teams based in the Calabarzon region. Bacoor City is also one of two teams based in the province of Cavite, the other team being the Imus SV Squad, playing their home games at Strike Gymnasium.

Bacoor City Strikers
League	MPBL Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 (formerly)
Founded	2018; 5 years ago (2018)
History	Bacoor City Strikers (2018–present)
Arena	Strike Gymnasium
Location	Bacoor, Cavite
Team colors
Main sponsor	Filbet.com
Head coach	Alexander Angeles
Conference titles	MPBL: 1 (2023)

Owned by the Local Government of Bacoor, the team joined the league in the 2018–19 season. A volleyball team of the same name will play in the inaugural season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA).

History

Bacoor City joined as an expansion team for the 2018–19 season, giving the province of Cavite its second MPBL team after Imus in 2018. In their first season, the Strikers clinched the fifth seed in the South Division after finishing 13–12 in the regular season. In the playoffs, the team swept General Santos in the First Round before falling to the eventual finalist Davao Occidental Tigers in the Division Semifinals. Bacoor City continued that success with their winningest season in 2019–20, with 24 wins in the 30-game season. As the second seed, Bacoor City once again swept General Santos in the First Round, but lost to the Basilan Steel in three games.

In 2022, the Strikers lost some of its key players. Their all-star in Gab Banal joined the PBA with Alaska and Michael Mabulac moved to Nueva Ecija. Despite that, Bacoor City still managed to make the playoffs with a losing record of 9–12 as the seventh seed. Although the Strikers forced a game 3 in their First Round match-up against Batangas City, they would eventually lose in the elimination game.

2023 saw the arrival of former Finals MVP Mark Yee and the return of Michael Cañete. Together with the likes of Jhan Nermal and James Kwekuteye, Bacoor City became the South Division's leading team with a 23–5 record and will face the Iloilo United Royals in the First Round.

Team identity

The team is named after Strike Revilla, who was the representative of Cavite's 2nd district during the team's establishment. The team has always used a blue and gold color scheme from the team's founding.

The logo is a shield consisting of a winged horse and a cross on top of an illustration of the Zapote Bridge. Written on the bridge is "2012", the year Bacoor was granted cityhood.

Season-by-season records

This is a list of seasons completed by Bacoor City. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Bacoor City Strikers seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning percentage

Season	GP	W	L	PCT	Finish	Playoffs
2018–19	25	13	12	.520	5th, South	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0–2 (Davao Occidental)
2019–20	30	24	6	.800	2nd, South	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1–2 (Basilan)
2022	21	9	12	.429	7th, South	Lost in First Round, 1–2 (Batangas City)
2023	28	23	5	.821	1st, South	Lost in National Finals, 0–3 (Pampanga)

Current roster

Bacoor City Strikers roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB From G 0   Adjei, Jaycee Sam G/F 1   Villoria, Kraniel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1995–07–14 Arellano F 3   Cañete, Michael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–14 Arellano 5   Torrijos, Jelo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) St. Benilde F 6   Reyes, Lester 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SJIT C 8   Eguilos, Jhaymo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–08–27 Far Eastern G 9   Jeruta, Aaron 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 1994–10–16 Centro Escolar C 10   Montuaño, Mark Informatics G 12   Acuña, Eric 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Informatics G 14   Galit, Salvador 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Philippine Christian G 16   Ludovice, Yvan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda G 17   Alday, Alwyn 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1990–04–18 La Consolacion C 19   Lopez, John Derico 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) José Rizal G 20   Lee Yu, Joel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1994–08–20 Far Eastern G 24   Pasturan, Jimboy St. Benilde 25   Canal, Miles 27   Cañete, John F 28   Jaime, Chito 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983–10–21 AMA F 41   Miranda, Ken Mark F 52   Yee, Mark (EP) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–01–04 San Sebastian Cavite G 77   Acidre, Rocky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Arellano F 81   Jamito, Jammer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–09–01 St. Clare 88   Soriano, Carl	Head coach   Alexander Angeles Assistant coach(es)   Rosser Benjamin Mangahas   Rey Mendez   Marlou Aquino   Marlo Corpin   BJ Aganus (consultant) Team manager   Dennis Abella Legend (EP) Ex-PBA (HG) Homegrown (FF) Filipino-foreigner (SGL) Special Guest Licensee   Injured Roster – via Genius Sports Updated as of: December 6, 2023

Head coaches

Bacoor City Strikers head coaches

2018–present
#	Name	Start	End	Regular Season				Playoffs				Best Finish	Achievements
				GC	W	L	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%
1	Leo Isaac	2018	2019	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–
2	Chris Gavina	2019	2020	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–
3	Aldrin Morante	2021	present	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–

Notable players

Bacoor City Strikers notable players
Player	Position	Tenure	Awards	All-Star
Gab Banal		2018–2020	1x Most Valuable Player (2019) 1x All-MPBL First Team (2019) 1x All-MPBL Second Team (2020)	2 (2019, 2020)
Mark Montuano		2018–present	—	1 (2022)
Michael Cañete		2019–2020 2023–present	—	1 (2023)
James Kwekuteye		2023	1x All-MPBL Second Team (2023)	1 (2023)
Jhan Nermal		2023	1x All-MPBL First Team (2023) Most Improved Player (2023)	1 (2023)

References

1. Lim, Allan (May 22, 2018). . Hoops. Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.