No. 3–Pangasinan Heatwaves | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | MPBL |
Personal information | |
Born | San Mateo, Isabela, Philippines | September 1, 1987
Nationality | Filipino |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Career information | |
College | San Beda |
Career history | |
2015–2016 | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants |
2018–2020 | Bulacan Kuyas |
2021 | Basilan Peace Riders / Jumbo Plastic |
2022–2023 | Nueva Ecija Capitals / Rice Vanguards |
2024–present | Pangasinan Heatwaves |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Jay-R Taganas (born September 1, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Pangasinan Heatwaves of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
In his college career, Taganas played for San Beda College and has played in stints in the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL) and the PBA D-League. [1] In 2011, he won a PBA D-League title with the NLEX Road Warriors, and from 2015 to 2016, he was part of the Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants team that won back-to-back PCBL championships. [2]
In 2018, he joined the Bulacan Kuyas of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League in its inaugural season, [3] where he earned two all-star selections before moving to the Basilan Peace Riders of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, [4] which itself returned to the MPBL as part of the 2021 MPBL Invitational. In 2022, he would move to the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise where he won two championships, one in FilBasket and one in the MPBL. In 2024, Jay-R joined the expansion Pangasinan Heatwaves. [5] Taganas also won the MPBL Sportsmanship award three times.
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2018 | Bulacan | 12 | 8 | 23.8 | .494 | .273 | .513 | 10.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.6 |
2018–19 | Bulacan | 27 | 23 | 25.8 | .547 | .250 | .444 | 12.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 7.9 |
2019–20 | Bulacan | 32 | 30 | 22.6 | .435 | .293 | .517 | 10.3 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
2022 | Nueva Ecija | 31 | 5 | 13.1 | .628 | .308 | .405 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
2023 | Nueva Ecija | 29 | 8 | 13.4 | .527 | .267 | .321 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
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