Roi Sumang

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Roi Sumang
Roi Sumang.jpg
Sumang with GlobalPort Batang Pier in 2015
Free agent
Position Point guard
League MPBL
Personal information
Born (1990-12-12) December 12, 1990 (age 33)
Tondo, Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Colegio de San Juan de Letran
College University of the East
PBA draft 2015: 3rd round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the GlobalPort Batang Pier
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 GlobalPort Batang Pier
2016–2020 Blackwater Elite
2021 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards
2022–2023NorthPort Batang Pier
2023Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Naypyidaw Team

Shej Roi R. Sumang (born December 12, 1990) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

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Early life and high school career

He is the eldest of six children of Jess and Sheila Sumang. He grew up in the streets of Tondo, and already played basketball when he was a kid. He played for the Letran Squires in high school, where he became teammates with future PBA player Kevin Alas. He attended tryouts in Ateneo and San Beda, but he chose UE upon the proddings of former UE star and current PBA player Paul Lee, a fellow Tondo native. He dropped out of high school and was an out-of-school youth for two years playing pickup basketball games in different places, but his father convinced him to go back to school and play varsity ball. [1]

College career

Sumang first played for the UE Red Warriors in 2011. [2] In his rookie year, he only averaged 5.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assist per game. The next season, he was one of the league leaders in several categories: third in scoring average (18.4 ppg), second in assists (4.9 apg), and fifth in steals (1.4 spg). In 2013, he increased his scoring average to 19.33 ppg, second in the league behind season MVP Terrence Romeo. [3] He was included in the Mythical 5 selection for that same year. [4] When Derrick Pumaren took the coaching reins for the Red Warriors in 2014, his scoring average dipped down to 13.0 points per outing, and was always at odds with his new coach. [5] At one point, he was benched by Pumaren for leaving the school’s quarters without permission, [6] and was relegated to come off the bench after he lost his starting spot to Dan Alberto. [7] In 2015, he elected to skip his fifth and final playing year in the UAAP, and instead saw action in the PBA D-League team, Tanduay Light Rhum Masters and opted to apply for the draft later that year. [8]

Professional career

Sumang was projected to be taken as early as the first round in different mock drafts, [9] [10] but to everyone's surprise, he was drafted in the third round (26th overall) by the GlobalPort Batang Pier in the 2015 PBA draft. [11] His late selection in the draft drew reactions from fans, and was the top trending topic on Twitter that day. [12] A few days later, he signed a two-year multi-million contract with GlobalPort. [13] He and Rain or Shine guard and fellow UE alumnus Paul Lee shared the same agent and adviser in coach Lawrence Chongson. He is the team's third-string point guard, playing behind Terrence Romeo and Stanley Pringle.

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GSGames 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

As of the end of 2022–23 season [14]

Season-by-season averages

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2015–16 GlobalPort 348.5.405.306.6151.0.6.4.03.6
Blackwater
2016–17 Blackwater 2919.9.432.317.8402.02.8.8.09.0
2017–18 Blackwater 3016.1.391.293.7562.02.5.7.06.8
2019 Blackwater 3623.7.432.295.7972.74.11.3.27.9
2020 Blackwater 1125.2.409.222.8004.34.31.1.110.4
2021 NorthPort 528.3.484.286.8752.65.0.6.28.2
2022–23 NorthPort 3223.8.450.345.7023.44.41.0.08.8
Career17719.1.426.308.7682.43.0.9.17.4

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