Jericho Cruz
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| No. 9 – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
| League | PBA | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
October 11, 1990 Pasig, Philippines |
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| Nationality | Filipino / Northern Mariana Islander | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Marianas High School (Saipan CNMI) | ||||||||||||
| College |
Rizal Technological University Adamson University |
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| PBA draft | 2014 Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2014–present | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | ||||||||||||
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Jericho Xavier Setubal Cruz (born October 11, 1990) is a Filipino-Northern Mariana Islander basketball player who currently plays for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Cruz started his basketball career in Saipan where he helped the CNMI national basketball team finish sixth in the 2008 FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament leading CNMI to a sixth-place finish and in the process, was voted as one of the tournament's Top 5 players.
He then decided to try his luck in the Philippines where he initially played for Rizal Technological University in 2010, the same year when the Blue Thunder ruled the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association.
He was also a member of RTU’s two-time runner up squad in the National Capital Region Athletic Association where the Blue Thunder lost to Olivarez College and Colegio de Sta. Monica in 2010 and 2011. He was a member of the Mythical Team in 2011.
He was spotted by then Adamson Soaring Falcons coach Leo Austria while playing in a tournament in Bacolod. He averaged 10.1 points per game in his first tour of duty with the Falcons in the 2011 FilOil Flying V Preseason tournament then averaged 12.3 markers per outing in his rookie year with Adamson in the 2012 UAAP season.
He elected to forgo his final year with the Falcons and applied for the 2014 PBA draft.
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