Devin Fikes is leaving the UE Pink Warriors forward of the brand new UAAP males’s basketball season. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines—The departures proceed to pile up for the College of the East earlier than UAAP Season 88.
Following shifty guard Rainer Maga’s departure from the Pink Warriors final week, Devin Fikes has additionally bid adieu to the UE forward of the league’s subsequent season.
Fikes formally introduced the event on his Instagram on Friday afternoon, clarifying he gained’t be suiting up for some other collegiate groups within the UAAP—and even the NCAA.
“Now that the whole lot is out, I will likely be going again to highschool in Canada and won’t be transferring to a different college within the Philippines,” bared the dynamic ahead.
“The one college I might be enjoying for is the place I’m proper now.”
Maga, in the meantime, jumped ship from UE to the UP Combating Maroons.
All in all, Fikes spent two seasons with UE, each runs underneath coach Jack Santiago, after arriving in 2023.
The strikes from Maga and Fikes have been made quickly after Chris Gavina’s appointment because the squad’s head coach in February.
Fikes was an instrumental piece in UE’s Season 87 run when the Pink Warriors completed only a sport wanting a Last 4 spot with a 6-8 card.
The 6-foot-6 swingman averaged 6.29 factors, 4.0 rebounds and 1.14 assists per sport final tourney for UE.
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