Dave Marcelo

David Paul M. "Dave" Marcelo (born February 22, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association born in Manila, Philippines^[1] who plays for the Barako Bull Energy Cola.

He was drafted by Barako in 2012 as the 12th overall pick.

Collegiate and Amateur career

Collegiate career

Marcelo studied and played for the San Beda Red Lions from 2007 from 2011 together graduated with Garvo Lanete and Mar Villahermosa. The Red Lions won 4 out of 5 championships with them. He was well-known of his inside scoring and rebounding.

Last year with the Red Lions

On his last year with the Red Lions, they faced the JRU Heavy Bombers in the semifinals after beating San Sebastian Stags in the top-seed playoff. They won over the Heavy Bombers, 83-74 to advance to the Finals then the Stags won over the Letran Knights on the second game of their semifinals, 63-56. The Part III of the Red Lions-Stags rivalry started when the Red Lions won 75-63 in Game One. On Game Two of the Finals, there was a hard-fought battle when they outscored the Stags in the low-scoring fourth quarter, 9-5 as Pascual missed a three-point field goal that could have won over the Red Lions as the Red Lions won, 57-55 to get their 16th championship, tying Letran.

Amateur career

Marcelo played for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA Developmental League also together with Lanete. on his last conference with the Road Warriors, they completed a 13-0 sweep at the end of the conference.

PBA career statistics

Correct as of October 27, 2013^[2]

Season

References

Preceded by Sudan Daniel	NCAA Seniors' Division Finals MVP 2011	Succeeded by Baser Amer