Kyle Nicholas Pacana Pascual (born April 13, 1990) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Kyle Pascual
Pascual (right) in 2011
No. 32 – Meralco Bolts
PositionCenter / power forward
LeaguePBA
Personal information
Born (1990-04-13) April 13, 1990 (age 34)
Anaheim, California, U.S.
NationalityFilipino / American
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High schoolEsperanza (Anaheim, California)
CollegeSan Beda (2010–2014)
PBA draft2014: 2nd round, 24th overall pick
Selected by the Kia Sorento
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2016Kia Sorento/Carnival / Mahindra Enforcer
2016–2017Blackwater Elite
2017–2021Star/Magnolia Hotshots
2021–2022Terrafirma Dyip
2022–presentMeralco Bolts
Career highlights and awards

College career

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Pascual is one of the few players to win a championship in all his five years of playing in the NCAA for the San Beda College Red Lions. He is the first NCAA player to notch the feat since Rommel Adducul, who was the star of the San Sebastian team that won five straight titles from 1993 to 1997.[1]

Professional career

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Pascual was drafted 24th overall by Kia in the 2014 PBA draft.[2]

On March 20, 2016, Pascual was traded to the Blackwater Elite for Jason Ballesteros.[3]

On September 10, 2017, Pascual, along with Riego Gamalinda, was traded to the Star Hotshots for Allein Maliksi and Chris Javier.[4]

On November 25, 2021, Pascual, along with Justin Melton, was traded back to the Terrafirma Dyip (formerly Kia) for James Laput.[5]

On May 26, 2022, Pascual, who became a free agent after declining Terrafirma's extension offer, signed a two-year deal with the Meralco Bolts.[6]

PBA career statistics

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Legend
  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

As of the end of 2023–24 season[7][8]

Season-by-season averages

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Kia 30 16.1 .402 .000 .714 2.5 .5 .3 .2 3.6
2015–16 Mahindra 26 22.4 .417 .375 .659 4.5 .3 .3 .4 6.9
Blackwater
2016–17 Blackwater 34 16.7 .471 .333 .615 3.2 .6 .3 .3 4.8
Star
2017–18 Magnolia 39 7.4 .400 .000 .867 1.3 .3 .3 .2 2.2
2019 Magnolia 30 7.5 .408 .200 .583 1.2 .4 .1 .4 1.6
2020 Magnolia 3 12.7 .333 1.3 .0 .3 .3 1.3
2021 Magnolia 24 9.3 .481 .200 .476 1.3 .3 .2 .0 2.6
Terrafirma
2022–23 Meralco 36 9.9 .413 .000 .706 1.6 .4 .2 .1 1.8
2023–24 Meralco 30 8.4 .421 .636 1.6 .1 .1 .2 1.3
Career 252 12.0 .427 .231 .650 2.1 .4 .2 .2 3.0

References

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  1. ^ Sacamos, Karlo. "San Beda's Kyle Pascual matches rare feat last pulled off by Adducul. Find out what it is". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 PBA Draft Results | InterAksyon.com | Sports5". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  3. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (March 20, 2016). "Blackwater, Mahindra swap bigs". INQUIRER.net.
  4. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (September 10, 2017). "Hotshots send Maliksi to Elite in 4-player trade". INQUIRER.net.
  5. ^ "Magnolia deals Melton, Pascual to Terrafirma for Laput". PBA.ph. November 25, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "Free agent Kyle Pascual declines Terrafirma offer to sign with Meralco". spin.ph. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Kyle Pascual Player Profile, Meralco Bolts - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2021-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Kyle Pascual Player Profile, Meralco Bolts - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.