Bacoor City Strikers
League	MPBL Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 (formerly)
Founded	2018 (2018)
History	Bacoor City Strikers (2018–present)
Arena	Strike Gymnasium
Location	Bacoor, Cavite
Team colors
Main sponsor	Filbet.com
Head coach	Alexander Angeles
Conference titles	MPBL: 1 (2023)

The Bacoor City Strikers are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Bacoor, Cavite.^[1] The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of six active teams based in the Calabarzon region. Bacoor City is also one of two teams based in the province of Cavite, the other team being the Imus SV Squad, playing their home games at Strike Gymnasium.

Owned by the Local Government of Bacoor, the team joined the league in the 2018–19 season. A volleyball team of the same name will play in the inaugural season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA).

History

Bacoor City joined as an expansion team for the 2018–19 season, giving the province of Cavite its second MPBL team after Imus in 2018. In their first season, the Strikers clinched the fifth seed in the South Division after finishing 13–12 in the regular season. In the playoffs, the team swept General Santos in the First Round before falling to the eventual finalist Davao Occidental Tigers in the Division Semifinals. Bacoor City continued that success with their winningest season in 2019–20, with 24 wins in the 30-game season. As the second seed, Bacoor City once again swept General Santos in the First Round, but lost to the Basilan Steel in three games.

In 2022, the Strikers lost some of its key players. Their all-star in Gab Banal joined the PBA with Alaska and Michael Mabulac moved to Nueva Ecija. Despite that, Bacoor City still managed to make the playoffs with a losing record of 9–12 as the seventh seed. Although the Strikers forced a game 3 in their First Round match-up against Batangas City, they would eventually lose in the elimination game.

2023 saw the arrival of former Finals MVP Mark Yee and the return of Michael Cañete. Together with the likes of Jhan Nermal and James Kwekuteye, Bacoor City became the South Division's leading team with a 23–5 record and will face the Iloilo United Royals in the First Round.

Team identity

The team is named after Strike Revilla, who was the representative of Cavite's 2nd district during the team's establishment. The team has always used a blue and gold color scheme from the team's founding.

The logo is a shield consisting of a winged horse and a cross on top of an illustration of the Zapote Bridge. Written on the bridge is "2012", the year Bacoor was granted cityhood.

Season-by-season records

This is a list of seasons completed by Bacoor City. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Bacoor City Strikers seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning percentage

Current roster

Bacoor City Strikers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB From G 0 Adjei, Jaycee Sam G/F 1 Villoria, Kraniel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1995–07–14 Arellano F 3 Cañete, Michael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–14 Arellano 5 Torrijos, Jelo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) St. Benilde F 6 Reyes, Lester 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SJIT C 8 Eguilos, Jhaymo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–08–27 Far Eastern G 9 Jeruta, Aaron 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 1994–10–16 Centro Escolar C 10 Montuaño, Mark Informatics G 12 Acuña, Eric 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Informatics G 14 Galit, Salvador 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Philippine Christian G 15 Kwekuteye, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda G 16 Ludovice, Yvan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda G 17 Alday, Alwyn 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1990–04–18 La Consolacion C 19 Lopez, John Derico 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) José Rizal G 20 Lee Yu, Joel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1994–08–20 Far Eastern G 24 Pasturan, Jimboy St. Benilde 25 Canal, Miles 27 Cañete, John F 28 Jaime, Chito 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983–10–21 AMA F 29 Nermal, Jhan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) STI Negros F 41 Miranda, Ken Mark F 52 Yee, Mark (EP) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–01–04 San Sebastian Cavite G 77 Acidre, Rocky 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Arellano F 81 Jamito, Jammer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–09–01 St. Clare 88 Soriano, Carl	Head coach Alexander Angeles Assistant coach(es) Rosser Benjamin Mangahas Rey Mendez Marlou Aquino Marlo Corpin BJ Aganus (consultant) Team manager Dennis Abella Legend (EP) Ex–PBA player (HG) Homegrown player (FF) Filipino-foreigner player (SGL) Special Guest Licensee Injured Roster – via Genius Sports

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