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UP's 6'10 rookie Israel Friday<\/strong>, age 19, passed away after suddenly collapsing during the team's practice on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>

According to the UP Office of Athletics and Sports Development, Friday was immediately taken to the nearest hospital. Despite the efforts of doctors, he was declared dead.<\/span><\/p>

Friday is from Nigeria and a new recruit of the Fighting Maroons. He is known for his on-court skills as a center and is one of the expected players to strengthen UP's lineup.<\/span><\/p>

The cause of death<\/strong> is still being investigated. The university is also in contact with his family and has provided full support.<\/span><\/p>

Israel Friday is a huge loss<\/strong> for the basketball community and the entire UP Fighting Maroons.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ang 6\u201910 rookie ng UP na si Israel Friday, edad 19, ay pumanaw matapos biglang himatayin sa ensayo ng koponan nitong Martes.Ayon sa UP Office of Athletics and Sports Development, agad na dinala si Friday sa pinakamalapit na ospital. Sa kabila ng pagsisikap ng mga doktor, idineklara siyang patay.Si Friday ay galing sa Nigeria at […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"no-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"0","show_post_meta":"0","show_post_author":"0","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"5","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[151],"class_list":["post-58354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"\nUP player Israel Friday, 19, pumanaw sa ensayo - 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