▁was ▁surprising ly ▁trad ed ▁for ▁former ▁Global ▁Port ▁player ▁Sol ▁Mer c ado ▁from ▁the ▁San ▁Miguel ▁Be erm en . ▁With ▁little ▁time ▁to ▁adjust , ▁they ▁eventually ▁lost ▁to ▁G ine bra ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁twice ▁to ▁beat ▁advantage ▁in ▁phase ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁quarter ▁final s . ▁ ▁The ▁departure ▁of ▁Cab ag not ▁proved ▁benef icial ▁to ▁Rome o ' s ▁rise ▁to ▁st ard om , ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁bl oss om ▁into ▁the ▁team ' s ▁first ▁scoring ▁option . ▁He ▁led ▁the ▁loc als ▁in ▁points ▁per ▁game ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁P BA ▁Commission er ' s ▁Cup , ▁aver aging ▁ 2 1 . 3 6 ▁points . ▁He ▁also ▁made ▁an ▁impression ▁during ▁the ▁All - Star ▁Week end ▁in ▁Puerto ▁Prin ces a . ▁Sc oring ▁a ▁who pping ▁ 5 0 ▁points , ▁al beit ▁a ▁losing ▁effort , ▁against ▁the ▁ro ok ies ▁in ▁the ▁ro ok ies ▁vs ▁s oph om ores ▁bl itz ▁game . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁P BA ▁Three - Point ▁Sho ot out ▁champion ▁( 2 0 1 5 ) ▁and ▁the ▁P BA ▁All - Star ▁Game ▁M VP ▁( 2 0 1 5 ) ▁c apping ▁off ▁a ▁memor able ▁week end ▁for ▁the ▁young ▁guard . ▁His ▁efforts ▁wer en ' t ▁enough ▁though , ▁as ▁the ▁team ▁strugg led ▁to ▁get ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁win ▁column ▁in ▁their ▁remaining ▁games ▁after ▁the ▁all -