NCAA Player of the Week: Sudan Daniel (San Beda)

Look who has reappeared for the San Beda Red Lions in the 86th NCAA basketball tournament.

It's not a bird. It's not a plane. But it's "Superman" Sudan Daniel, the latest winner of the Accel/Filoil NCAA Press Corps Player of the Week.

The 6-foot-7 center from Los Angeles, California reemerged in the Red Lions' 101-74 demolition of Perpetual Help on Wednesday at The Arena in San Juan.

Daniel, who made into last year's Mythical Five, toyed the undermanned Altas by scoring 16 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and blocked 10 shots to keep the Mendiola-based cagers unbeaten after five games to nail the award backed by Terrilicious meat products.

San Beda are tied for the lead with defending champion San Sebastian to keep pace with its goal of regaining the title it lost last season to the Stags.

"This is a very emotional season for us because we want to get the title back to San Beda," said Daniel.

""He was a monster. He really showed his presence inside," said coach Frankie Lim, who only inserted his prized big man with just three minutes left in the first quarter.

Prior to this game, Daniel, who notched his first triple-double of the season, was averaging just 8.5 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.7 blocks.

Daniel won the weekly award presented by ACCEL and Fil-Oil over San Sebastian's Calvin "The Beast" Abueva, Mapua's Macky Acosta and Emilio Aguinaldo College's Milan Vargas.