The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier (after the PBA and the PBL) community league Liga Pilipinas

Liga Pilipinas

Liga Pilipinas is a regional basketball league in the Philippines. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc....

. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno. The team won the National Finals of the Second Conference of the Liga Pilipinas against the First Conference Champions M Lhuillier Kuwarta Padala - Cebu Niños, 3-2. The Meteors were also in the National Finals of the Third Conference of the Liga, which they lost to the same team (MLKP-Cebu).
The Meteors also represented the Philippines in the 2nd China-Asean Basketball Tournament held in Pingguo County, Guangxi, China in October 18–24, 2009,
winning the championship with an elimination-round average of 92.5 points. The Meteors participated in the Tournament of the Philippines (TOP), a merger of the Philippine Basketball League

Philippine Basketball League

The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...

 and Liga Pilipinas. Currently, the Meteors are in the middle of the standings for the Fifth Conference of Liga Pilipinas

Roster

Former players

Gone are MVP Mark Yee (signed up with Burger King in the PBA

Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

), Joey Mente, Jeff Bombeo, Jerome Paterno and Dexter Micutuan.