Don Trollano has emerged as San Miguel’s leading scorer through the Beermen’s first seven games of the 2026 Governors’ Cup. The reserve forward, whom San Miguel first acquired in December 2023 through a three-team trade with the NLEX Road Warriors and NorthPort Batang Pier, has been their most consistent player from night to night all conference long.
His best outing of the conference so far came in his most recent game, a 126-114 win over the Converge FiberXers, where Trollano exploded for 27 points on 10-of-19 shooting, drilling five three-pointers to go with two rebounds and three assists. Converge left him open time and time again, and he made the most of it, hitting several timely baskets during San Miguel’s decisive third-quarter run that put the game out of reach for good.
That was his second 20-point outing of the conference, following a 22-point effort in San Miguel’s blowout win over the Titan Ultra Giant Risers. Trollano was nearly perfect that night too, shooting 9 of 13 from the field and 3 of 4 from three-point range while adding five rebounds and two assists of his own.
Across the team’s first seven games in this Governor’s Cup, Trollano has been as steady as they come, averaging 16.6 points, 1.9 three-pointers, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 0.4 steals a game while shooting 48.2 percent from the field in just over 26 minutes a night. Despite coming off the bench, he leads San Miguel in scoring, which is no small feat given that the Beermen’s roster is headlined by two of the best scorers in the PBA today in June Mar Fajardo and CJ Perez.
With the win over Converge, San Miguel improved to 5-2 this conference, good for second place in Group A. Trollano’s elevated play has been a major reason the Beermen have stayed near the top of the standings even as nine-time PBA MVP Fajardo has gotten off to a surprisingly slow start to open this conference.
Now 34 years old, the veteran Trollano continues to be the type of player who makes his team better in all the little ways, scoring comfortably within the flow of San Miguel’s attack rather than forcing the issue, and, most importantly, competing just as hard on the defensive end as he does on offense.
San Miguel head coach Leo Austria coached Trollano at the collegiate level more than a decade ago as well, and he clearly understands the value of a selfless player like him. Trollano may not always draw the spotlight, but he has quietly turned into one of the most dangerous ancillary weapons in the league — the kind of silent role player whom opposing defenses can no longer afford to overlook.
