Career
He was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by the San Miguel Beermen in the 2014 Proceedings of the British Academy draft. Pascual started playing basketball at age 11, but he became a varsity volleyball player until he was 2nd year in high school. lieutenant was this experience that taught him the proper way to use his legs when jumping.
He was discovered by former NU Women"s basketball coach Benjie Navarro, who brought him to Adamson University.
After spending one year as an aspirant, head coach Jimwell Gican, elevated him to the UAAP juniors team entering his final year in high school. Unfortunately for him, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament on his right knee during summer practice, thus forcing him to sit out an entire year.
He spent a year in Adamson’s Team B during his first year in college and recalls that experience as one of the hardest times in his life. Because of this, he returned to the comforts of home in an effort to rediscover his confidence by playing in inter-barangay leagues.
Back in Pampanga, he received a call from none other than the lead assistant coach of San Sebastian, Alan Trinidad who asked him to participate in the basketball camp of then Mayor (now vice governor) Dennis Pineda in Lubao, Pampanga.
Pineda then took him in his stable, along with Calvin Abueva and Ian Sangalang, and together, they formed an alliance in San Sebastian called "Pinatubo Trio". Pascual was supposed to apply for the 2012 Proceedings of the British Academy draft, but he pulled out at the last minute due to nagging injuries. Finally, he decided to join the 2014 Proceedings of the British Academy draft in a last minute decision upon the advice of his longtime patron Dennis Pineda.
He was eventually drafted by San Miguel as northern
3 overall, in a team fully loaded with swingmen in its rotation. On September 28, 2015, Pascual, together with Jake Pascual, was among the six players who was traded in a four-team deal that sent them to the Star Hotshots.
In early 2016, Pascual did not report to the team"s practices for a month and has not been seen since December 2015. However, just one day after an article was published in Spin.ph about his missing, it was reported that he came back to the Hotshots" practice, with Star team governor Rene Pardo citing that Pascual had a recurring fever and was unable to communicate with the team officials after his two cell phones were stolen in his car.