Fort Towson

Add links

The 2013 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 76th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2013-2014 began on June 29, 2013 and the host school for the season was Adamson University.[1]

The Tigers, who at one point in the season were at sixth place in the standings with a 4-5 record finished fourth at the end of the double round-robin eliminations with eight wins against six losses. They made it to the Finals for the second straight year after defeating the No. 1-ranked NU Bulldogs in a repeat of their Final Four match last year while having a twice-to-win disadvantage. UST made history by becoming the first fourth-seeded team in the UAAP to reach the Finals.[2][3]

They lost to La Salle in the best-of-three championship series. The Tigers who were facing the Green Archers in the Finals for the first time since 1999, had snapped La Salle's nine-game winning streak in Game One by a single point at 73-72. The Archers went on to win the next two games for the title with Game Three going into overtime.[4][5]

Cameroonian center Karim Abdul was selected to the Mythical team for the second straight year.[6]

Roster

UST Growling Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
SF 5 Philippines Kim Kaizen Lo 6'1" (1.85m) 4th St. Jude Catholic School
SG 6 Philippines Eduardo Daquioag, Jr. 6'1" (1.85m) 3rd RTU Laboratory High School
PF 7 Philippines Kevin Ferrer 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas
PG 8 Philippines Robin Allan Tan 5'7" (1.7m) 3rd Xavier School
SG 9 Philippines Clark Daniel Oliver Bautista 5'9" (1.75m) 5th Benedictine International School
SF 10 Philippines Aljon Mariano 6'3" (1.91m) 4th San Beda College–Rizal
PG 11 Philippines Edcor Marata Injured 5'10" (1.78m) 2nd University of the Visayas
PF 12 Philippines Jon Cornelius Macasaet Injured 6'3" (1.91m) 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos
C 13 Philippines Paulo Lorenzo Pe 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Ateneo de Manila
SF 14 Philippines Brian James So Injured 6'2" (1.88m) 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran
C 15 Philippines Roberto Hainga 6'7" (2.01m) 4th Iloilo Central Commercial High School
SG 16 Philippines Jeric Allen Teng (C) 6'2" (1.88m) 5th Xavier School
C 17 Philippines Jeepy Faundo 6'6" (1.98m) 1st José Rizal University
PG 18 Canada Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. 5'9" (1.75m) 2nd Loyola Catholic Secondary School
SF 19 Philippines Kent Jefferson Lao 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd Saint Stephen's High School
C 20 Cameroon Karim Abdul 6'6" (1.98m) 3rd Sta. Clara International Academy
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Senen Dueñas
  • Ernesto Ballesteros
  • Segundo dela Cruz, III
  • Alvin Grey
  • Christopher Cantonjos
  • Ma. Genevieve Francisco
  • Rodil Sablan
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Emmanuel Calipes
  • Yi Ming Liu
  • Kris Anthony Agarao
Team manager
  • Clarence Aytona

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Abdul Hainga Faundo
PF Ferrer Pe Lao
SF Mariano Lo
SG Teng Daquioag So
PG Bautista Sheriff Tan

Roster changes

Subtractions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
PG 7 Philippines Jeric Marco Fortuna 5' 7" 5th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School Graduated
PF 8 Philippines Carmelo Afuang 6' 4" 5th San Beda College–Rizal Graduated
PG 12 Philippines Janrey Garrido 5' 6" 2nd Hope Christian High School Out on injury
SG 17 Philippines Christian Errol Villar 6' 0" 2nd Hope Christian High School Transferred to Enderun Colleges
SG 18 Philippines Louie Philippe Vigil 6' 3" 3rd José Rizal University Academic deficiencies
C 19 Philippines Kenneth Mamaril 6' 5" 3rd San Sebastian College-Recoletos Relegated to Team B

Additions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
PG 11 Philippines Edcor Marata 5' 10" 2nd University of the Visayas Returning from Season 73
PF 12 Philippines Jon Cornelius Macasaet 6' 3" 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos Rookie
SF 14 Philippines Brian James So 6' 2" 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran Rookie
C 17 Philippines Jeepy Faundo 6' 6" 1st José Rizal University Rookie
PG 18 Canada Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. 5' 9" 2nd Loyola Catholic Secondary School Returning from Season 74
SF 19 Philippines Kent Jefferson Lao 6' 4" 2nd Saint Stephen's High School Returning from Season 74

Recruiting class

Name Pos. Height High school Hometown Commit date
Joco Macasaet PF 6' 3" San Sebastian College-Recoletos Batangas City 24 Apr 2013
2013 National Basketball Training Center Top 30 player
Sources: 12

Injuries

The Growling Tigers' season was plagued with injuries. Team captain Jeric Teng was leading in statistical points early in the tournament before suffering a slight labral tear on his shoulder. The injury which required the aid of crutches sidelined him for five games. Teng returned in the second round but got injured again after playing just one game when he sustained a pulled hamstring. He was fully recovered in time for the playoffs and was able to play in all of the team's Final Four and championship games.[7][8]

Aljon Mariano had played the whole season while nursing an ankle injury while Kevin Ferrer suffered a fractured cheek bone from an elbow hit during a game against the UE Red Warriors. The injury required the use of a protective mask during games and corrective eye glasses outside games for a period of two months.[9][10]

Returning point guard Pipoy Marata and rookie Joco Macasaet both suffered ACL injuries, while Brian So who was also a rookie had a lateral collateral ligament stress. All three players did not finish the season.[11]

Schedule and results

Preseason tournaments

The Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup games were aired on Studio 23.

Preseason game log
2013 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup: 6–5
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Apr 13 • 4:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 67–73 0–1 Teng (31) Abdul (6) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
2 Apr 20 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles W 63–57 1–1 Mariano (19) Abdul (11) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
3 May 3 • 4:15 pm SWU Cobras L 63–64 1–2 Tied (12) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
4 May 10 • 12:00 pm San Sebastian Stags W 83–79 2–2 Mariano (23) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
5 May 11 • 12:00 pm Letran Knights W 78–77 3–2 Mariano (18) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
6 May 18 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors L 68–85 3–3 Mariano (15) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
7 May 24 • 12:45 pm Lyceum Pirates W 93–86OT 4–3 Mariano (31) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
8 May 31 • 2:30 pm EAC Generals W 76–75 5–3 Teng (27) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
9 Jun 3 • 4:00 pm Arellano Chiefs
Quarterfinal round
W 83–73 6–3 Teng (23) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
10 Jun 7 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors
Semifinal round
L 75–77 6–4 Ferrer (19) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
11 Jun 12 • 2:00 pm San Beda Red Lions
Battle for 3rd place
L 70–74 6–5 Teng (27) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

UAAP games

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on Studio 23 and Balls. The second and third games of the Finals series were aired on ABS-CBN and Balls.

UAAP Season 76 game log
Elimination round: 8–6
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Jun 29 • 4:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers W 63–58OT 1–0 Teng (23) Abdul (10) Ferrer (4) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
2 Jul 6 • 2:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons W 67–62 2–0 Ferrer (17) Mariano (7) Mariano (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
3 Jul 10 • 4:00 pm NU Bulldogs L 67–71 2–1 Ferrer (20) Abdul (12) Teng (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
4 Jul 13 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 88–77 3–1 Abdul (25) Abdul (13) Daquioag (6) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
5 Jul 21 • 4:00 pm FEU Tamaraws L 67–77 3–2 Abdul (21) Mariano (12) Mariano (4) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
6 Jul 24 • 4:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 79–69 4–2 Mariano (18) Ferrer (10) Daquioag (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
7 Jul 27 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles
End of R1 of eliminations
L 57–61 4–3 Mariano (16) Abdul (15) Tied (2) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
8 Aug 15 • 4:00 pm UE Red Warriors L 67–68 4–4 Abdul (23) Abdul (20) Tied (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Aug 21 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles Postponed due to Typhoon Maring[12] Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
9 Aug 24 • 4:00 pm NU Bulldogs L 61–75 4–5 Abdul (18) Tied (12) Ferrer (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
10 Aug 28 • 2:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons W 80–67 5–5 Abdul (19) Abdul (12) Mariano (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
11 Sep 1 • 12:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 79–782OT 6–5 Abdul (21) Ferrer (13) Mariano (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
12 Sep 7 • 2:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 63–39 7–5 Mariano (18) Abdul (21) Bautista (4) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
13 Sep 14 • 4:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 64–69 7–6 Abdul (18) Tied (12) Teng (4) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
14 Sep 18 • 2:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles
End of R2 of eliminations
W 82–74 8–6 Abdul (25) Tied (9) Sheriff (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Final Four: 2–0
Game Date • Time Seed Opponent Result Series High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Sep 22 • 4:00 pm (#4) (#1) NU Bulldogs W 71–62 1–0
(9–6)
Ferrer (14) Tied (7) Tied (2) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
2 Sep 28 • 4:00 pm (#4) (#1) NU Bulldogs W 76–69 2–0
(10–6)
Teng (19) Mariano (10) Sheriff (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Finals: 1–2
Game Date • Time Seed Opponent Result Series High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Oct 2 • 4:00 pm (#4) (#2) De La Salle Green Archers W 73–72 1–0
(11–6)
Ferrer (20) Abdul (12) Tied (3) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
2 Oct 5 • 4:00 pm (#4) (#2) De La Salle Green Archers L 70–77 1–1
(11–7)
Teng (28) Abdul (9) Tied (2) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
3 Oct 12 • 4:00 pm (#4) (#2) De La Salle Green Archers L 69–71OT 1–2
(11–8)
Abdul (26) Abdul (8) Bautista (6) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: HumbleBola

Postseason tournament

Postseason game log
2013 Philippine Collegiate Championship: 6–2
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Dec 2 • 4:00 pm Letran Knights
Luzon-NCR Regional semifinals
W 77–60 1–0 Bautista (23) Ynares Sports Arena
Pasig
2 Dec 3 • 4:00 pm FEU Tamaraws
Luzon-NCR Regional finals
L 68–71 1–1 Abdul (20) Ynares Sports Arena
Pasig
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

UAAP statistics

Eliminations

Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Karim Abdul 14 14 33.0 82 190 43.2 2 6 33.3 63 97 64.9 12.1 1.4 0.9 2.0 3.2 16.4
Aljon Mariano 14 8 29.7 64 149 43.0 6 17 35.3 45 67 67.2 7.1 2.4 0.5 0.2 2.6 12.8
Jeric Teng 7 7 27.4 30 90 33.3 4 26 15.4 19 24 79.2 4.3 1.7 0.9 0.0 1.6 11.9
Kevin Ferrer 14 10 30.4 58 171 33.9 9 71 12.7 42 61 68.9 8.1 2.1 0.7 1.0 1.9 11.9
Ed Daquioag 14 8 24.4 45 104 43.3 9 37 24.3 24 39 61.5 4.5 2.5 0.6 0.4 2.3 8.8
Tata Bautista 14 8 28.5 38 130 29.2 23 79 29.1 15 19 78.9 3.8 1.6 0.4 0.0 1.7 8.1
Kim Lo 14 6 17.6 17 55 30.9 2 13 15.4 10 15 66.7 2.9 1.1 0.8 0.2 0.9 3.3
Jon Sheriff 8 1 12.5 5 16 31.3 0 0 0.0 6 10 60.0 2.8 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 2.0
Brian So 6 2 5.5 2 8 25.0 0 2 0.0 3 4 75.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2
Paolo Pe 14 5 11.9 4 19 21.1 0 0 0.0 3 8 37.5 2.9 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.8
Robert Hainga 8 1 4.4 3 7 42.9 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
Jeepy Faundo 4 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Kent Lao 6 0 3.8 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 50.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Joco Macasaet 1 0 9.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Pipoy Marata 1 0 2.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Robin Tan 4 0 3.8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 14 41.1 348 944 36.9 55 251 21.9 233 349 66.8 47.8 13.2 4.7 4.2 14.9 70.3
Opponents 14 41.1 358 1,011 35.4 89 369 24.8 140 237 59.1 46.9 14.9 4.1 3.2 15.0 67.5

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Jeric Teng 5 5 32.0 35 84 41.7 10 25 40.0 16 21 76.2 5.2 2.2 0.2 0.0 1.8 19.2
Karim Abdul 5 5 31.2 25 55 45.5 0 3 0.0 21 22 95.5 8.4 0.2 1.0 2.0 2.4 14.2
Kevin Ferrer 5 5 30.6 17 48 35.4 13 32 40.6 18 25 72.0 5.6 1.2 1.0 0.4 1.8 13.0
Aljon Mariano 5 4 34.0 12 51 23.5 0 7 0.0 14 22 63.6 8.0 1.6 0.6 0.2 3.2 7.6
Tata Bautista 5 0 20.2 12 38 31.6 5 24 20.8 4 6 66.7 2.0 2.0 0.4 0.0 2.0 6.6
Jon Sheriff 5 5 22.6 10 18 55.6 0 0 0.0 6 10 60.0 4.0 2.4 0.6 0.0 1.0 5.2
Ed Daquioag 4 0 12.8 4 14 28.6 0 5 0.0 1 1 100.0 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.3 1.3 2.3
Kent Lao 4 0 8.8 1 6 16.7 0 0 0.0 5 6 83.3 3.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.8
Paolo Pe 5 1 11.4 3 7 42.9 0 0 0.0 2 4 50.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.6
Kim Lo 4 0 7.0 1 4 25.0 0 1 0.0 4 4 100.0 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.5
Robert Hainga 1 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 5 41.0 120 325 36.9 28 97 28.9 91 121 75.2 44.4 10.8 4.4 3.0 15.6 71.8
Opponents 5 41.0 125 343 36.4 25 98 25.5 76 127 59.8 47.0 12.4 4.4 4.4 14.8 70.2
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FGM  Field-goal made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  FG%  Field-goal percentage
 3PM  3-point field-goal made  3PA  3-point field-goal attempts  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage
 FTM  Free-throw made  FTA  Free-throw attempts  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  TOT  Turnovers per game  PPG  Points per game
Source: HumbleBola

Awards

Name Award Date Ref.
Team UAAP runners-up 12 Oct 2013 [5]
2013 Millennium Basketball League champions May 2013 [13]
Ed Daquioag 2013 Millennium Basketball League MVP
Aljon Mariano Filoil Flying V Best Five of the Week 6–11 May 2013 [14]
Karim Abdul UAAP Mythical team 5 Oct 2013 [6]

Players drafted into the PBA

Jeric Teng was picked 12th overall by the Yeng Guiao-led Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team in the second round of the 2013 PBA draft on November 3, 2013. Tata Bautista applied for the rookie draft in 2014 and was selected 34th overall by the Blackwater Elite on August 24, 2014, while Robert Hainga did the same in 2015 and ended up with the Mahindra Enforcer team as the 49th overall pick on August 23, 2015.[15][16][17]

Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team
2013 2 2 12 Jeric Teng Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2014 3 10 34 Clark Bautista Blackwater Elite
2015 6 2 49 Robert Hainga Mahindra Enforcer

References

  1. ^ Roque, Jude. "UAAP Season 76 Opening games: FEU is biggest winner". Yahoo! Philippines. Retrieved 2 Jul 2013.
  2. ^ Hernandez, Ralph Joshua; Lintag, Paul Kennedy. "Big man Karim no regrets in amazing UAAP run". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
  3. ^ Flores, Celest. "UST stuns NU to reach UAAP 76 Finals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 28 Sep 2013.
  4. ^ Flores, Celest. "UST snaps La Salle's streak, takes game 1 of UAAP Finals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 Oct 2013.
  5. ^ a b "La Salle beats UST, wins UAAP title". Rappler. Retrieved 12 Oct 2013.
  6. ^ a b "UAAP MVP Romeo overwhelmed by award, looks forward to nat'l team stint". Yahoo! Philippines. Retrieved 5 Oct 2013.
  7. ^ Verora, Levi Joshua Jr. "Injured Teng eyes 2nd round return for UST". Rappler. Retrieved 24 Jul 2013.
  8. ^ Terrado, Reuben. "Jeric Teng injured anew, comeback short-lived". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 24 Aug 2013.
  9. ^ Cerado, Alexis. "Mariano keen on redeeming self and UST". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 17 Oct 2013.
  10. ^ Flores, Celest. "UST's Ferrer to wear protective mask for 1-2 months". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 Jul 2013.
  11. ^ Miravite, Myke. "Wounded but not dead: Hobbling UST wrestles with injuries". Rappler. Retrieved 30 Aug 2013.
  12. ^ Terrado, Reuben. "Madrid's UP comeback will have to wait as UAAP games called off". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 20 Aug 2013.
  13. ^ "PBA top rookie, produkto ng MBL". Balita Online. Retrieved 29 Oct 2016.
  14. ^ Olivares, Rick. "Africans rule Filoil weekly awards". Business Mirror. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  15. ^ Quiteles, Rodneil. "Surprise picks, trades take PBA Draft spotlight". Rappler. Retrieved 3 Nov 2013.
  16. ^ "2014 PBA draft results". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 24 Aug 2014.
  17. ^ Giongco, Mark. "Tautuaa, Rosario go 1-2; Thompson to Ginebra". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.