2011 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #4
Final rank#4
2011 record8–7 (8–6 elims)
Head coachPido Jarencio (6th season)
Assistant coachesEstong Ballesteros
Senen Dueñas
CaptainJeric Fortuna (4th season)

The 2011 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 74th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2011-12 began on July 10, 2011 and the host school for the season was Ateneo de Manila University.[1]

The Tigers, who had celebrated their quadricentennial year, finished fourth at the end of the double round-robin eliminations. They won eight games against six losses. They lost to the No. 1-ranked Ateneo Blue Eagles, who had a twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.[2]

They had an average winning margin of 8.9 points and an average losing margin of 13.0 points.

They experienced blowout losses twice in the tournament, both during the second round. The first was against Ateneo by 25 points on August 20, and the other was against the NU Bulldogs by 24 points in the last playing date of the eliminations on September 11.[3][4]

Team captain Jeric Fortuna was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of July 14–17. Cameroonian rookie center Karim Abdul was also chosen Player of the Week for August 11–14, and third year guard Jeric Teng got the citation during the week of September 1–4, 2011.[5][6][7]

Abdul who was third in the MVP tally with 60.3 statistical points was disqualified from the Mythical team due to a suspension from a game for two unsportsmanlike fouls that he committed in the eliminations. He had a double-double average of 12.1 points and a league-best 11.5 rebounds on top of the 1.5 blocks per game that he amassed in the season.[8][9]

Roster

UST Growling Tigers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
SF 4 Philippines Ron Kristoffer Javier 6'1" (1.85m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
SG 5 Philippines Kim Kaizen Lo 6'1" (1.85m) 2nd St. Jude Catholic School
PG 6 Canada Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. 5'9" (1.75m) 1st Loyola Catholic Secondary School
PG 7 Philippines Jeric Marco Fortuna (C) 5'7" (1.7m) 4th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
PF 8 Philippines Carmelo Afuang 6'4" (1.93m) 4th San Beda College–Rizal
SG 9 Philippines Jaypee Sarcia – 1st University of Santo Tomas
SG 10 Philippines Aljohn Gil Ungria 6'1" (1.85m) 2nd Colegio de San Lorenzo
PG 11 Philippines Robin Allan Tan 5'7" (1.7m) 1st Xavier School
PF 12 United States Christopher Camus 6'4" (1.93m) 5th Sunny Hills High School
C 13 Philippines Paulo Lorenzo Pe 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd Ateneo de Manila
SF 14 Philippines Kevin Ferrer 6'4" (1.93m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
SG 16 Philippines Jeric Allen Teng 6'2" (1.88m) 3rd Xavier School
SG 17 Philippines Eduardo Aytona, Jr. 5'10" (1.78m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas
SF 18 Philippines Louie Philippe Vigil 6'3" (1.91m) 1st José Rizal University
SF 19 Philippines Kent Jefferson Lao 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Saint Stephen's High School
C 20 Cameroon Karim Abdul 6'6" (1.98m) 1st Sta. Clara International Academy
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Senen Dueñas
  • Ernesto Ballesteros
  • Alvin Grey
  • Christopher Cantonjos
  • Ma. Genevieve Francisco
  • Rodil Sablan
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Emmanuel Calipes
  • Yi Ming Liu
Team manager
  • Clarence Aytona
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Pe Abdul
PF Camus Afuang
SF Ferrer Lao Vigil
SG Teng Lo Ungria
PG Fortuna Sheriff Tan

Roster changes

The Tigers shored up on their front line with the arrival of Karim Abdul who immediately made an impact when he led the league in rebounds at the end of eliminations. In Season 73, the team ranked last in rebounds with an average of only 35.4 per game. They also lagged behind in defensive boards with 22.1 and blocks with 2.5 per game averages.[10]

UST was also able to recruit blue chips from the high school ranks, with UST Tiger Cub Kevin Ferrer who was hailed the UAAP Season 73 Juniors MVP and José Rizal University's Louie Vigil, the Juniors MVP of the NCAA in Season 85 coming onboard.[11][12]

Subtractions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
PG6PhilippinesEdcor Marata5' 10"2ndUniversity of the VisayasRelegated to Team B
SG9PhilippinesClark Daniel Oliver Bautista5' 9"4thBenedictine International SchoolAcademic deficiencies
SF10PhilippinesAljon Mariano6' 3"3rdSan Beda College–RizalOut due to fractured right ankle
PF11PhilippinesAndre Charles Marquez6' 3"4thLa Salle GreenhillsGraduated
C14PhilippinesVincent Roberto Tinte6' 7"2ndUrdaneta City National High SchoolTransferred to Adamson University
SG17PhilippinesFritz Harmon Delgado6' 0"2ndSan Sebastian College-RecoletosAcademic deficiencies
SF18PhilippinesEduardo Daquioag, Jr.6' 1"2ndRTU Laboratory High SchoolOut due to rheumatic fever
C20PhilippinesKenneth Mamaril6' 5"2ndSan Sebastian College-RecoletosRelegated to Team B
PG21PhilippinesJackson Wong5' 10"3rdPhilippine Academy of Sakya-ManilaTransferred to Trinity University of Asia

Additions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
SF4PhilippinesRon Kristoffer Javier6' 1"1stUniversity of Santo TomasRookie
PG6CanadaSheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr.5' 9"1stLoyola Catholic Secondary SchoolRookie
SG9PhilippinesJaypee Sarcia1stUniversity of Santo TomasRookie
SG10PhilippinesAljohn Gil Ungria6' 1"2ndColegio de San LorenzoReturning from Season 72
PG11PhilippinesRobin Allan Tan5' 7"1stXavier SchoolRookie
SF14PhilippinesKevin Ferrer6' 4"1stUniversity of Santo TomasRookie
SF18PhilippinesLouie Philippe Vigil6' 3"1stJosé Rizal UniversityRookie
SF19PhilippinesKent Jefferson Lao6' 4"1stSaint Stephen's High SchoolRookie
C20CameroonKarim Abdul6' 6"1stSta. Clara International AcademyRookie

Schedule and results

Preseason tournaments

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

Preseason game log
2011 Millennium Basketball League–Open Basketball championship: 4–1
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Mar 8 • 7:30 pm Lyceum Pirates W 92–79 1–0 Teng (21) Lyceum Gym
Manila
2 Mar 15 Wang's Ballclub W 81–63 2–0
3 May 12 • 6:45 pm Hobe Bihon L 70–72 2–1 Aquinas Gym
San Juan
4 May 14 Hobe Bihon
Semifinal		 W 75–65 3–1
5 May 19 Foscon Ship Management
Championship		 W 65–56 4–1 Fortuna (16) Lyceum Gym
Manila
2011 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup: 3–4
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Apr 9 • 5:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers W 79–70 1–0 Fortuna (20) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
2 Apr 13 • 4:00 pm NU Bulldogs L 52–60 1–1 Abdul (13) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
3 Apr 16 • 12:30 pm San Sebastian Stags W 104–1022OT 2–1 Abdul (23) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
4 Apr 30 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 46–59 2–2 Bautista (14) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
5 May 21 • 12:30 pm Lyceum Pirates W 65–55 3–2 Ferrer (17) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
6 May 27 • 3:15 pm Arellano Chiefs L 63–64 3–3 Abdul (18) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
7 Jun 4 • 12:30 pm San Beda Red Lions L 72–85 3–4 Fortuna (22) 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 formatt and all of UST's games were aired on Studio 23 and Balls.

UAAP Season 74 game log
Elimination round: 8–6
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Jul 14 • 1:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 73–72OT 1–0 Fortuna (23) Ferrer (11) Teng (5) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
2 Jul 17 • 3:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 70–63 2–0 Ferrer (19) Abdul (9) Fortuna (8) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
3 Jul 24 • 3:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons L 71–81 2–1 Teng (15) Abdul (10) Tied (4) PhilSports Arena
Pasig
4 Jul 30 • 3:00 pm FEU Tamaraws L 59–62 2–2 Teng (23) Abdul (11) Camus (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
5 Aug 4 • 3:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 53–66 2–3 Fortuna (18) Camus (11) Fortuna (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
6[lower-alpha 1] Aug 7 • 1:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 68–49 3–3 Fortuna (16) Abdul (14) Tied (2) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
7 Aug 11 • 3:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers
End of R1 of eliminations		 L 71–74 3–4 Abdul (21) Abdul (11) Fortuna (4) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
8 Aug 14 • 1:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 77–70 4–4 Abdul (21) Tied (11) Fortuna (6) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
9[lower-alpha 2] Aug 20 • 3:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 57–82 4–5 Teng (20) Abdul (19) Teng (4) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
10[lower-alpha 3] Aug 25 • 3:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers W 60–52 5–5 Teng (14) Abdul (12) Tied (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
11 Aug 28 • 1:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 54–45 6–5 Abdul (16) Abdul (13) Fortuna (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
12 Sep 3 • 3:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons W 74–58 7–5 Teng (20) Abdul (14) Teng (6) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
13 Sep 8 • 3:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 77–73 8–5 Abdul (20) Abdul (13) Tied (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
14 Sep 11 • 1:00 pm NU Bulldogs
End of R2 of eliminations		 L 49–73 8–6 Teng (19) Ungria (7) Tied (1) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Final Four: 0–1
Game Date • TimeSeedOpponentResultSeriesHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Sep 15 • 12:00 pm (#4) (#1) Ateneo Blue Eagles L 66–69 0–1
(8–7)		 Abdul (16) Abdul (16) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: HumbleBola

Postseason tournament

Postseason game log
2011 Philippine Collegiate Championship: 0–1
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1[lower-alpha 4] Nov 21 De La Salle Green Archers
Luzon-NCR Main draw bracket		 L 67–72 0–1 Ferrer (23) Abdul (7) Sheriff (5) Filoil Flying V Arena
San Juan
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

UAAP statistics

Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Jeric Teng141329.65918432.1177423.0617977.24.42.20.80.32.914.0
Jeric Fortuna141430.17320635.4267932.9192382.64.03.11.30.02.313.6
Karim Abdul13327.25812945.0000.0417653.911.51.41.01.53.012.1
Kevin Ferrer14927.03011127.0105617.9365466.75.41.30.40.12.27.6
Chris Camus141327.84011435.12728.6142653.87.61.51.11.52.06.9
Melo Afuang11[lower-alpha 5]520.5306149.2000.0132065.04.60.40.30.30.55.2
Kim Lo13110.0143935.9000.091181.82.40.50.50.01.12.9
Eddie Aytona102.011100.0000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.02.0
Paolo Pe14915.1123931.0000.01250.03.40.20.10.20.71.8
Louie Vigil1305.072725.92633.31250.00.80.20.30.10.81.3
Jon Sheriff1306.531618.8010.03475.01.20.80.20.00.70.7
Aljohn Ungria814.4030.0000.03650.01.50.00.10.00.40.4
Robin Tan1405.9090.0050.0000.00.90.50.20.00.80.0
Kent Lao625.2020.0000.0020.00.70.00.00.20.70.0
Ron Javier103.0010.0010.0000.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Jaypee Sarcia000.0000.0000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Total1440.432794234.75722924.919630464.548.311.96.13.918.365.2
Opponents1440.433491636.55928720.619328966.842.115.75.35.616.465.7
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 2011 Millennium Basketball League champions 19 May 2011 [13]
Jeric Fortuna 2011 Millennium Basketball League MVP
Player of the Week 14–17 Jul 2011 [5]
Karim Abdul Player of the Week 11–14 Aug 2011 [6]
Jeric Teng Player of the Week 1–4 Sep 2011 [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Teng did not finish the game due to an ankle sprain
  2. ↑ UST committed a season record of 23 turnovers in the game
  3. ↑ The Growling Tigers had a team-high 63 rebounds in the game
  4. ↑ Fortuna and Teng did not play as they were part of the national team that competed in the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta
  5. ↑ Afuang missed the last three games of the second round of eliminations due to a gall bladder surgery. He came back for the semifinal match against Ateneo

References

  1. ↑ Payo, Jasmine. "Rainy, Olympic-style rites launch UAAP Season 74". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 9 Jul 2011.
  2. ↑ Flores, Celest. "The Growling Tigers go out fighting, look forward to next year". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 Sep 2011.
  3. ↑ Payo, Jasmine. "Blue Eagles rip Growling Tigers, nail ninth straight". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 20 Aug 2011.
  4. ↑ Payo, Jasmine. "Tamaraws end up No. 3 as Bulldogs rip Tigers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 Sep 2011.
  5. 1 2 Payo, Jasmine. "UST Tigresses, DLSU Lady Archers share lead in UAAP". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 Jul 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Karim Abdul, nahirang bilang Accel 3XVI UAAP Press Corps Player of the Week". TomasinoWeb. Retrieved 29 Aug 2011.
  7. 1 2 Payo, Jasmine. "Adamson, FEU and UST fight for UAAP twice-to-beat bonus". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 5 Sep 2011.
  8. ↑ Olano, Caloy. "Season 74 UAAP Mythical 5 and Season awards". Caloy's Sports Blog. Retrieved 19 Sep 2011.
  9. ↑ Terrado, Reuben. "Future King Tiger? Let's compare Cansino's rookie numbers to ex-UST stars'". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 31 Oct 2018.
  10. ↑ Dy, Adrian. "The big honking UAAP S74 preview". Chinoy Hoops Fan. Retrieved 6 Jul 2011.
  11. ↑ Almo, Alder. "Ateneo Blue Eaglets bag three-peat UAAP Juniors title". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 19 Sep 2010.
  12. ↑ "Heavy Bomber Wilson, Light Bomber Vigil crowned NCAA MVPs". GMA News Online. Retrieved 24 Oct 2009.
  13. ↑ Flores, Fidel Elino Miguel. "UST nails first MBL plum". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 10 Jun 2011.
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