2011 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

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)
Seasons
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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
Players Coaches
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)
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
PG 6 Philippines Edcor Marata 5' 10" 2nd University of the Visayas Relegated to Team B
SG 9 Philippines Clark Daniel Oliver Bautista 5' 9" 4th Benedictine International School Academic deficiencies
SF 10 Philippines Aljon Mariano 6' 3" 3rd San Beda College–Rizal Out due to fractured right ankle
PF 11 Philippines Andre Charles Marquez 6' 3" 4th La Salle Greenhills Graduated
C 14 Philippines Vincent Roberto Tinte 6' 7" 2nd Urdaneta City National High School Transferred to Adamson University
SG 17 Philippines Fritz Harmon Delgado 6' 0" 2nd San Sebastian College-Recoletos Academic deficiencies
SF 18 Philippines Eduardo Daquioag, Jr. 6' 1" 2nd RTU Laboratory High School Out due to rheumatic fever
C 20 Philippines Kenneth Mamaril 6' 5" 2nd San Sebastian College-Recoletos Relegated to Team B
PG 21 Philippines Jackson Wong 5' 10" 3rd Philippine Academy of Sakya-Manila Transferred to Trinity University of Asia

Additions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
SF 4 Philippines Ron Kristoffer Javier 6' 1" 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
PG 6 Canada Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. 5' 9" 1st Loyola Catholic Secondary School Rookie
SG 9 Philippines Jaypee Sarcia 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
SG 10 Philippines Aljohn Gil Ungria 6' 1" 2nd Colegio de San Lorenzo Returning from Season 72
PG 11 Philippines Robin Allan Tan 5' 7" 1st Xavier School Rookie
SF 14 Philippines Kevin Ferrer 6' 4" 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
SF 18 Philippines Louie Philippe Vigil 6' 3" 1st José Rizal University Rookie
SF 19 Philippines Kent Jefferson Lao 6' 4" 1st Saint Stephen's High School Rookie
C 20 Cameroon Karim Abdul 6' 6" 1st Sta. Clara International Academy Rookie

Schedule and results

Preseason tournaments

Further information: Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup

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 • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
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 • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
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

Further information: UAAP Season 74 basketball tournaments

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format and all of UST's games were aired on Studio 23 and Balls.

UAAP Season 74 game log
Elimination round: 8–6
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
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[a] 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[b] Aug 20 • 3:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 57–82 4–5 Teng (20) Abdul (19) Teng (4) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
10[c] 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 • Time Seed Opponent Result Series High points High rebounds High assists Location
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

Further information: 2011 Philippine Collegiate Championship
Postseason game log
2011 Philippine Collegiate Championship: 0–1
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1[d] 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 Teng 14 13 29.6 59 184 32.1 17 74 23.0 61 79 77.2 4.4 2.2 0.8 0.3 2.9 14.0
Jeric Fortuna 14 14 30.1 73 206 35.4 26 79 32.9 19 23 82.6 4.0 3.1 1.3 0.0 2.3 13.6
Karim Abdul 13 3 27.2 58 129 45.0 0 0 0.0 41 76 53.9 11.5 1.4 1.0 1.5 3.0 12.1
Kevin Ferrer 14 9 27.0 30 111 27.0 10 56 17.9 36 54 66.7 5.4 1.3 0.4 0.1 2.2 7.6
Chris Camus 14 13 27.8 40 114 35.1 2 7 28.6 14 26 53.8 7.6 1.5 1.1 1.5 2.0 6.9
Melo Afuang 11[e] 5 20.5 30 61 49.2 0 0 0.0 13 20 65.0 4.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 5.2
Kim Lo 13 1 10.0 14 39 35.9 0 0 0.0 9 11 81.8 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.1 2.9
Eddie Aytona 1 0 2.0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Paolo Pe 14 9 15.1 12 39 31.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 50.0 3.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.8
Louie Vigil 13 0 5.0 7 27 25.9 2 6 33.3 1 2 50.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.3
Jon Sheriff 13 0 6.5 3 16 18.8 0 1 0.0 3 4 75.0 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.7
Aljohn Ungria 8 1 4.4 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 6 50.0 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4
Robin Tan 14 0 5.9 0 9 0.0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.0
Kent Lao 6 2 5.2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0
Ron Javier 1 0 3.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jaypee Sarcia 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 14 40.4 327 942 34.7 57 229 24.9 196 304 64.5 48.3 11.9 6.1 3.9 18.3 65.2
Opponents 14 40.4 334 916 36.5 59 287 20.6 193 289 66.8 42.1 15.7 5.3 5.6 16.4 65.7
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

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