Philippines college basketball season
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]
UST Growling Tigers roster
Players
Coaches
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
Legend
(C) Team captain Injured
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
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: 1 2
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 [ edit ]
Preseason tournaments [ edit ]
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 .
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 [ edit ]
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 .
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
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
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 [ edit ]
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]
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