2011 UST Growling Tigers basketball team
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]
| 2011 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball | |
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| Elims rank | #4 |
| Final rank | #4 |
| 2011 record | 8–7 (8–6 elims) |
| Head coach | Pido Jarencio (6th season) |
| Assistant coaches | Estong Ballesteros Senen Dueñas |
| Captain | Jeric Fortuna (4th season) |
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
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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 |
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| PG | 6 |  | Edcor Marata | 5' 10" | 2nd | University of the Visayas | Relegated to Team B |
| SG | 9 | | Clark Daniel Oliver Bautista | 5' 9" | 4th | Benedictine International School | Academic deficiencies |
| SF | 10 | | Aljon Mariano | 6' 3" | 3rd | San Beda College–Rizal | Out due to fractured right ankle |
| PF | 11 | | Andre Charles Marquez | 6' 3" | 4th | La Salle Greenhills | Graduated |
| C | 14 | | Vincent Roberto Tinte | 6' 7" | 2nd | Urdaneta City National High School | Transferred to Adamson University |
| SG | 17 | | Fritz Harmon Delgado | 6' 0" | 2nd | San Sebastian College-Recoletos | Academic deficiencies |
| SF | 18 | | Eduardo Daquioag, Jr. | 6' 1" | 2nd | RTU Laboratory High School | Out due to rheumatic fever |
| C | 20 | | Kenneth Mamaril | 6' 5" | 2nd | San Sebastian College-Recoletos | Relegated to Team B |
| PG | 21 | | 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 |
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| SF | 4 | | Ron Kristoffer Javier | 6' 1" | 1st | University of Santo Tomas | Rookie |
| PG | 6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. | 5' 9" | 1st | Loyola Catholic Secondary School | Rookie |
| SG | 9 | | Jaypee Sarcia | 1st | University of Santo Tomas | Rookie | |
| SG | 10 | | Aljohn Gil Ungria | 6' 1" | 2nd | Colegio de San Lorenzo | Returning from Season 72 |
| PG | 11 | | Robin Allan Tan | 5' 7" | 1st | Xavier School | Rookie |
| SF | 14 | | Kevin Ferrer | 6' 4" | 1st | University of Santo Tomas | Rookie |
| SF | 18 | | Louie Philippe Vigil | 6' 3" | 1st | José Rizal University | Rookie |
| SF | 19 | | Kent Jefferson Lao | 6' 4" | 1st | Saint Stephen's High School | Rookie |
| C | 20 |  | Karim Abdul | 6' 6" | 1st | Sta. Clara International Academy | Rookie |
Schedule and results
Preseason tournaments
The Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup games were aired on Studio 23.
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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.
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UAAP statistics
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PPG |
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| 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[lower-alpha 5] | 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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
- Teng did not finish the game due to an ankle sprain
- UST committed a season record of 23 turnovers in the game
- The Growling Tigers had a team-high 63 rebounds in the game
- Fortuna and Teng did not play as they were part of the national team that competed in the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta
- 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
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- Almo, Alder. "Ateneo Blue Eaglets bag three-peat UAAP Juniors title". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 19 Sep 2010.
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