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