2013 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

2013 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
UAAP Season 76 runner-up
Record
Elims rank	#4
Final rank	#2
2013 record	11–8 (8–6 elims)
Head coach	Pido Jarencio (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Estong Ballesteros Senen Dueñas
Captain	Jeric Teng (5th season)
Seasons ←  2012 2014  →

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]

Roster

UST Growling Tigers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School SF 5 Kim Kaizen Lo 6'1" (1.85m) 4th St. Jude Catholic School SG 6 Eduardo Daquioag, Jr. 6'1" (1.85m) 3rd RTU Laboratory High School PF 7 Kevin Ferrer 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas PG 8 Robin Allan Tan 5'7" (1.7m) 3rd Xavier School SG 9 Clark Daniel Oliver Bautista 5'9" (1.75m) 5th Benedictine International School SF 10 Aljon Mariano 6'3" (1.91m) 4th San Beda College–Rizal PG 11 Edcor Marata  5'10" (1.78m) 2nd University of the Visayas PF 12 Jon Cornelius Macasaet  6'3" (1.91m) 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos C 13 Paulo Lorenzo Pe 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Ateneo de Manila SF 14 Brian James So  6'2" (1.88m) 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran C 15 Roberto Hainga 6'7" (2.01m) 4th Iloilo Central Commercial High School SG 16 Jeric Allen Teng  (C) 6'2" (1.88m) 5th Xavier School C 17 Jeepy Faundo 6'6" (1.98m) 1st José Rizal University PG 18 Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. 5'9" (1.75m) 2nd Loyola Catholic Secondary School SF 19 Kent Jefferson Lao 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd Saint Stephen's High School C 20 Karim Abdul 6'6" (1.98m) 3rd Sta. Clara International Academy	Head coach Alfredo Jarencio 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 Clarence Aytona Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Depth chart

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

Roster changes

Subtractions

Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
PG	7		Jeric Marco Fortuna	5' 7"	5th	De La Salle Santiago Zobel School	Graduated
PF	8		Carmelo Afuang	6' 4"	5th	San Beda College–Rizal	Graduated
PG	12		Janrey Garrido	5' 6"	2nd	Hope Christian High School	Out on injury
SG	17		Christian Errol Villar	6' 0"	2nd	Hope Christian High School	Transferred to Enderun Colleges
SG	18		Louie Philippe Vigil	6' 3"	3rd	José Rizal University	Academic deficiencies
C	19		Kenneth Mamaril	6' 5"	3rd	San Sebastian College-Recoletos	Relegated to Team B

Additions

Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
PG	11		Edcor Marata	5' 10"	2nd	University of the Visayas	Returning from Season 73
PF	12		Jon Cornelius Macasaet	6' 3"	1st	San Sebastian College-Recoletos	Rookie
SF	14		Brian James So	6' 2"	1st	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	Rookie
C	17		Jeepy Faundo	6' 6"	1st	José Rizal University	Rookie
PG	18		Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr.	5' 9"	2nd	Loyola Catholic Secondary School	Returning from Season 74
SF	19		Kent Jefferson Lao	6' 4"	2nd	Saint Stephen's High School	Returning from Season 74

Recruiting class

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

Injuries

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

Preseason tournaments

Further information: Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup

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.

UAAP games

Further information: UAAP Season 76 basketball tournaments

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

Further information: 2013 Philippine Collegiate Championship

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.

UAAP statistics

Eliminations

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

Playoffs

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

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	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

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]}

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	PBA team
2013	2	2	12	Jeric Teng	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2014	3	10	34	Clark Bautista	Blackwater Elite
2015	6	2	49	Robert Hainga	Mahindra Enforcer

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