2010 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team

2010 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank	#7
Final rank	#7
2010 record	4–10
Head coach	Alfredo M. Jarencio (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Senen Z. Dueñas Emmanuel Calipes
Captain	AC Marquez (3rd season)
Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 73rd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2010-11 began on July 10, 2010 and the host school for the season was De La Salle University.^[1]

UST finished seventh at the end of the double-round eliminations. They won four games against ten losses, giving head coach Pido Jarencio his worst win-loss record in the UAAP.^[2]

They had an average winning margin of 3.0 points and an average losing margin of 7.7 points.

Two of their games went into overtime. The first was an 87–81 win over the UP Fighting Maroons in the first round,^[3] and the other was a 76–81 double-overtime loss to the Adamson Falcons in the second round.

The Tigers tied Adamson's 2008 record of most three-point shots made in a game which they did twice, both in the first round. They made 16 three-point shots in their overtime win against UP and then repeated the feat against Adamson for a 55.2 field goal percentage.^[4]

Roster[]

UST Growling Tigers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School SF 5 Lo, Kim Kaizen G. 6'1" (1.85m) 1st St. Jude Catholic School PG 6 Marata, Edcor C. 5'10" (1.78m) 1st University of the Visayas PG 7 Fortuna, Jeric Marco G. 5'7" (1.7m) 3rd De La Salle Santiago Zobel School PF 8 Afuang, Carmelo S. 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd San Beda College–Rizal SG 9 Bautista, Clark Daniel Oliver M. 5'9" (1.75m) 3rd Benedictine International School SF 10 Mariano, Aljon E. 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd San Beda College–Rizal PF 11 Marquez, Andre Charles D. (C) 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd La Salle Greenhills PF 12 Camus, Christopher I. 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Sunny Hills High School C 13 Pe, Paulo Lorenzo V. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Ateneo de Manila C 14 Tinte, Vincent Roberto P. 6'7" (2.01m) 1st Urdaneta City National High School SG 16 Teng, Jeric Allen U. 6'2" (1.88m) 2nd Xavier School SG 17 Delgado, Fritz Harmon L. 6'0" (1.83m) 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos SF 18 Daquioag, Eduardo, Jr. D. 6'0" (1.83m) 1st RTU Laboratory High School SG 19 Aytona, Eduardo, Jr. D. 5'10" (1.78m) 2nd University of Santo Tomas C 20 Mamaril, Kenneth B. 6'5" (1.96m) 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos PG 21 Wong, Jackson V. 5'10" (1.78m) 2nd Philippine Academy of Sakya-Manila	Head coach Alfredo M. Jarencio Assistant coach(es) Senen Z. Dueñas Ma. Genevieve R. Francisco (statistics) Rodil S. Sablan (academic adviser) Strength & conditioning coach(es) Emmanuel Calipes Yi Ming Liu Team manager Clarence D. Aytona Timmy Chong Rudy Yu Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Paolo Pe	Kenneth Mamaril	Vince Tinte
PF	Chris Camus	Melo Afuang	AC Marquez
SF	Aljon Mariano	Ed Daquioag	Kim Lo
SG	Jeric Teng	Tata Bautista	Edcor Marata
PG	Jeric Fortuna	Eddie Aytona	Jackson Wong

Roster changes[]

The Growling Tigers have lost Season 72 MVP and scoring leader Dylan Ababou as well as Khasim Mirza and Allein Maliksi to graduation, while Tiger Cubs and incoming college freshmen Kyle Neypes and Cedric Labing-isa, both of whom were shoo-ins to the UST Senior team decided to join the rival NU Bulldogs.^[5]

This year's roster includes Season 72 Rookie of the Year Jeric Teng, three-point specialists Jeric Fortuna and Tata Bautista, and big man Chris Camus among a handful of veterans. Nearly half of the roster are rookies with Ilocos Norte standout Ed Daquioag who was a former high school teammate of Bautista and Cebuano guard Edcor Marata, who was named NBTC's Most Outstanding Player leading the pack.^[6]

Subtractions[]

Pos.	#	POB	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
C	5		Darell John S. Green	6' 3"	2nd	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
SF	6		Dylan Simon R. Ababou	6' 3"	5th	Siena College of Quezon City	Graduated
SF	13		Hadi O. Rushdy	6' 3"	2nd	Colegio San Agustin
SF	14		Khasim Ali G. Mirza	6' 4"	5th	La Salle College Antipolo	Graduated
SG	17		Aljohn Gil P. Ungria	6' 1"	2nd	Colegio de San Lorenzo	Relegated to Team B
PF	18		Allein Gail Q. Maliksi	6' 4"	4th	Camarin High School	Graduated
SG	20		Andrew Joseph B. Felix	5' 11"	2nd	PAREF Southridge School
SF	21		Marco Martin M. Cam	6' 0"	2nd	San Sebastian College-Recoletos	Transferred to College of Saint Benilde

Additions[]

Pos.	#	POB	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
SF	5		Kim Kaizen G. Lo	6' 1"	1st	St. Jude Catholic School	Rookie
PG	6		Edcor C. Marata	5' 10"	1st	University of the Visayas	Rookie
C	13		Paulo Lorenzo V. Pe	6' 4"	1st	Ateneo de Manila	Rookie
C	14		Vincent Roberto P. Tinte	6' 7"	1st	Urdaneta City National High School	Transferred from Far Eastern University
SG	17		Fritz Harmon L. Delgado	6' 0"	1st	San Sebastian College-Recoletos	Rookie
SF	18		Eduardo D. Daquioag, Jr.	6' 1"	1st	RTU Laboratory High School	Rookie
C	20		Kenneth B. Mamaril	6' 5"	1st	San Sebastian College-Recoletos	From Team B
PG	21		Jackson V. Wong	5' 10"	2nd	Philippine Academy of Sakya-Manila	Returning from Season 71

Preseason tournaments[]

In October 2009, speculations that head coach Pido Jarencio had been fired began to surface. This was related to the past unsuccessful seasons that followed their 2006 championship. Manila Bulletin had written an article about it on October 5, but IPEA officials, namely Director Fr. Ermito de Sagon and Assistant Director Mrs. Felicitas Francisco were quick to dismiss them as rumors. Jarencio's live contract will expire in March 2010 and from then officials will make an assessment of his tenure.^[7] The coach himself dismissed the rumor during an interview in July. He had confirmed receiving offers from the NU Bulldogs, but also said that he "never thought of leaving UST unless they didn't want him there anymore."^[8]

Jarencio's contract was extended to December 2010.

According to Jarencio, "UST did not join the major preseason tournaments for fear it would affect the morale of the players." Another reason for skipping the summer tournaments, was the problems that they encountered in recruiting players. UST Tiger Cubs standouts Neypes and Labing-isa have decided to play for the National University Bulldogs after graduation and are currently undergoing residency.^[9] Neypes was actually included in the Bulldogs' roster when they competed in the 2010 Filoil Preseason Cup.

2010 Millennium Basketball League–Open championship[]

• Tournament rank: 4th (3W–5L)

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Top scorer
Apr 9	Foscon Ship Management	L 80–83	Lyceum Gym–Manila	Teng - 18 pts
Apr 17	LPU Pirates	W 88–85	Lyceum Gym–Manila	Fortuna - 20 pts
Apr 22	Forward Taguig	L 83–92	Lyceum Gym–Manila	Bautista - 39 pts
May 20	MLQU Stallions	L 96–98	Tiger City Gym–Mandaluyong	Teng - 23 pts
May 26	Foscon Ship Management	L 65–75	Aquinas Gym–San Juan	Fortuna - 24 pts

UAAP Season 73 games results[]

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on Studio 23 & Balls.

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result	Record
First round of eliminations
Jul 10	4:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	W 80–67	1–0
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 15; Rebounds: Camus – 15; Assists: Fortuna – 4
Jul 18	2:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	PhilSports Arena • Pasig	L 56–68	1–1
Game Highs: Points: Bautista – 11; Rebounds: Camus – 10; Assists: Fortuna – 3
Jul 22	2:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	W 87–81OT	2–1
Game Highs: Points: Fortuna – 29; Rebounds: Camus, Fortuna – 6; Assists: Daquioag – 4
Jul 25	4:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	PhilSports Arena • Pasig	L 71–75	2–2
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 23; Rebounds: Camus – 12; Assists: Camus, Fortuna – 6
Jul 29	4:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	W 59–58	3–2
Game Highs: Points: Afuang – 15; Rebounds: Camus – 7; Assists: Fortuna – 9
Aug 1	4:00 p.m.	De La Salle Green Archers	PhilSports Arena • Pasig	L 53–61	3–3
Game Highs: Points: Bautista – 18; Rebounds: Fortuna – 7; Assists: Teng, Fortuna – 5
Aug 7	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	The Arena • San Juan	L 57–65	3–4
Game Highs: Points: Camus – 16; Rebounds: Camus – 14; Assists: Fortuna – 7
Fifth place after 1st round (3 wins–4 losses)
Second round of eliminations
Aug 12	2:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	L 65–75	3–5
Game Highs: Points: Fortuna – 14; Rebounds: Afuang – 11; Assists: Bautista – 3
Aug 15	4:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	PhilSports Arena • Pasig	L 76–812OT	3–6
Game Highs: Points: Camus – 17; Rebounds: Camus – 14; Assists: 4 players – 2
Aug 21	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	PhilSports Arena • Pasig	L 67–76	3–7
Game Highs: Points: Fortuna – 12; Rebounds: Afuang – 9; Assists: Fortuna – 7
Aug 28	2:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	W 68–66	4–7
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 17; Rebounds: Afuang – 8; Assists: Fortuna – 4
Sep 2	4:00 p.m.	De La Salle Green Archers	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	L 69–78	4–8
Game Highs: Points: Afuang – 19; Rebounds: Camus – 9; Assists: Fortuna – 5
Sep 5	4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	L 77–81	4–9
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 23; Rebounds: Afuang – 9; Assists: Fortuna – 8
Sep 9	2:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	L 54–62	4–10
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 20; Rebounds: Pe – 9; Assists: Teng, Fortuna – 3
Seventh place at 4 wins–10 losses (1 win–6 losses in the 2nd round)

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00

Individual statistics[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOT	PPG
Jeric Teng	14		29.4	63	173	36.4%	26	77	33.8%	29	42	69.0%	4.3	1.9	0.8	0.1	2.7	12.9
Tata Bautista	14		21.1	47	131	35.9%	40	111	36.0%	22	30	73.3%	1.3	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.3	11.1
Jeric Fortuna	14		33.2	55	157	35.0%	22	66	33.3%	13	18	72.2%	3.6	4.7	1.1	0.1	3.1	10.4
Chris Camus	14		31.7	56	141	39.7%	4	18	22.2%	14	33	42.4%	8.9	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.9	9.3
Melo Afuang	14		24.9	47	102	46.1%	1	7	14.3%	22	31	71.0%	6.4	0.8	0.6	0.4	2.1	8.4
Aljon Mariano	14		19.4	42	87	48.3%	14	28	50.0%	10	19	52.6%	3.0	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.9	7.7
Paolo Pe	14		21.1	21	51	41.2%	0	1	0.0%	5	15	33.3%	3.7	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.2	3.3
Ed Daquioag	14		9.2	14	36	38.9%	4	17	23.5%	6	12	50.0%	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.9	2.7
Eddie Aytona	12		4.8	3	12	25.0%	0	2	0.0%	2	2	100.0%	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.7
Edcor Marata	6		2.8	2	3	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.7
Kenneth Mamaril	12		2.7	2	3	66.7%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.3
Vince Tinte	8		2.9	1	2	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3
Kim Lo	11		4.2	0	7	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0
Jackson Wong	8		2.4	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
AC Marquez	5		4.0	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	14		41.1	353	908	38.9%	111	327	33.9%	123	200	61.5%	34.9	12.8	5.3	2.5	16.9	67.1
Opponents	14		41.1	369	865	42.6%	66	253	26.1%	189	307	61.6%	38.7	15.6	5.6	3.8	16.7	71.0

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

Aftermath[]

Because the Growling Tigers did not participate in any major summer preseason tournaments, they were not scouted by the other UAAP schools and were able to pull off wins early in the first round of eliminations. They were even third in the standings at 3–2 at one point late in the first round.

Like the other UST Growling Tigers teams, the 2010 squad had heavily relied on their three-point shooting, and when their shots had failed to connect, the losses began to pile up, mostly on double-digit deficits.

According to head coach Pido Jarencio, this team was more of a stop-gap in preparation for the university's quadricentennial celebration. "Some of the players I recruited are really made for 2011."

One of the players that he was referring to was incoming Cameroonian rookie Karim Abdul who had undergone a one year residency and will be able to suit up for the Tigers next season to beef up the team's short front line.

Jarencio who has a deep pool of players from the Team B training team, has plans for a major revamp on the current team. "If nothing happens (to UST) next year, I will exit the team," added the coach.^[10]

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