2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team

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2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #8
Final rank#8
2017 record1–13
Head coachRodil S. Sablan (2nd season)
Assistant coachesTylon Filipe M. Dar Juan
Juben E. Ledesma
Ma. Genevieve R. Francisco
CaptainMarvin Lee (3rd season)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 80th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2017-18 began on September 9, 2017 and the host school for the season was Far Eastern University.[1]

The Tigers finished eighth and last at the end of the double-round eliminations for the second straight year. The team went on a 17-game losing streak that dated back from Season 79, winning only their last assignment to save themselves from having a winless season.

They had a final record of 1 win against 13 losses, the worst for the team in the last 28 years. This is also a new team low in the final four era, beating the previous year's record of 3 wins against 11 losses.[2]

They had an average losing margin of 13.9 points against a single 3 point win for the entire season.[3]

Like the previous year, UST suffered three blowout losses, against the FEU Tamaraws by 26 points in the second round,[4] and twice against the De La Salle Green Archers by 29 and 35 points in the first[5] and second[6] rounds respectively.

Cameroonian center Steve Akomo led the league in rebounds with a 13.2 per game average.

Roster[]

UST Growling Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
C 0 Cameroon Akomo, Steve Cedrick P. 6'9" (2.06m) 4th Lycée bilingue de Fondonera
SF 5 Philippines Basibas, Regie Boy C. 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd Arellano University High School
PG 7 Philippines Sta. Ana, John Jordan M. 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd Nazareth School of National University
PG 8 Philippines De Guzman, Oliver Wendell D. 5'8" (1.73m) 2nd Nazareth School of National University
SG 9 Philippines Lee, Dean Marvin M. (C) 5'8" (1.73m) 3rd Far Eastern University–Diliman
SG 10 Philippines Romero, Martin Arthur I. 6'0" (1.83m) 1st De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
PF 11 Philippines Caunan, Enrique, Jr. P. 6'5" (1.96m) 3rd Colegio de San Juan de Letran
SF 13 Philippines Huang, Zachary Lance Eden T. 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd Sacred Heart School–Ateneo de Cebu
PG 14 Canada Kwawukumey, Ebenezer Godwin 5'7" (1.7m) 1st Vaughan Secondary School
C 15 Philippines Faundo, Jeepy C. 6'6" (1.98m) 5th José Rizal University
PF 16 Philippines Arana, Justin P. 6'5" (1.96m) 3rd Basud National High School
SF 17 Philippines Escalambre, Jose Carlos P. 6'2" (1.88m) 3rd San Sebastian College–Recoletos
SG 18 Philippines Lorenzana, Leon Alfonzo B. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
PF 19 Philippines Garcia, Christian Laurent G. 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd Sta. Clara International Academy
PF 20 Philippines Soriano, Vaughn Jorem E. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
C 21 Philippines Macasaet, Jon Cornelius E. 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd San Sebastian College–Recoletos
Head coach
  • Philippines Rodil S. Sablan
Assistant coach(es)
  • Tylon Filipe M. Dar Juan
  • Juben E. Ledesma
  • Ma. Genevieve R. Francisco
  • Gerald A. Esplana
  • Roberto S. Jose
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • John Oswald A. Aquino
  • Kris Anthony T. Agarao
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Team depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Steve Akomo Jeepy Faundo Joco Macasaet
PF Enric Caunan Christian Garcia Jorem Soriano Justin Arana
SF Regie Boy Basibas Carlo Escalambre Zach Huang
SG Marvin Lee MR Romero Onzo Lorenzana
PG Jordan Sta. Ana Oli de Guzman Ben Kwawukumey

Roster changes[]

The Growling Tigers' three starting seniors, Louie Vigil, Jon Sheriff and Kent Lao have already graduated, while Mario Bonleon and Renzo Subido have taken time off from college basketball to participate in the PBA D-League.

UST has eight new players in their roster, composed of four rookies[7] and four transferees.[8]

Former UST Tiger Cubs' team captain Jorem Soriano, who last played in the UAAP Season 75 Juniors basketball tournament, was expected to join the Growling Tigers' roster the following year, but personal and family matters kept him away from basketball. He returned to the team last year and was included in the Tigers' Team B training pool.[9]

After Season 79's last place finish in the standings, sports analysts have again downplayed UST's chances of making it to the final four.[10]

Subtractions[]

Pos. # POB Player Height Year High school Notes
PG 6 Canada Sheak Jamil J. Sheriff, Jr. 5' 9" 5th Loyola Catholic Secondary School Graduated
PF 7 Philippines Jason M. Strait 6' 4" 2nd Arellano University High School Transferred to the University of the East
PG 10 Philippines Henri Lorenzo P. Subido 5' 9" 4th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School On leave
SG 14 Philippines Mario Emmanuel T. Bonleon, Jr. 6' 3" 3rd La Salle Greenhills On leave
C 17 Ghana William Kwabena Afoakwah 6' 6" 2nd Kumasi Transferred to Southwestern Christian University
SG 18 Philippines Louie Philippe V. Vigil 6' 3" 5th José Rizal University Graduated
SF 19 Philippines Kent Jefferson S. Lao 6' 4" 5th Saint Stephen's High School Graduated
C 20 Philippines Tsutomu M. Tateishi 6' 9" 2nd Ateneo de Davao University Out due to injury

Additions[]

Pos. # POB Player Height Year High school Notes
C 0 Cameroon Steve Cedrick P. Akomo 6' 9" 4th Lycée bilingue de Fondonera Transferred from the University of the Visayas
PG 7 Philippines John Jordan M. Sta. Ana 6' 0" 2nd Nazareth School of National University Transferred from the University of the East
SG 10 Philippines Martin Arthur I. Romero 6' 0" 1st De La Salle Santiago Zobel School Rookie
PG 14 Canada Ebenezer Godwin Kwawukumey 5' 7" 1st Vaughan Secondary School Rookie
SF 17 Philippines Jose Carlos P. Escalambre 6' 2" 3rd San Sebastian College-Recoletos Transferred from Adamson University
SF 18 Philippines Leon Alfonzo B. Lorenzana 6' 4" 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
PF 19 Philippines Christian Laurent G. Garcia 6' 4" 3rd Sta. Clara International Academy Transferred from Adamson University
PF 20 Philippines Vaughn Jorem E. Soriano 6' 4" 1st University of Santo Tomas From Team B

Coaching staff[]

Boy Sablan went into his second year as the head coach of the Growling Tigers after signing a one-year contract extension in June 2017.

Former PBA players Gerry Esplana and Bobby Jose replaced Patrick Fran and Rabbi Tomacruz as assistant coaches going into Season 80.[11]

Esplana, who was a former FEU Tamaraw, was the head coach of the Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals from 2011 until 2014, while the former Glowing Goldie Bobby Jose is an aspiring public servant in his hometown of Bocaue, Bulacan. Both of them have children who also play basketball for the varsity teams of their respective schools.

Ineligibility issues[]

Steve Akomo became the subject of an eligibility probe in September 2017. In the days leading to the opening of the Season 80 men's basketball tournament, the UAAP board had insisted that Akomo needed two years for his transfer residency. He had transferred from the University of Visayas and did his residency last season.[12]

They had cited the case of Ben Mbala, a Cameroonian who underwent two years of residency when he transferred to De La Salle from Southwestern University in 2013.[13] Sablan countered that former Growling Tiger and fellow Cameroonian Karim Abdul only did one year of residency before he was allowed to play for the team in 2011.

In spite of the Republic Act 10676, or the Student-Athletes Protection Act of 2015,[14] a law that put an end to the Jerie Pingoy Rule (the 2013 UAAP rule which required two years of residency for all incoming collegiate athletes who wished to transfer from another UAAP member university),[15] there appears to be another existing UAAP rule specifically made for foreign student-athletes. If the foreign student has attended high school in the Philippines for at least one school year, then he only has to do one year of residency. If he studied for two years, he could play already in college. Otherwise, the two-year residency requirement remains.[16]

The UAAP Board of Managing Directors then recommended Akomo, together with UP Fighting Maroon and fellow foreign student-athlete Ibrahim Ouattara to be ruled ineligible for the coming men's basketball tournament.[17]

On September 7, 2017, the UAAP Board of Trustees, the official policy-making body made up of the presidents of all-member schools, had a meeting in Far Eastern University and later arrived at a decision on the foreign student-athletes' eligibility case. They have decided against the Board of Managing Directors' recommendation regarding the two-year residency for foreign student-athletes "in the interest of justice and fairness," thereby declaring Akomo and Ouattara eligible to play in the coming UAAP season with finality.[18]

Close calls[]

The Growling Tigers on numerous occasions had chances to steal wins from their higher-ranked opponents, but either turnovers, poor free throws, or simply, bad breaks almost always did them in.

Against the UP Fighting Maroons in the first round, UST lost by a single point, on a game-winning three point shot by Paul Desiderio during the last 5 seconds of the game. This was when the iconic "Atin 'to, papasok ito" quote was first mentioned by the Fighting Maroons' captain.[19]

They lost again to UP in the second round, with a similar disappointing outcome. UST came to within 2 points with 9 seconds left in the game, but team captain Marvin Lee missed a last-second heave, causing the team to lose for the eighth straight time.[20]

Against the Adamson Falcons in the second round, the Tigers came to within 2 with 14 seconds left in the game, but fouls got the better of them. Fil-American guard Jerrick Ahanmisi converted his free throws for the final score, 70-75.[21]

In their only win of the season against UE on their last scheduled game, the Tigers had to rely on perfect free throw shooting by rookie point guard Oli de Guzman to bail them to the final score, 88-85.[22]

In a game against Adamson in the first round of eliminations, UST made 41 turnovers, the most by any team in a single game since 2003, when record-keeping of UAAP statistics first became official.[23]

Preseason tournaments[]

2017 Republica Cup–College Division[]

  • Tournament rank: Runners-up (5W–2L)
Date Opponent Score Venue Top scorer
Mar 1 Arellano University Chiefs W 116–109 OT Malolos Sports & Convention Center Akomo - 26 pts
Mar 9 Diliman College Blue Dragons W 78–61 Malolos Sports & Convention Center Arana - 16 pts
Mar 12 BulSU Gold Gears W 122–99 Malolos Sports & Convention Center Huang - 27 pts
Mar 19 UP Fighting Maroons L 68–78 Baliuag Star Arena Lee - 15 pts
Mar 21 AMA University Titans W 98–84 Malolos Sports & Convention Center Akomo - 18 pts
Mar 26 Diliman College Blue Dragons W 68–60 Malolos Sports & Convention Center Lee - 21 pts
Championship game
Apr 9 UP Fighting Maroons L 91–100 Malolos Sports & Convention Center Lee - 23 pts

11th Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup[]

  • Tournament rank: 17th (1W–7L)
Date Time Opponent Score Venue Top scorer
May 5 5:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 72–89 Filoil Flying V Centre Sta. Ana - 11 pts
May 10 3:15 pm UE Red Warriors L 67–80 Filoil Flying V Centre Akomo - 14 pts
May 14 5:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 81–109 Filoil Flying V Centre Lee - 18 pts
May 21 3:15 pm Perpetual Help Altas W 63–55 Filoil Flying V Centre Akomo - 11 pts
May 28 11:15 am JRU Heavy Bombers L 55–64 Filoil Flying V Centre De Guzman - 17 pts
Jun 2 3:15 pm Letran Knights L 90–95 Filoil Flying V Centre Basibas - 16 pts
Jun 4 5:00 pm San Beda Red Lions L 59–86 Filoil Flying V Centre Faundo - 14 pts
Jun 12 1:30 pm Lyceum Pirates L 88–127 Filoil Flying V Centre Faundo - 17 pts

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00

7th Kim Lope Asis Invitational Basketball Tournament[]

  • Tournament rank: Runners-up (3W–2L)
Date Time Opponent Score Venue Top scorer
Jun 27 7:00 pm Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals W 85–74 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium Macasaet - 25 pts
Jun 28 10:30 am Xavier University Crusaders W 92–56 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium
Jun 28 8:30 pm UV Green Lancers W 83–82 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium Lee - 19 pts
Jun 29 9:00 am USPF Panthers L 80–88 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium
Championship game
Jun 29 7:00 pm UV Green Lancers L 89–90 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium Sta. Ana - 18 pts

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00

32nd Kadayawan Basketball Invitational[]

  • Tournament rank: Champions (3W–1L)
Date Time Opponent Score Venue Top scorer
Aug 24 5:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 88–93 Davao City Recreation Center Faundo - 15 pts
Aug 25 5:00 pm Davao City All-Stars W 100–89 Davao City Recreation Center
Aug 26 7:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W (forfeit)[a] Davao City Recreation Center
Championship game
Aug 27 7:00 pm Davao City All-Stars W 87–76 USeP Gymnasium & Cultural Center Basibas - 19 pts

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00

  1. ^ A bench-clearing brawl caused De La Salle & FEU to be disqualified from the tournament

UAAP Season 80 games results[]

Further information: UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action.

Date Time Opponent Venue Result Record
First round of eliminations
Sep 10 2:00 p.m. UP Fighting Maroons Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 73–74 0–1
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 20; Rebounds: Akomo – 14; Assists: Sta. Ana – 6
Sep 16 4:00 p.m. Adamson Falcons Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 81–88 0–2
Game Highs: Points: Lee, Sta. Ana – 14; Rebounds: Akomo – 15; Assists: Sta. Ana – 6
Sep 20 2:00 p.m. NU Bulldogs Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 84–94 0–3
Game Highs: Points: Sta. Ana – 14; Rebounds: Akomo – 10; Assists: Lee – 5
Sep 23 2:00 p.m. FEU Tamaraws Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 65–78 0–4
Game Highs: Points: Faundo – 16; Rebounds: Faundo – 11; Assists: Lee, Sta. Ana, Macasaet – 2
Sep 27 4:00 p.m. Ateneo Blue Eagles Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 84–94 0–5
Game Highs: Points: Sta. Ana – 21; Rebounds: Akomo – 9; Assists: Sta. Ana – 5
Sep 30 2:00 p.m. De La Salle Green Archers Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 86–115 0–6
Game Highs: Points: Akomo – 15; Rebounds: Akomo – 13; Assists: Lee – 6
Oct 7 2:00 p.m. UE Red Warriors Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 91–96 0–7
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 20; Rebounds: Akomo – 18; Assists: Sta. Ana – 5
Eighth place after 1st round (0 win–7 losses)
Second round of eliminations
Oct 11 2:00 p.m. UP Fighting Maroons Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 69–71 0–8
Game Highs: Points: Soriano – 14; Rebounds: Akomo – 20; Assists: Sta. Ana – 4
Oct 15 12:00 n.n. FEU Tamaraws Filoil Flying V Centre • San Juan L 70–96 0–9
Game Highs: Points: Faundo, De Guzman – 17; Rebounds: Faundo – 13; Assists: De Guzman – 6
Oct 22 2:00 p.m. NU Bulldogs Filoil Flying V Centre • San Juan L 83–91 0–10
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 15; Rebounds: Faundo, Caunan – 6; Assists: De Guzman – 6
Oct 25 4:00 p.m. Adamson Falcons Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 70–75 0–11
Game Highs: Points: Basibas – 17; Rebounds: Akomo – 17; Assists: Lee, Sta. Ana, De Guzman – 3
Oct 29 2:00 p.m. De La Salle Green Archers Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 59–94 0–12
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 25; Rebounds: Akomo – 10; Assists: Sta. Ana – 5
Nov 4 2:00 p.m. Ateneo Blue Eagles Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 83–102 0–13
Game Highs: Points: Sta. Ana, Akomo – 12; Rebounds: Faundo – 12; Assists: Sta. Ana – 5
Nov 12 12:00 n.n. UE Red Warriors Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City W 88–85 1–13
Game Highs: Points: Basibas – 21; Rebounds: Akomo – 20; Assists: Basibas – 4
Eighth place at 1 win-13 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
Steve Akomo 12 10 27.3 52 104 50.0% 0 4 0.0% 33 69 47.8% 13.2 1.7 0.9 2.5 3.8 11.4
Marvin Lee 12 6 26.0 50 118 42.4% 17 51 33.3% 19 23 82.6% 3.3 2.9 1.3 0.1 4.4 11.3
Jordan Sta. Ana 13 11 25.1 60 129 46.5% 0 1 0.0% 24 57 42.1% 2.4 4.3 0.8 0.0 3.6 11.1
Jeepy Faundo 13 3 19.7 41 97 42.3% 0 1 0.0% 23 36 63.9% 8.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.2 8.1
Regie Boy Basibas 11 9 15.6 31 73 42.5% 2 10 20.0% 17 25 68.0% 3.7 0.9 0.5 0.2 2.1 7.4
Oli de Guzman 12 6 17.6 29 91 31.9% 5 28 17.9% 3 6 50.0% 2.4 2.1 0.1 0.0 2.0 5.5
Enric Caunan 13 6 13.0 29 50 58.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 6 16.7% 4.0 0.6 0.1 0.6 1.1 4.5
Justin Arana 6 2 8.6 7 18 38.9% 0 0 0.0% 8 14 57.1% 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 3.7
Carlo Escalambre 12 2 9.5 17 56 30.4% 7 32 21.9% 2 7 28.6% 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.8 3.6
Zach Huang 11 3 9.3 13 37 35.1% 0 0 0.0% 8 15 53.3% 1.9 0.2 0.5 0.0 1.5 3.1
Jorem Soriano 12 2 9.6 8 23 34.8% 2 5 40.0% 13 22 59.1% 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.2 1.1 2.6
Christian Garcia 11 0 9.9 11 33 33.3% 2 8 25.0% 5 7 71.4% 3.3 1.4 0.2 0.2 1.9 2.6
Joco Macasaet 13 4 12.3 12 36 33.3% 0 3 0.0% 6 8 75.0% 2.8 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.5 2.3
MR Romero 12 2 9.6 8 18 44.4% 0 0 0.0% 2 3 66.7% 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.5
Onzo Lorenzana 5 2 3.9 1 4 25.0% 1 4 25.0% 2 2 100.0% 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.0
Ben Kwawukumey 11 1 4.9 5 14 35.7% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.1 0.9
Total 14 40.0 374 901 41.5% 36 148 24.3% 166 300 55.3% 45.9 14.7 4.4 4.4 23.4 67.9
Opponents 14 40.0 415 982 42.3% 101 306 33.0% 188 270 69.6% 40.4 19.5 9.4 4.4 15.5 79.9
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[]

Following the infamous 1-13 win-loss record of Season 80, UST head coach Boy Sablan tendered his resignation on November 20, 2017.[24] UST Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy made the announcement of the entire coaching staff's end of tenure on November 30, but they will continue receiving compensations until May of the following year due to existing live contracts.[25]

Tigresses assistant coach Arsenio Dysangco Jr. was tasked to facilitate team practices while management was finalizing the process for determining the Growling Tigers' next head coach.[26]

Former head coach Pido Jarencio once again expressed interest in coming back to lead the team,[27] but there was someone else who was being considered for the position.[28]

On January 5, 2018, Aldin Ayo, resigned head coach of the De La Salle Green Archers, announced his transfer to the University of Santo Tomas where he will coach the men's basketball team for the next six years.[29] Ayo's appointment was made formal by Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) director Fr. Jannel Abogado on January 11.

Players drafted into the PBA[]

Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team
2018 2 3 15 Jeepy Faundo Magnolia Hotshots

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