2018 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team

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2018 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #6
Final rank#6
2018 record5–9
Head coachAldin V. Ayo (1st season)
Assistant coachesBonifacio C. Garcia
Randy Alcantara
McJour B. Luib
CaptainMarvin Lee (4th season)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 81st season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2018-19 began on September 8, 2018 and the host school for the season was National University.[1]

The Tigers finished sixth at the end of the double-round eliminations, winning five games against nine losses. UST at one point during the second round placed fourth in the standings, but they went on to lose all four of their remaining games and crashed out of the final four matches.

They had an average losing margin of 21.0 points and an average winning margin of 9.8 points.

They had four blowout losses to only two teams: against the Ateneo Blue Eagles by 32 points in the first round[2] and by 40 points in the second round;[3] and against the De La Salle Green Archers by 27 points in the first round[4] and by 41 points in the second round.[5]

The 41-point loss to La Salle is the worst in the career of Aldin Ayo, the one-time NCAA and one-time UAAP champion coach.[6]

Returning fourth year point guard Renzo Subido was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps in the first round of eliminations for the duration of September 12-16,[7] while rookie CJ Cansino received the citation twice on the week of October 10-14[8] and October 24-28.[9]

Cansino, the Season 80 Juniors MVP also made history when he became the first rookie to score a triple-double since 2003, when UAAP stats were first officially recorded. Against the UE Red Warriors in the second round, Cansino tallied 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists.[10]

The Growling Tigers also recorded a single-game league best 59 rebounds in their opening game on September 8, 2018 against the NU Bulldogs.

Roster[]

UST Growling Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
C 0 Cameroon Akomo, Steve Cedrick P. Injured 6'9" (2.06m) 5th Lycée bilingue de Fondonera
PF 2 Philippines Bataller, Ira Spencer G. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Arellano University High School
SF 4 Philippines Bonleon, Mario Emmanuel, Jr. T. 6'3" (1.91m) 4th La Salle Greenhills
PG 5 Philippines Subido, Henri Lorenzo P. 5'9" (1.75m) 4th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
SG 6 Philippines Lee, Dean Marvin M. (C) 5'8" (1.73m) 4th Far Eastern University-Diliman
SG 7 Philippines Marcos, Joshua Miguel S. 6'0" (1.83m) 1st La Salle Greenhills
PG 8 Philippines Zamora, John Kenneth M. 5'11" (1.8m) 2nd Arellano University High School
PG 10 Philippines Lagumen, John Mark M. 5'11" (1.8m) 1st San Beda University–Rizal
C 11 Philippines Caunan, Enrique, Jr. P. 6'5" (1.96m) 4th Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PF 13 Philippines Huang, Zachary Lance Eden T. 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Sacred Heart School–Ateneo de Cebu
SG 15 Philippines Agustin, Toby Bryan P. 6'1" (1.85m) 1st José Rizal University
PF 16 Philippines Cosejo, Nathaniel A. 6'3" (1.91m) 1st De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
C 26 Philippines Mahinay, Germy A. 6'6" (1.98m) 1st San Beda University–Rizal
SF 27 Philippines Cansino, Crispin John G. 6'2" (1.88m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
C 41 Philippines Ando, Arnold Dave N. 6'7" (2.01m) 1st University of San Jose–Recoletos
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Bonifacio C.Garcia
  • Kristoffer Co
  • Randy Alcantara
  • Jason G. Misolas
  • McJour B. Luib (scouting & recruitment)
  • Napoleon Garcia (scouting & recruitment)
  • Ruden de Vera (academic adviser)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Philip L. Go
  • Marvin James D. Pangilinan
  • Noel Zorilla
Team manager
  • Francisco Juan G. Dumlao
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Team depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Enric Caunan Germy Mahinay Dave Ando
PF Zach Huang Nat Cosejo Ira Bataller
SF CJ Cansino Mario Bonleon
SG Marvin Lee Joshua Marcos Toby Agustin
PG Ken Zamora Renzo Subido JM Lagumen

Roster changes[]

Only big man Jeepy Faundo has graduated,[11] but the team experienced an exodus of players before the season began.

Regie Boy Basibas, who had suited up for the Tigers in their preseason games, and Joco Macasaet, their veteran center, were both faced with uncertainties regarding the league's age eligibility rules as both players were turning 25 within the school year. Both of them decided to move on from the team to play in the commercial leagues.[12]

Jordan Sta. Ana also played in the preseason, but decided to go on leave before the start of the UAAP tournament. He later announced his transfer to Letran.[13]

The official lineup for UST's Season 81 campaign consisted of nine new players (eight rookies, one transferee), four holdovers and two returnees.[14]

With a champion coach tapped to handle the team, analysts have stressed how the team is still in a rebuilding phase and have once again predicted UST to miss out on a final four finish.[15]

Subtractions[]

Pos. # POB Player Height Year High school Notes
SF 5 Philippines Regie Boy C. Basibas 6' 3" 4th Arellano University High School Age ineligibility
PG 7 Philippines John Jordan M. Sta. Ana 6' 0" 3rd Nazareth School of National University Transferred to Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PG 8 Philippines Oliver Wendell D. de Guzman 5' 8" 3rd Nazareth School of National University Transferred to Arellano University
SG 10 Philippines Martin Arthur I. Romero 6' 0" 2nd De La Salle Santiago Zobel School On leave
PG 14 Canada Ebenezer Godwin Kwawukumey 5' 7" 2nd Vaughan Secondary School
C 15 Philippines Jeepy C. Faundo 6' 6" 5th José Rizal University Graduated
PF 16 Philippines Justin P. Arana 6' 5" 4th Basud National High School Transferred to Arellano University
SF 17 Philippines Jose Carlos P. Escalambre 6' 2" 4th San Sebastian College-Recoletos
SG 18 Philippines Leon Alfonzo B. Lorenzana 6' 4" 2nd University of Santo Tomas Transferred to the University of the East
PF 19 Philippines Christian Laurent G. Garcia 6' 4" 4th Sta. Clara International Academy
PF 20 Philippines Vaughn Jorem E. Soriano 6' 4" 2nd University of Santo Tomas Relegated to Team B
C 21 Philippines Jon Cornelius E. Macasaet 6' 3" 4th San Sebastian College-Recoletos Age ineligibility

Additions[]

Pos. # POB Player Height Year High school Notes
PF 2 Philippines Ira Spencer G. Bataller 6' 4" 1st Arellano University High School Rookie
SF 4 Philippines Mario Emmanuel T. Bonleon, Jr. 6' 3" 4th La Salle Greenhills Returning from Season 79
PG 5 Philippines Henri Lorenzo P. Subido 5' 9" 4th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School Returning from Season 79
SG 7 Philippines Joshua Miguel S. Marcos 6' 0" 1st La Salle Greenhills Rookie
PG 8 Philippines John Kenneth M. Zamora 5' 11" 2nd Arellano University High School Transferred from Arellano University
PG 10 Philippines John Mark M. Lagumen 5' 11" 1st San Beda University–Rizal Rookie
SG 15 Philippines Toby Bryan P. Agustin 6' 1" 1st José Rizal University Rookie
PF 16 Philippines Nathaniel A. Cosejo 6' 3" 1st De La Salle Santiago Zobel School Rookie
C 26 Philippines Germy A. Mahinay 6' 6" 1st San Beda University–Rizal Rookie
SF 27 Philippines Crispin John G. Cansino 6' 2" 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
C 41 Philippines Arnold Dave N. Ando 6' 7" 1st University of San Jose–Recoletos Rookie

Coaching changes[]

Aldin Ayo replaced Boy Sablan as head coach on January 11, 2018. The coaching change was announced by Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) director Fr. Jannel Abogado following Sablan's resignation on November 20, 2017 together with his entire coaching staff.[16]

Ayo, a former player of the 1998 and 1999 NCAA champion Letran Knights, came into coaching prominence after leading the Knights to the 2015 NCAA championship on his first year and duplicating the feat when he jumped over to the UAAP to lead La Salle to the 2016 championship.

At the end of the Season 80, he made a decision to sign with UST where he will coach the men's basketball team for the next six years.[17]

Coaching Staff[]

Deputies appointed to the new coaching staff were McJour Luib, Kristoffer Co, Bonnie Garcia, Randy Alcantara, Jason Misolas, Nap Garcia, Ruden de Vera, Philip Go, Marvin Pangilinan, and Noel Zorilla.[18]

  • McJour Luib is the former point guard of the 2015 NCAA champion Letran Knights under Aldin Ayo.[19] After his second and last playing year in 2016, he accepted an invitation to be in Ayo's coaching staff at La Salle.[20] He was the first to join Ayo at UST, where aside from scouting opponents, he will also coach the Tiger Cubs' under-15 team.[21]
  • Kristoffer Co was also a member of Ayo's coaching staff at La Salle.
He was also the head coach of the Sta. Lucia basketball team in the PCBL in 2015,[24] as well as a team consultant for the FedEx Express team in the PBA before becoming full-fledged coach in 2003.[25] Garcia also coached in the MBA: for the Pampanga Dragons in 2000, and the Laguna Lakers in 1998 and 2001. He was an assistant coach of the Mapúa Cardinals under Atoy Co, and the San Beda Red Lions under Frankie Lim.
He was chosen to replace Chris Cantonjos as the head coach of the UST Tiger Cubs.[26]
Alcantara was being seriously considered to replace Aldin Ayo as Letran's head coach but school officials eventually decided to hire Jeff Napa for the position.[29]
He was a former Mapúa Cardinal who played for the Tanduay franchises in the PBL[30] and in the MBA for the Laguna Lakers under coach Bonnie Garcia. He was picked by the Formula Shell team in the third round of 1998 PBA rookie draft.[31]
  • Former PBA player Jason Misolas was a teammate of Aldin Ayo at Letran when they won the NCAA men's basketball title in 1999.
  • Ruden de Vera was one of Ayo's assistant coaches at Aemillanum College in Sorsogon in 2009.

Injuries[]

  • Steve Akomo's season was cut short after only four games due to a season-ending concussion. He missed the October 3 game against La Salle on suspected food poisoning, but was later found to have blood clots in the head.[34]
Akomo was also not able to play in the preseason due to a knee injury.[35]
  • CJ Cansino sustained an ACL injury during their game against UP in the second round.[36] He sprained his left foot during their previous game against Adamson and needed to be helped up and treated in the team's locker room. He came back to finish the game with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter.[37] He also sprained his ankle as a result of a bad landing from a layup drive at the end of the first half during their game against UE in the second round. He came back to start the second half and ended the game with a triple-double.
  • Renzo Subido missed their game against the UE Red Warriors in the second round after suffering an injury on his left ankle. He was back for their next game against La Salle.[38] Subido also missed some preseason games due to another ankle injury.[39]
  • JM Lagumen injured his right leg in the second round of eliminations which caused him to miss the remaining games of the season.
  • Mario Bonleon had on and off injuries throughout the season. He had a shoulder injury during one of their preseason games and got injured again with less than two months to go before the start of the UAAP tournament.[40]
  • Enric Caunan missed some preseason games due to a foot injury.

Preseason tournaments[]

12th Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup[]

  • Tournament rank: 16th (2W–6L)
Date Opponent Score Venue Top scorer
Apr 22 Letran Knights L 90–95 Filoil Flying V Centre Basibas - 16 pts
May 11 San Sebastian Stags L 71–79 Filoil Flying V Centre Lee - 23 pts
May 15 JRU Heavy Bombers W 98–88 Filoil Flying V Centre Subido - 24 pts
May 18 Adamson Falcons L 64–87 Filoil Flying V Centre Lee - 15 pts
May 22 Benilde Blazers L 87–99 Filoil Flying V Centre Zamora - 22 pts
May 25 FEU Tamaraws L 82–86 Filoil Flying V Centre Huang - 23 pts
Jun 12 Lyceum Pirates L 88–93 Filoil Flying V Centre Lee - 18 pts
Jun 15 Arellano University Chiefs W 82–73 Filoil Flying V Centre Subido - 30 pts

2018 UCBL Summer Tournament[]

  • Tournament rank: 4th
Date Opponent Score Venue Top scorer[a]
May 9 JRU Heavy Bombers L 87–93 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Concepcion - 38 pts
May 13 CEU Scorpions L 80–81 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Cansino - 17 pts
May 16 Olivarez Sea Lions W 79–77 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Concepcion - 21 pts
May 20 National University Bulldogs L 68–73 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Concepcion - 18 pts
May 23 Diliman College Blue Dragons W 74–68 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Chabi Yo - 23 pts
May 27 JRU Heavy Bombers W 79–67 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Abando - 17 pts
May 30 CEU Scorpions L 76–104 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Concepcion - 19 pts
Jun 3 National University Bulldogs W 82–79 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Concepcion - 24 pts
Jun 6 Diliman College Blue Dragons L 74–105 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Paraiso - 19 pts
Jun 13 Olivarez Sea Lions Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Jun 20 National University Bulldogs L 82–89 Philippine Buddhacare Academy Paraiso - 34 pts
  1. ^ Shervin Concepcion, Soulémane Chabi Yo, Rhenz Abando & Brent Paraiso are all in the Team B roster

8th Kim Lope Asis Invitational Basketball Tournament[]

  • Tournament rank: Champions (4W–0L)
  • Renzo Subido - Tournament MVP
Date Opponent Score Venue Top scorer
Jun 26 University of Cebu Webmasters W 78–71 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium Subido - 17 pts
Jun 27 Southwestern University Cobras W 95–89 OT Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium
Jun 28 Lyceum Pirates W 101–88 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium Subido - 23 pts
Championship game
Jun 29 University of Cebu Webmasters W 88–83 Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium Lee - 20 pts

33rd Kadayawan Basketball Invitational[]

  • Tournament rank: Runners-up (2W–2L)
Date Opponent Score Venue Top scorer
Aug 9 Davao-Go-Duterte Eagles L 97–102 Davao City Recreation Center Lee - 33 pts
Aug 10 University of Cebu Webmasters W 72–70 Davao City Recreation Center Lee - 18 pts
Aug 11 National University Bulldogs W 80–65 Davao City Recreation Center Zamora - 16 pts
Championship game
Aug 12 Davao-Go-Duterte Eagles L 90–94 Davao City Recreation Center Zamora - 28 pts

UAAP Season 81 games results[]

Further information: UAAP Season 81 basketball tournaments

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

Date Time Opponent Venue Result Record
First round of eliminations
Sep 8 4:00 p.m. NU Bulldogs Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 70–75 0–1
Game Highs: Points: Cansino – 20; Rebounds: Akomo – 14; Assists: Lee, Zamora – 3
Sep 12 2:00 p.m. FEU Tamaraws Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City W 76–74 1–1
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 18; Rebounds: Cansino – 10; Assists: Lee – 4
Sep 22 2:00 p.m. Adamson Falcons Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 71–79 1–2
Game Highs: Points: Cansino – 18; Rebounds: Akomo – 12; Assists: Subido – 3
Sep 29 4:00 p.m. Ateneo Blue Eagles Filoil Flying V Centre • San Juan L 53–85 1–3
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 19; Rebounds: Cansino – 10; Assists: Lee – 4
Oct 3 2:00 p.m. De La Salle Green Archers Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 72–99 1–4
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 16; Rebounds: Cosejo – 7; Assists: Zamora – 5
Oct 6 2:00 p.m. UE Red Warriors Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay W 80–66 2–4
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 22; Rebounds: Cansino – 17; Assists: Cansino – 4
Oct 10[a] 2:00 p.m. UP Fighting Maroons Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay W 86–72 3–4
Game Highs: Points: Cansino – 16; Rebounds: Huang – 13; Assists: Cansino – 7
Tied for fifth place after 1st round (3 wins–4 losses)
Second round of eliminations
Oct 14 2:00 p.m. FEU Tamaraws Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay W 78–70 4–4
Game Highs: Points: Huang – 20; Rebounds: Cansino – 12; Assists: Lee – 5
Oct 21 2:00 p.m. NU Bulldogs Filoil Flying V Centre • San Juan L 61–69 4–5
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 18; Rebounds: Cansino – 18; Assists: Cansino – 5
Oct 28 2:00 p.m. UE Red Warriors Filoil Flying V Centre • San Juan W 79–68 5–5
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 30; Rebounds: Cansino – 14; Assists: Cansino – 10
Nov 3 2:00 p.m. De La Salle Green Archers Ynares Center • Antipolo L 69–110 5–6
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 26; Rebounds: Cansino – 9; Assists: Cansino – 3
Nov 7 2:00 p.m. Adamson Falcons Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 83–96 5–7
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 21; Rebounds: Cansino – 12; Assists: Cansino – 6
Nov 10 4:00 p.m. UP Fighting Maroons Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City L 69–83 5–8
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 26; Rebounds: Lee, Subido, Huang – 5; Assists: Marcos – 3
Nov 14 2:00 p.m. Ateneo Blue Eagles Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay L 62–102 5–9
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 18; Rebounds: Agustin – 9; Assists: Agustin – 3
Sixth place at 5 wins-9 losses (2 wins–5 losses in the 2nd round)

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00
Source: Pong Ducanes, Imperium Technology

  1. ^ Sep 18 R1 match vs UP moved to Oct 10 due to TS Ompong

Individual Statistics[]

Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3FG% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOT PPG
Renzo Subido 13 2 29.3 62 196 31.6% 42 126 33.3% 38 47 80.9% 2.5 1.9 0.4 0.0 3.2 15.7
Marvin Lee 14 13 29.0 59 181 32.6% 44 141 31.2% 39 41 95.1% 3.4 2.1 1.4 0.1 2.2 14.4
CJ Cansino 13 13 27.3 51 117 43.6% 14 38 36.8% 50 63 79.4% 10.3 3.6 0.5 0.2 2.9 12.8
Steve Akomo 4 1 25.4 15 28 53.6% 0 0 0.0% 9 16 56.3% 9.5 0.3 0.0 1.8 2.3 9.8
Zach Huang 14 12 22.7 40 100 40.0% 1 9 11.1% 35 53 66.0% 6.0 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.1 8.3
Germy Mahinay 13 0 17.2 23 56 41.1% 0 0 0.0% 12 22 54.6% 5.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.9 4.5
Joshua Marcos 14 2 12.8 18 43 41.2% 4 14 28.6% 9 18 50.0% 2.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 1.6 3.5
Ken Zamora 14 12 17.2 14 78 18.0% 11 66 16.7% 7 10 70.0% 1.6 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.6 3.3
Enric Caunan 13 13 12.9 16 42 38.1% 0 0 0.0% 6 8 75.0% 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.4 2.9
Ira Bataller 12 1 13.4 9 35 25.7% 2 13 15.4% 9 16 56.2% 3.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.4
Toby Agustin 10 0 9.0 9 24 37.5% 1 5 20.0% 5 8 62.5% 2.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.8 2.4
Mario Bonleon 8 0 5.9 5 17 29.4% 1 10 10.0% 4 6 66.7% 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.9
Nat Cosejo 11 1 9.7 8 28 28.6% 1 3 33.3% 3 6 50.0% 3.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.8
Dave Ando 2 0 6.2 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
JM Lagumen 3 0 4.2 1 5 20.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7
Total 14 40.0 328 954 34.4% 121 426 28.4% 226 313 72.2% 44.8 12.9 3.4 2.6 17.1 72.1
Opponents 14 40.0 440 834 52.8% 86 313 27.5% 182 257 70.8% 44.5 16.4 5.9 4.8 13.0 82.0
Source: Pong Ducanes, Imperium Technology
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

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