2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team

The 2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 75th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2012-2013 began on July 14, 2012 and the host school for the season was National University.[1]

2012 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
UAAP Season 75 runner-up
Record
Elims rank	#2
Final rank	#2
2012 record	11–6 (10–4 elims)
Head coach	Alfredo M. Jarencio (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Senen Z. Dueñas Ernesto C. Ballesteros Segundo P. dela Cruz, III Alvin A. Grey
Captain	Jeric Fortuna (5th season)

The Tigers made it back to the finals for the first time since winning the championship in Season 69 after finishing the double–round eliminations at second place with 10 wins against 4 losses. They defeated the NU Bulldogs who had qualified for the final four for the first time in 11 years, and lost to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the best-of-three finals via sweep, making their opponents five-peat champions of the tournament.[2]

UST later won the Philippine Collegiate Champions League title in December after avenging their UAAP finals loss to Ateneo by beating them in a best-of-three series, 2-1.[3]

Jeric Teng, who was named PCCL's tournament MVP missed three games in the elimination round of the UAAP due to an MCL injury in August.[4] PCCL Coach of the year Pido Jarencio missed Game One of the finals when he got infected with measles.[5]

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) 3rd St. Jude Catholic School SG 6 Daquioag, Eduardo, Jr. D. 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd RTU Laboratory High School PG 7 Fortuna, Jeric Marco G. (C) 5'7" (1.7m) 5th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School PF 8 Afuang, Carmelo S. 6'4" (1.93m) 5th San Beda College–Rizal SG 9 Bautista, Clark Daniel Oliver M. 5'9" (1.75m) 4th Benedictine International School SF 10 Mariano, Aljon E. 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd San Beda College–Rizal PG 11 Tan, Robin Allan L. 5'7" (1.7m) 2nd Xavier School PG 12 Garrido, Janrey L. 5'6" (1.68m) 1st Hope Christian High School C 13 Pe, Paulo Lorenzo V. 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd Ateneo de Manila PF 14 Ferrer, Kevin M. 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd University of Santo Tomas C 15 Hainga, Roberto D. 6'7" (2.01m) 3rd Iloilo Central Commercial High School SG 16 Teng, Jeric Allen U. 6'2" (1.88m) 4th Xavier School SG 17 Villar, Christian Errol S. 6'0" (1.83m) 1st Hope Christian High School SF 18 Vigil, Louie Philippe V. 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd José Rizal University C 19 Mamaril, Kenneth B. 6'5" (1.96m) 2nd San Sebastian College-Recoletos C 20 Abdul, Karim 6'6" (1.98m) 2nd Sta. Clara International Academy	Head coach Alfredo M. Jarencio Assistant coach(es) Senen Z. Dueñas Ernesto C. Ballesteros Segundo P. dela Cruz, III Alvin A. Grey Christopher A. Cantonjos Ma. Genevieve R. Francisco Rodil S. Sablan Strength & conditioning coach(es) Emmanuel Calipes Yi Ming Liu Team manager Clarence D. Aytona Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Karim Abdul	Paolo Pe	Robert Hainga
PF	Kevin Ferrer	Melo Afuang
SF	Aljon Mariano	Kim Lo	Ed Daquioag
SG	Jeric Teng	Louie Vigil	Robin Tan
PG	Jeric Fortuna	Tata Bautista	Janrey Garrido

Roster changes

Subtractions

Pos.	#	POB	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
SF	4		Ron Kristoffer N. Javier	6' 1"	2nd	University of Santo Tomas	Transferred to Adamson University
PG	6		Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr.	5' 9"	2nd	Loyola Catholic Secondary School	Out on injury
SG	9		Jaypee D. Sarcia		2nd	University of Santo Tomas	Relegated to Team B
SG	10		Aljohn Gil P. Ungria	6' 1"	3rd	Colegio de San Lorenzo	Relegated to Team B
PF	12		Christopher I. Camus	6' 4"	5th	Sunny Hills High School	Graduated
SG	19		Eduardo D. Aytona, Jr.	5' 10"	4th	University of Santo Tomas	Relegated to Team B
SF	19		Kent Jefferson S. Lao	6' 4"	2nd	Saint Stephen's High School	On leave–with Men's U18 national team

Additions

Pos.	#	POB	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
SG	5		Clark Daniel Oliver M. Bautista	5' 9"	4th	Benedictine International School	Returning from Season 73
SG	18		Eduardo D. Daquioag, Jr.	6' 1"	2nd	RTU Laboratory High School	Returning from Season 73
PG	12		Janrey L. Garrido	5' 6"	1st	Hope Christian High School	Rookie
C	15		Roberto D. Hainga	6' 7"	3rd	Iloilo Central Commercial High School	Transferred from University of Perpetual Help
C	20		Kenneth B. Mamaril	6' 5"	2nd	San Sebastian College-Recoletos	Returning from Season 73
SF	10		Aljon E. Mariano	6' 3"	3rd	San Beda College–Rizal	Returning from Season 73
SG	17		Christian Errol S. Villar	6' 0"	1st	Hope Christian High School	Rookie

Preseason tournaments

The Tigers participated in one off-season tournament: the 2012 Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup, where they advanced to the quarterfinal round but bid goodbye in the tournament after losing to NU Bulldogs 68–77.[6]

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result	Record
Elimination round
April 18	5:15 p.m.	San Beda Red Lions	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	L 54–70	0–1
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 13; Rebounds: Abdul – 8; Assists: Ferrer, Fortuna, Garrido – 2
April 23	1:45 p.m.	UPHSD Altas	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	W 70–66	1–1
Game Highs: Points: Abdul, Mariano – 14; Rebounds: Abdul – 12; Assists: Teng – 3
April 25	5:15 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	L 63–65	1–2
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 18; Rebounds: Ferrer – 9; Assists: Teng – 5
May 5	5:15 p.m.	De La Salle Green Archers	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	L 70–78	1–3
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 19; Rebounds: Ferrer – 10; Assists: Fortuna – 5
May 16	3:30 p.m.	Mapua Cardinals	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	W 80–61	2–3
Game Highs: Points: Abdul, Mariano – 15; Rebounds: Abdul – 15; Assists: Teng – 3
May 25	3:30 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	W 67–64	3–3
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 18; Rebounds: Abdul – 12; Assists: 5 players – 2
May 28	3:30 p.m.	Letran Knights	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	W 86–69	4–3
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 18; Rebounds: Abdul – 7; Assists: Mariano – 6
June 2	11:00 a.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	W 77–70	5–3
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 26; Rebounds: Mariano – 10; Assists: Fortuna – 6
Quarterfinal round
June 6	3:30 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Filoil Flying V Arena • San Juan	L 68–77	0–1 (5–4)
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 16; Rebounds: Fortuna – 13; Assists: Fortuna, Teng – 3
All times are in UTC+8.

Schedule and results

UAAP Season 75 men's basketball tournaments started on 14 July 2012. Games are played in a double round-robin schedule.

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	TV	Result	Record
First round of eliminations
July 14	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	L 72–73	0–1
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 24; Rebounds: Abdul – 16; Assists: Fortuna – 6
July 19	2:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	W 71–70	1–1
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 21; Rebounds: Mariano – 13; Assists: Bautista – 3
July 28	11:00 a.m.	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	W 77–71	2–1
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 21; Rebounds: Abdul – 15; Assists: Fortuna – 6
Aug 4	2:00 p.m.	De La Salle Green Archers	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	W 84–82^2OT	3–1
Game Highs: Points: Bautista – 21; Rebounds: Abdul – 16; Assists: Fortuna – 7
Aug 12[lower-alpha 1]	4:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	W 85–69	4–1
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 20; Rebounds: Abdul – 19; Assists: Fortuna – 5
Aug 15[lower-alpha 2]	4:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	W 68–58	5–1
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 20; Rebounds: Abdul – 12; Assists: Bautista – 4
Aug 19[lower-alpha 3]	2:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	W 61–60	6–1
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 18; Rebounds: Abdul – 12; Assists: Fortuna – 7
First place after first round (6 wins–1 loss)
Second round of eliminations
Aug 23	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	L 60–87	6–2
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 15; Rebounds: Abdul – 9; Assists: Fortuna – 6
Aug 26	4:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	W 58–57^OT	7–2
Game Highs: Points: Mariano – 22; Rebounds: Abdul – 10; Assists: Fortuna – 8
Aug 29	12:00 p.m.	De La Salle Green Archers	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	L 51–53	7–3
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 14; Rebounds: Abdul, Teng – 6; Assists: Fortuna – 5
Sep 1	12:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	W 83–79	8–3
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 22; Rebounds: Mariano – 12; Assists: Fortuna – 7
Sep 8	2:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	W 75–68	9–3
Game Highs: Points: Abdul, Mariano – 16; Rebounds: Abdul – 21; Assists: Fortuna – 4
Sep 15	4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	L 66–68	9–4
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 22; Rebounds: Abdul – 12; Assists: Fortuna – 5
Sep 20	2:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	Studio 23	W 87–75	10–4
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 26; Rebounds: Abdul – 9; Assists: Fortuna – 7
Second place at 10 wins–4 losses (4 wins–3 loss record in the 2nd round)
Semifinal round
Sep 29	12:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	W 63–57	1–0 (11–4)
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 17; Rebounds: Abdul – 8; Assists: Mariano – 4
Advanced to the Finals in one game
Final round
Oct 6	3:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN	L 78–83	0–1 (11–5)
Game Highs: Points: Teng – 25; Rebounds: Mariano – 12; Assists: Mariano – 5
Oct 11	3:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	Studio 23	L 62–65	0–2 (11–6)
Game Highs: Points: Fortuna – 20; Rebounds: Abdul – 12; Assists: Fortuna – 6
Lost series in two games
All times are in UTC+8.

1. Aug 8 R1 match vs UE moved to Aug 12 due to TS Helen
2. Jul 21 R1 match vs UP moved to Aug 15 due to TS Ferdie
3. Aug 11 R1 match vs Adamson moved to Aug 19 due to TS Helen

Individual statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOT	PPG
Karim Abdul	14	14	34.6	89	189	47.1%	0	0	0.0%	59	90	65.6%	12.2	1.9	1.5	2.0	3.1	16.9
Jeric Teng	11	11	28.4	53	139	38.1%	23	61	37.7%	21	31	67.7%	4.3	1.1	0.6	0.0	1.9	13.6
Aljon Mariano	14	10	28.8	73	172	42.4%	9	25	36.0%	31	49	63.3%	7.1	2.0	0.8	0.7	3.0	13.3
Tata Bautista	14	0	24.3	40	122	32.8%	26	92	28.3%	15	20	75.0%	2.9	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.9	8.6
Jeric Fortuna	14	14	33.8	46	129	35.7%	7	44	15.9%	18	22	81.8%	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.0	1.7	8.4
Kevin Ferrer	14	2	20.9	26	86	30.2%	11	45	24.4%	9	19	47.4%	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.6	1.0	5.1
Louie Vigil	12	5	6.8	13	30	43.3%	3	9	33.3%	4	9	44.4%	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	2.9
Melo Afuang	14	5	17.3	14	46	30.4%	0	0	0.0%	3	9	33.3%	2.9	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.4	2.2
Kim Lo	14	8	7.7	11	28	39.3%	0	4	0.0%	5	8	62.5%	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.9
Ed Daquioag	11	1	4.4	4	17	23.5%	2	9	22.2%	1	1	100.0%	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.0
Paolo Pe	14	0	5.6	5	11	45.5%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.7
Janrey Garrido	2	0	1.5	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1	2	50.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5
Robert Hainga	3	0	1.7	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Robin Tan	1	0	5.0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Total	14		41.1	375	969	38.7%	81	292	27.7%	167	260	64.2%	44.2	15.1	6.0	3.6	14.9	71.3
Opponents	14		41.1	346	896	38.6%	80	269	29.7%	198	296	66.9%	42.6	15.6	3.9	5.2	17.3	69.3

Source: HumbleBola Stats

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

Postseason tournaments

2012 Philippine Collegiate Champions League

• Tournament rank: Champions (6W–2L)
• Jeric Teng – Tournament MVP
• Jeric Fortuna, Karim Abdul – Mythical team members
• Pido Jarencio – Coach of the year

Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Venue	Top scorer
Luzon/Metro Manila Main draw bracket
Nov 17	4:00 pm	Letran Knights	W 78–73	Filoil Flying V Arena	Fortuna - 19 pts
Nov 18	4:00 pm	Adamson Falcons	W 88–64	Filoil Flying V Arena	Mariano - 20 pts
Final Four round-robin
Nov 20	4:00 pm	Ateneo Blue Eagles	W 76–66	Filoil Flying V Arena	Teng - 22 pts
Nov 23	4:00 pm	San Beda Red Lions	W 63–60	Filoil Flying V Arena	Mariano - 16 pts
Nov 24	2:00 pm	Southwestern University Cobras	L 91–93^OT	Filoil Flying V Arena	Teng - 20 pts
Best of three Finals
Nov 27	4:00 pm	Ateneo Blue Eagles	W 82–76	Filoil Flying V Arena	Ferrer - 18 pts
Nov 29	4:00 pm	Ateneo Blue Eagles	L 69–70	Filoil Flying V Arena	Fortuna - 18 pts
Dec 7	4:00 pm	Ateneo Blue Eagles	W 81–76	Filoil Flying V Arena	Teng - 22 pts
Won series in three games

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00

Awards

Player	Award
Karim Abdul	Mythical team

Players drafted into the PBA

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	PBA team
2013	2	4	14	Jeric Fortuna	Barako Bull Energy Cola

References

1. "UAAP Season 75 opening weekend". Rappler. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
2. De Leon, Joseph Benjamin B. "Five-peat complete, as Ateneo sweeps UST". GMA News Online. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
3. Flores, Celest R. "UST edges Ateneo in Game 3 to clinch PCCL title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
4. Lozada, Mei-Lin. "UST's Teng can't wait to get back on the court". SPIN.ph. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
5. Lozada, Mei-Lin. "Jarencio-less UST inches closer to PCCL title with win over Ateneo". SPIN.ph. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
6. "Ateneo vs Letran in Filoil opener". Manila Bulletin. Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-29.

See also

• UAAP Season 75