2015 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team

2015 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
UAAP Season 78 runner-up
Record
Elims rank	#1
Final rank	#2
2015 record	13–5 (11–3 elims)
Head coach	Bong dela Cruz (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Manny Calipes
Assistant coach	Senen Dueñas
Assistant coach	Alvin Patrimonio (1st year)
Captain	Kevin Ferrer (5th year)

The 2015 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the men's basketball tournament of the 78th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The team is led by second year head coach Bong dela Cruz and senior captain Kevin Ferrer.

Roster

2015 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball roster
Players		Coaches
	Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight Playing yr. High School C 20 Abdul, Karim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 5th Sta. Clara PG 10 Abdurasad, Osama Said S. 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Rookie Kaunlaran HS F 16 Araña, Justin P. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Rookie Baroda NHS G/F 14 Bonleon, Mario Emmanuel Jr. T. 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Rookie La Salle Green Hills F 11 Caunan, Enrique Jr. P. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Rookie Letran SG 8 Daquioag, Eduardo Jr. D. 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 5th Benedictine C 15 Faundo, Jeepy C. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 3rd JRU SF 7 Ferrer, Kevin M. (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 5th UST PG 12 Garrido, Janrey L. 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) – 2nd Hope Christian PF 13 Huang, Zachary Lance Eden T. 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Rookie SHS-Ateneo de Cebu PF 19 Lao, Kent Jefferson S. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 4th St. Stephen's PG 9 Lee, Dean Marvin M. 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) – Rookie FEU Diliman PG 6 Sheriff Jr., Sheak Jamil J. 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 4th Vaughan G 5 Suarez, Janus Kyle Cristian L. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – 2nd Ateneo de Manila PG 17 Subido, Henri Lorenzo P. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 135 lb (61 kg) 2nd La Salle-Zobel SG 18 Vigil, Louie Philippe V. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 4th JRU	Head coach Bong dela Cruz Assistant coach(es) Senen Dueñas Manny Calipes Alvin Patrimonio Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	UST Growling Tigers	11	3	.786	—	+10
2	FEU Tamaraws	11	3	.786	—	–10
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	5	.643	2
4	NU Bulldogs	7	7	.500	4
5	De La Salle Green Archers	6	8	.429	5	+15
6	UE Red Warriors	6	8	.429	5	–15
7	UP Fighting Maroons	3	11	.214	8	0; −91
8	Adamson Falcons	3	11	.214	8	0; −128

Statistics

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

Elimination round

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOT	PPG
Karim Abdul	14	14	29.43	59	136	0.434	2	5	0.400	57	86	0.663	8.43	1.21	0.50	1.21	2.36	12.64
Osama Adburasad	4	0	1.25	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Justin Araña	2	0	1.50	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Mario Bonleon	13	6	16.62	23	58	0.397	8	23	0.348	4	7	0.571	2.38	0.77	0.00	0.15	1.85	4.46
Enrique Caunan	4	0	1.25	0	1	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Eduardo Daquioag	14	14	34.43	89	211	0.422	7	41	0.171	45	66	0.682	5.57	2.21	1.07	0.79	3.36	16.43
Jeepy Faundo	10	0	3.20	1	1	1.000	0	0	0.000	3	4	0.750	0.60	0.00	0.10	0.20	0.00	0.50
Kevin Ferrer	14	14	31.57	71	177	0.401	32	92	0.348	77	99	0.778	8.21	1.57	0.93	0.43	2.21	17.93
Janrey Garrido	6	0	1.33	0	2	0.000	0	1	0.000	0	0	0.000	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.00
Zachary Huang	6	0	2.50	0	1	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00
Kent Lao	14	2	17.36	15	51	0.294	11	34	0.324	6	9	0.667	2.86	0.36	0.14	0.07	0.57	3.36
Marvin Lee	14	2	19.93	25	62	0.403	14	37	0.378	23	29	0.793	2.86	0.57	1.14	0.00	1.57	6.21
Sheak Sheriff	14	10	17.43	11	44	0.250	0	0	0.000	10	25	0.400	2.43	2.07	0.64	0.00	0.71	2.29
Janus Suarez	6	0	4.33	3	5	0.600	3	3	1.000	0	0	0.000	0.33	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.50	1.50
Henri Subido	12	0	5.92	2	13	0.154	1	9	0.111	3	4	0.750	0.42	0.75	0.08	0.00	0.50	0.67
Louie Vigil	14	8	24.14	49	115	0.426	11	42	0.262	21	35	0.600	4.79	2.50	0.36	0.43	2.14	9.29
Total	14	14	200.00	348	877	0.397	89	287	0.310	249	364	0.684	40.60	11.90	4.90	3.20	16.40	73.90
Opponents	14	14	200.00	345	908	0.380	78	299	0.261	198	307	0.645	44.10	13.10	3.40	3.10	18.70	69.00

Schedule and results

UAAP Season 78 men's basketball tournaments started on September 5, 2015. Games are played in a double round-robin schedule.

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	TV	Result	Record
First round of eliminations
Sep 5	4:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 70–64	1–0[1]
Game Highs: Points: Daquioag – 28; Rebounds: Ferrer – 8; Assists: Ferrer – 4
Sep 9	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 72–71	2–0[2]
Game Highs: Points: Daquioag – 18; Rebounds: Ferrer – 8; Assists: Sheriff – 3
Sep 13	2:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 67–59	3–0[3]
Game Highs: Points: Daquioag – 27; Rebounds: Ferrer – 10; Assists: Sheriff – 2
Sep 19	4:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	L 54–55	3–1[4]
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 14; Rebounds: Ferrer – 11; Assists: Ferrer, Vigil – 3
Sep 26	4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 68–58	4–1[5]
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 27; Rebounds: Abdul – 11; Assists: Daquioag – 3
Sep 30	4:00 p.m.	La Salle Green Archers	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 77–61	5–1[6]
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 17; Rebounds: Abdul – 13; Assists: Sheriff – 5
Oct 7	2:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 83–76	6–1[7]
Game Highs: Points: Daquioag – 34; Rebounds: Abdul – 10; Assists: Daquioag – 6
First place finish after first round (6 wins–1 loss record)
Second round of eliminations
Oct 11	4:00 p.m.	La Salle Green Archers	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 81–79	7–1[8]
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 18; Rebounds: Abdul, Ferrer – 11; Assists: Ferrer – 2
Oct 17	4:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 62–57	8–1[9]
Game Highs: Points: Abdul, Ferrer – 13; Rebounds: Ferrer – 10; Assists: Vigil – 3
Oct 22	2:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	L 74–80	8–2[10]
Game Highs: Points: Daquioag – 19; Rebounds: Abdul, Daquioag – 9; Assists: Daquioag – 3
Oct 25	4:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 83–76	9–2[11]
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 29; Rebounds: Ferrer – 14; Assists: Vigil – 6
Nov 4	2:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	L 77–91	9–3[12]
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 25; Rebounds: Abdul – 15; Assists: Daquioag – 6
Nov 7	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 85–76	10–3[13]
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 23; Rebounds: Vigil – 7; Assists: Abdul – 3
Nov 11	2:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 78–63	11–3[14]
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 25; Rebounds: Ferrer – 10; Assists: Sheriff, Vigil – 4
First-place finish with 11 wins-3 loss record after eliminations (5 wins–2 loss record on second round)
Semifinal round
Nov 22	3:30 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	W 64–55	1–0 (12–3)[15]
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 19; Rebounds: Vigil – 10; Assists: Vigil – 7
Advanced to the Finals in one game
Final round
Nov 25	3:30 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	L 64–75	0–1 (12–4)[16]
Game Highs: Points: Abdul – 19; Rebounds: Abdul – 9; Assists: Abdul, Daquioag, Lee, Sheriff, Vigil – 1
Nov 28	3:30 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	ABS-CBN	W 62–56	1–1 (13–4)[17]
Game Highs: Points: Ferrer – 29; Rebounds: Ferrer – 10; Assists: Daquioag – 4
Dec 2	3:30 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	ABS-CBN Sports and Action	L 62–67	1–2 (13-5)
Game Highs: Points: Daquioag – 21; Rebounds: Vigil – 7; Assists: Daquioag, Ferrer, Lee – 2
Lost Finals in three games
All times are in UTC+8.

Awards

Mythical Five

• Ed Daquioag
• Kevin Ferrer

See also

• UAAP Season 78

References

1. UST tops Adamson, claims first win in UAAP Season 78
2. Daquioag takes over late to lead UST past FEU
3. Undefeated UST takes down UP behind Daquioag’s heroics
4. Defending UAAP champ NU gets first win over UST
5. Ferrer leads UST comeback past Ateneo
6. UST dominates La Salle in second half, improves to 5-1
7. UST leans on Daquioag’s career game to get past UE
8. UST takes over late, sweeps season series against La Salle
9. UST defeats NU to avenge first round loss
10. Tolentino takes over as Ateneo dodges collapse vs UST
11. UST back in Final Four after beating UP anew
12. UST rally falls short as UE earns critical win
13. UST assured twice-to-beat playoff after win over FEU
14. UST cruises past Adamson to secure twice-to-beat edge
15. UST shuts down defending champion NU to reach UAAP Finals
16. FEU stuns UST to take Game 1 of UAAP Finals
17. Ferrer sizzles as UST beats FEU to extend UAAP Finals series