# 1991 UST Glowing Goldies basketball team

The 1991 UST Glowing Goldies men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 54th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 1991–92 began on July 20, 1991, and the host school for the season was the University of the Philippines.
Despite the 7-foot EJ Feihl's departure from the team, the Goldies began their season on a five-game winning streak. They ended the double round-robin eliminations tied with the FEU Tamaraws at second place in the standings with 11 wins against three losses. They lost against the Tamaraws in the playoff for the second Finals berth, 89–95. UST had trailed FEU by as much as 23 points in the first half and were outrebounded, 23–35.
Second-year forward Dennis Espino was selected to Mythical team at the tournament's presentation of awards.

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Espino | Torres | |
| PF | E. Reyes | Cabaluna | Evangelista |
| SF | Tengco | Loyao | |
| SG | Belmonte | Fran | |
| PG | B. Reyes | Favis | Tanquingcen |

## Roster changes
### Subtractions

| Pos. | No. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
| C | 11 | Edward Joseph Feihl | 7' 0" | 2nd | University of Santo Tomas | Transferred to Adamson University |
| C | | Peter Tioseco | 6' 7" | 2nd | Lourdes School of Mandaluyong | Transferred to Mapúa Institute of Technology |
| C | | Benjie Bendillo | | | | Transferred to De La Salle University |

### Additions

| Pos. | No. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
| PF | 5 | Edmund Reyes | 6' 3" | 2nd | Good Shepherd Academy | Returning from Season 52 |
| SG | 13 | Danilo Abugan | 6' 1" | 1st | | Rookie |
| PF | | Reynaldo Evangelista | 6' 4" | 3rd | St. Peter’s College of Ormoc | Transferred from the Visayas State College of Agriculture |
| SF | | Norman Loyao | | 1st | | Rookie |

## Schedule and results
### UAAP games

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on RPN 9 by Silverstar Sports.
UAAP Season 54 game log :
Elimination round: 11–3 :
| Game | Date • Time | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | Location |
| 1 | Jul 20 • 1:00 pm | FEU Tamaraws | W 114–84 | 1–0 | | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 2 | Jul 27 • 4:30 pm | Ateneo Blue Eagles | W 80–60 | 2–0 | E. Reyes (15) | Loyola Center Quezon City |
| 3 | Jul 31 • 4:30 pm | NU Bulldogs | W 87–64 | 3–0 | | |
| 4 | Aug 3 | Adamson Soaring Falcons | W 103–101 | 4–0 | | |
| 5 | Aug 10 • 2:00 pm | UE Red Warriors | W 74–72 | 5–0 | Belmonte (18) | |
| 6 | Aug 14 | De La Salle Green Archers | L 83–100 | 5–1 | | Loyola Center Quezon City |
| 7 | Aug 17 | UP Fighting Maroons End of R1 of eliminations | L | 5–2 | | |
| 8 | Aug 24 | FEU Tamaraws | W | 6–2 | | |
| 9 | Aug 28 | Adamson Falcons | W | 7–2 | | |
| 10 | Aug 31 | De La Salle Green Archers | L 80–85 | 7–3 | | Loyola Center Quezon City |
| 11 | Sep 7 | NU Bulldogs | W | 8–3 | | |
| 12 | Sep 11 | Ateneo Blue Eagles | W | 9–3 | | |
| 13 | Sep 14 | UE Red Warriors | W | 10–3 | | |
| 14 | Sep 21 | UP Fighting Maroons End of R2 of eliminations | W | 11–3 | | |
Playoff for second seed: 0–1 :
| Game | Date • Time | Seed | Opponent | Result | Series | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |
| 1 | Oct 2 | | FEU Tamaraws | L 89–95 | 0–1 (11–4) | Espino (23) | | | Loyola Center Quezon City |
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00. Source: Google News Archives :

### Postseason tournaments

Postseason game log :
PRISAA Basketball Championship—Northern NCR leg: 7–0 :
| Game | Date • Time | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | Location |
| 1 | Dec 16 | CCP Bobcats | W 71–52 | 1–0 | Espino (20) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 2 | Dec 17 | NCBA Wildcats | W 88–67 | 2–0 | Tied (14) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 3 | Dec 18 | MMC Bisons | W 81–71 | 3–0 | Fran (22) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 4 | Dec 19 | EARIST Red Fox | W 93–65 | 4–0 | Cabaluna (18) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 5 | Dec 20 | Perpetual Altas | W 87–73 | 5–0 | B. Reyes (24) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 6 | Dec 22 | PUP Mighty Maroons | W 100–85 | 6–0 | Espino (30) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 7 | Dec 23 | FEU Tamaraws Championship game | W 88–81 | 7–0 | Espino (29) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
National Students Basketball Championships—NCR leg: 8–0 :
| Game | Date • Time | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | Location |
| 1 | Jan 12 | MMC Bisons | W 109–94 | 1–0 | Belmonte (23) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 2 | Jan 16 | UE Red Warriors | W 96–80 | 2–0 | Belmonte (16) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 3 | Jan 19 | San Sebastian Stags | W 86–62 | 3–0 | Espino (21) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 4 | Jan 20 | UP Fighting Maroons | W 89–75 | 4–0 | Loyao (18) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 5 | Jan 21 | DOMC Cobras | W 123–52 | 5–0 | David (25) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 6 | Jan 26 | Mapúa Cardinals | W 105–96 | 6–0 | Cabaluna (22) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila |
| 7 | Jan 30 | Adamson Soaring Falcons Semifinal round | W 90–78 | 7–0 | E. Reyes (20) | Arellano Taft Gym Pasay |
| 8 | Jan 31 | FEU Tamaraws Championship game | W | 8–0 | | Arellano Taft Gym Pasay |
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00.
↑ Romel David is with the Team B training pool :

## Awards

| Name | Award | Date |
| Team | PRISAA North NCR champions | 23 Dec 1991 |
| Team | National Students NCR champions | 31 Jan 1992 |
| Team | UAAP 2nd runners-up | 3 Oct 1991 |
| Dennis Espino | Mythical team | 3 Oct 1991 |

## Players drafted into the PBA

Billy Reyes was drafted 20th overall in the third round of the 1994 PBA draft by the Chot Reyes-led Coney Island Ice Cream Stars on January 16, 1994.
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | PBA team |
| 1994 | 3 | 4 | 20 | Billy Reyes | Coney Island Ice Cream Stars |