# 2011 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

The 2011 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 74th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2011-12 began on July 10, 2011 and the host school for the season was Ateneo de Manila University.
The Tigers, who had celebrated their quadricentennial year, finished fourth at the end of the double round-robin eliminations. They won eight games against six losses. They lost to the No. 1-ranked Ateneo Blue Eagles, who had a twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.
They had an average winning margin of 8.9 points and an average losing margin of 13.0 points.
They experienced blowout losses twice in the tournament, both during the second round. The first was against Ateneo by 25 points on August 20, and the other was against the NU Bulldogs by 24 points in the last playing date of the eliminations on September 11.
Team captain Jeric Fortuna was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of July 14–17. Cameroonian rookie center Karim Abdul was also chosen Player of the Week for August 11–14, and third year guard Jeric Teng got the citation during the week of September 1–4, 2011.
Abdul who was third in the MVP tally with 60.3 statistical points was disqualified from the Mythical team due to a suspension from a game for two unsportsmanlike fouls that he committed in the eliminations. He had a double-double average of 12.1 points and a league-best 11.5 rebounds on top of the 1.5 blocks per game that he amassed in the season.

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Pe | Abdul | |
| PF | Camus | Afuang | |
| SF | Ferrer | Lao | Vigil |
| SG | Teng | Lo | Ungria |
| PG | Fortuna | Sheriff | Tan |

## Roster changes

The Tigers shored up on their front line with the arrival of Karim Abdul who immediately made an impact when he led the league in rebounds at the end of eliminations. In Season 73, the team ranked last in rebounds with an average of only 35.4 per game. They also lagged behind in defensive boards with 22.1 and blocks with 2.5 per game averages.
UST was also able to recruit blue chips from the high school ranks, with UST Tiger Cub Kevin Ferrer who was hailed the UAAP Season 73 Juniors MVP and José Rizal University's Louie Vigil, the Juniors MVP of the NCAA in Season 85 coming onboard.

### Subtractions

| Pos. | No. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
| PG | 6 | Edcor Marata | 5' 10" | 2nd | University of the Visayas | Relegated to Team B |
| SG | 9 | Clark Daniel Oliver Bautista | 5' 9" | 4th | Benedictine International School | Academic deficiencies |
| SF | 10 | Aljon Mariano | 6' 3" | 3rd | San Beda College–Rizal | Out due to fractured right ankle |
| PF | 11 | Andre Charles Marquez | 6' 3" | 4th | La Salle Greenhills | Graduated |
| C | 14 | Vincent Roberto Tinte | 6' 7" | 2nd | Urdaneta City National High School | Transferred to Adamson University |
| SG | 17 | Fritz Harmon Delgado | 6' 0" | 2nd | San Sebastian College-Recoletos | Academic deficiencies |
| SF | 18 | Eduardo Daquioag, Jr. | 6' 1" | 2nd | RTU Laboratory High School | Out due to rheumatic fever |
| C | 20 | Kenneth Mamaril | 6' 5" | 2nd | San Sebastian College-Recoletos | Relegated to Team B |
| PG | 21 | Jackson Wong | 5' 10" | 3rd | Philippine Academy of Sakya-Manila | Transferred to Trinity University of Asia |

### Additions

| Pos. | No. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
| SF | 4 | Ron Kristoffer Javier | 6' 1" | 1st | University of Santo Tomas | Rookie |
| PG | 6 | Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. | 5' 9" | 1st | Loyola Catholic Secondary School | Rookie |
| SG | 9 | Jaypee Sarcia | | 1st | University of Santo Tomas | Rookie |
| SG | 10 | Aljohn Gil Ungria | 6' 1" | 2nd | Colegio de San Lorenzo | Returning from Season 72 |
| PG | 11 | Robin Allan Tan | 5' 7" | 1st | Xavier School | Rookie |
| SF | 14 | Kevin Ferrer | 6' 4" | 1st | University of Santo Tomas | Rookie |
| SF | 18 | Louie Philippe Vigil | 6' 3" | 1st | José Rizal University | Rookie |
| SF | 19 | Kent Jefferson Lao | 6' 4" | 1st | Saint Stephen's High School | Rookie |
| C | 20 | Karim Abdul | 6' 6" | 1st | Sta. Clara International Academy | Rookie |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason tournaments

The Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup games were aired on Studio 23.
Preseason game log :
2011 Millennium Basketball League–Open Basketball championship: 4–1 :
| Game | Date • Time | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | Location |
| 1 | Mar 8 • 7:30 pm | Lyceum Pirates | W 92–79 | 1–0 | Teng (21) | Lyceum Gym Manila |
| 2 | Mar 15 | Wang's Ballclub | W 81–63 | 2–0 | | |
| 3 | May 12 • 6:45 pm | Hobe Bihon | L 70–72 | 2–1 | | Aquinas Gym San Juan |
| 4 | May 14 | Hobe Bihon Semifinal | W 75–65 | 3–1 | | |
| 5 | May 19 | Foscon Ship Management Championship | W 65–56 | 4–1 | Fortuna (16) | Lyceum Gym Manila |
2011 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup: 3–4 :
| Game | Date • Time | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | Location |
| 1 | Apr 9 • 5:00 pm | De La Salle Green Archers | W 79–70 | 1–0 | Fortuna (20) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
| 2 | Apr 13 • 4:00 pm | NU Bulldogs | L 52–60 | 1–1 | Abdul (13) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
| 3 | Apr 16 • 12:30 pm | San Sebastian Stags | W 104–102$^{2OT}$ | 2–1 | Abdul (23) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
| 4 | Apr 30 • 4:00 pm | Ateneo Blue Eagles | L 46–59 | 2–2 | Bautista (14) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
| 5 | May 21 • 12:30 pm | Lyceum Pirates | W 65–55 | 3–2 | Ferrer (17) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
| 6 | May 27 • 3:15 pm | Arellano Chiefs | L 63–64 | 3–3 | Abdul (18) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
| 7 | Jun 4 • 12:30 pm | San Beda Red Lions | L 72–85 | 3–4 | Fortuna (22) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00. :

### UAAP games

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format and all of UST's games were aired on Studio 23 and Balls.
UAAP Season 74 game log :
Elimination round: 8–6 :
| Game | Date • Time | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |
| 1 | Jul 14 • 1:00 pm | NU Bulldogs | W 73–72$^{OT}$ | 1–0 | Fortuna (23) | Ferrer (11) | Teng (5) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 2 | Jul 17 • 3:00 pm | UE Red Warriors | W 70–63 | 2–0 | Ferrer (19) | Abdul (9) | Fortuna (8) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 3 | Jul 24 • 3:00 pm | Adamson Soaring Falcons | L 71–81 | 2–1 | Teng (15) | Abdul (10) | Tied (4) | PhilSports Arena Pasig |
| 4 | Jul 30 • 3:00 pm | FEU Tamaraws | L 59–62 | 2–2 | Teng (23) | Abdul (11) | Camus (3) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 5 | Aug 4 • 3:00 pm | Ateneo Blue Eagles | L 53–66 | 2–3 | Fortuna (18) | Camus (11) | Fortuna (3) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 6 | Aug 7 • 1:00 pm | UP Fighting Maroons | W 68–49 | 3–3 | Fortuna (16) | Abdul (14) | Tied (2) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 7 | Aug 11 • 3:00 pm | De La Salle Green Archers End of R1 of eliminations | L 71–74 | 3–4 | Abdul (21) | Abdul (11) | Fortuna (4) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 8 | Aug 14 • 1:00 pm | UP Fighting Maroons | W 77–70 | 4–4 | Abdul (21) | Tied (11) | Fortuna (6) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 9 | Aug 20 • 3:00 pm | Ateneo Blue Eagles | L 57–82 | 4–5 | Teng (20) | Abdul (19) | Teng (4) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 10 | Aug 25 • 3:00 pm | De La Salle Green Archers | W 60–52 | 5–5 | Teng (14) | Abdul (12) | Tied (3) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 11 | Aug 28 • 1:00 pm | UE Red Warriors | W 54–45 | 6–5 | Abdul (16) | Abdul (13) | Fortuna (3) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 12 | Sep 3 • 3:00 pm | Adamson Soaring Falcons | W 74–58 | 7–5 | Teng (20) | Abdul (14) | Teng (6) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 13 | Sep 8 • 3:00 pm | FEU Tamaraws | W 77–73 | 8–5 | Abdul (20) | Abdul (13) | Tied (3) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
| 14 | Sep 11 • 1:00 pm | NU Bulldogs End of R2 of eliminations | L 49–73 | 8–6 | Teng (19) | Ungria (7) | Tied (1) | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
Final Four: 0–1 :
| Game | Date • Time | Seed | Opponent | Result | Series | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |
| 1 | Sep 15 • 12:00 pm | (#4) | (#1) Ateneo Blue Eagles | L 66–69 | 0–1 (8–7) | Abdul (16) | Abdul (16) | | Araneta Coliseum Quezon City |
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00. Source: HumbleBola :

### Postseason tournament

Postseason game log :
2011 Philippine Collegiate Championship: 0–1 :
| Game | Date • Time | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Location |
| 1 | Nov 21 | De La Salle Green Archers Luzon-NCR Main draw bracket | L 67–72 | 0–1 | Ferrer (23) | Abdul (7) | Sheriff (5) | Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan |
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00. :

## UAAP statistics

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PPG |
| Jeric Teng | 14 | 13 | 29.6 | 59 | 184 | 32.1 | 17 | 74 | 23.0 | 61 | 79 | 77.2 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 14.0 |
| Jeric Fortuna | 14 | 14 | 30.1 | 73 | 206 | 35.4 | 26 | 79 | 32.9 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 13.6 |
| Karim Abdul | 13 | 3 | 27.2 | 58 | 129 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 76 | 53.9 | 11.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 12.1 |
| Kevin Ferrer | 14 | 9 | 27.0 | 30 | 111 | 27.0 | 10 | 56 | 17.9 | 36 | 54 | 66.7 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 7.6 |
| Chris Camus | 14 | 13 | 27.8 | 40 | 114 | 35.1 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 6.9 |
| Melo Afuang | 11 | 5 | 20.5 | 30 | 61 | 49.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 5.2 |
| Kim Lo | 13 | 1 | 10.0 | 14 | 39 | 35.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Eddie Aytona | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Paolo Pe | 14 | 9 | 15.1 | 12 | 39 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Louie Vigil | 13 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 27 | 25.9 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Jon Sheriff | 13 | 0 | 6.5 | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Aljohn Ungria | 8 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Robin Tan | 14 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Kent Lao | 6 | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Ron Javier | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jaypee Sarcia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 14 | | 40.4 | 327 | 942 | 34.7 | 57 | 229 | 24.9 | 196 | 304 | 64.5 | 48.3 | 11.9 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 18.3 | 65.2 |
| Opponents | 14 | | 40.4 | 334 | 916 | 36.5 | 59 | 287 | 20.6 | 193 | 289 | 66.8 | 42.1 | 15.7 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 16.4 | 65.7 |

## Awards

| Name | Award | Date |
| Team | 2011 Millennium Basketball League champions | 19 May 2011 |
| Jeric Fortuna | 2011 Millennium Basketball League MVP | 19 May 2011 |
| Jeric Fortuna | Player of the Week | 14–17 Jul 2011 |
| Karim Abdul | Player of the Week | 11–14 Aug 2011 |
| Jeric Teng | Player of the Week | 1–4 Sep 2011 |