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2009 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

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2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #4
Final rank#4
2009 record6–9 (6–8 elims)
Head coachPido Jarencio (4th season)
Assistant coachesSenen Dueñas
Emmanuel Calipes
CaptainDylan Ababou (5th season)
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →

The 2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 72nd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2009-10 began on July 11, 2009 and the host school for the season was Far Eastern University.[1]

UST finished fourth at the end of the double round-robin eliminations. They won six games against eight losses. The Growling Tigers were on back-to-back losses going into their final match of the eliminations. The De La Salle Green Archers who were a game behind them on a 5–8 win–loss record could end up in a tie and eliminate the Tigers due to a superior +13 quotient.

They went on to lose against the UE Red Warriors, but the NU Bulldogs had indirectly helped them qualify for the playoffs by beating La Salle who eventually finished the eliminations with a 5–9 record.[2]

The Tigers made it back to the Final Four after missing out on the playoffs in Season 71 but lost to the No. 1-ranked Ateneo Blue Eagles, who had a twice-to-beat advantage over them.[3]

They had an average winning margin of 9.3 points and an average losing margin of 12.9 points.

They experienced a 27-point blowout loss to the FEU Tamaraws and had a double-overtime loss to La Salle, both in the first round.[4][5]

Team captain Dylan Ababou was named Most Valuable Player and scoring leader of the season, while Jeric Teng won the Rookie of the Year award. Ababaou was also chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of July 23–26 when he topscored for the Tigers with 28 points in their 92–88 win over UE.[6][7]

Roster

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UST Growling Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
C 5 Philippines Darell John Green 6'3" (1.91m) 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran
SF 6 Philippines Dylan Simon Ababou (C) 6'3" (1.91m) 5th Siena College of Quezon City
PG 7 Philippines Jeric Marco Fortuna 5'7" (1.7m) 2nd De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
PF 8 Philippines Carmelo Afuang 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd San Beda College–Rizal
SG 9 Philippines Clark Daniel Oliver Bautista 5'9" (1.75m) 2nd Benedictine International School
SF 10 Philippines Aljon Mariano 6'3" (1.91m) 1st San Beda College–Rizal
PF 11 Philippines Andre Charles Marquez 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd La Salle Greenhills
PF 12 United States Christopher Camus 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd Sunny Hills High School
SF 13 United Arab Emirates Hadi Rushdy 6'2" (1.88m) 1st Colegio San Agustin – Makati
SF 14 Philippines Khasim Ali Mirza 6'4" (1.93m) 5th La Salle College Antipolo
SG 16 Philippines Jeric Allen Teng 6'2" (1.88m) 1st Xavier School
SG 17 Philippines Aljohn Gil Ungria 6'1" (1.85m) 1st Colegio de San Lorenzo
PF 18 Philippines Allein Gail Maliksi 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Camarin High School
SG 19 Philippines Eduardo Aytona, Jr. 5'10" (1.78m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
PG 20 Philippines Andrew Joseph Felix 5'11" (1.8m) 1st PAREF Southridge School
PF 21 Philippines Marco Martin Cam 6'0" (1.83m) 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Senen Dueñas
  • Emmanuel Calipes
  • Ma. Genevieve Francisco
  • Rodil Sablan
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
Team manager
  • Clarence Aytona
  • Timmy Chong
  • Rudy Yu

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Afuang Green Cam
PF Ababou Camus Maliksi
SF Mirza Mariano Rushdy
SG Bautista Teng Ungria
PG Fortuna Aytona Felix

Roster changes

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All but two of the players from the Season 69 champion team have graduated. Season 70 MVP Jervy Cruz, point guard Japs Cuan, former team captain Francis Allera, Mel Gile, and centers Badong Canlas and Chester Taylor have all used up their playing years and the only members remaining from the team are Dylan Ababou, who is set to lead the team as this year's captain and returning forward AC Marquez.

Ababou will be joined by veterans Khasim Mirza, Chris Camus, and Allein Maliksi who has recovered from an ACL injury the previous year. The team will have eight new players composed of rookies and members of the Team B training pool.[8]

Subtractions

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Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
C 7 Philippines Mark Angelo Canlas 6' 5" 4th Don Bosco Academy, Pampanga Graduated
SG 8 Philippines Emilian Vargas 5' 11" 3rd Transferred to Emilio Aguinaldo College
SF 9 Australia Melchor Gile 6' 4" 4th Graduated
SF 16 Philippines Franciz Philip Allera 6' 3" 5th Dole Philippines School Graduated
C 17 Australia Chester Lloyd Taylor 6' 4" 5th Colegio San Agustin – Makati Graduated
PG 18 Philippines John Paul Cuan 5' 7" 5th University of Santo Tomas Graduated
SG 19 Philippines Carlos Amador Fenequito 6' 0" 4th Relegated to Team B
C 20 Philippines Jervy Cruz 6' 4" 5th Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College Graduated
PG 21 Philippines Jackson Wong 5' 10" 2nd Philippine Academy of Sakya-Manila On leave

Additions

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Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
C 5 Philippines Darell John Green 6' 3" 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran Rookie
SF 10 Philippines Aljon Mariano 6' 3" 1st San Beda College–Rizal Rookie
PF 11 Philippines Andre Charles Marquez 6' 3" 2nd La Salle Greenhills Returning from Season 69
SF 13 United Arab Emirates Hadi Rushdy 6' 2" 1st Colegio San Agustin – Makati Rookie
SG 16 Philippines Jeric Allen Teng 6' 2" 1st Xavier School Rookie
SG 17 Philippines Aljohn Gil Ungria 6' 1" 1st Colegio de San Lorenzo Promoted from Team B
SG 19 Philippines Eduardo Aytona, Jr. 5' 10" 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
SG 20 Philippines Andrew Joseph Felix 5' 11" 1st PAREF Southridge School Promoted from Team B
SF 21 Philippines Marco Martin Cam 6' 0" 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos Rookie

Coaching staff

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Beaujing Acot, the Growling Tigers' assistant coach for defense has resigned from his post. He had informed head coach Pido Jarencio of his decision through a text message a month before the UAAP tournament began. He had coached the Tigers during their preseason games in the summer but had stopped showing up to practices after.

Assistant coach Rabbi Tomacruz has also left the coaching staff to concentrate on his studies. The former UST Glowing Goldie who was in charge of liaisons and training of the Tigers' Team B has decided to pursue a career in nursing.

Acot's tasks will be divided between Jarencio and Senen Dueñas, the team's assistant coach for offense. Gina Francisco, former team captain of the UST senior women's basketball team will assume Tomacruz's duties in the team.[9]

Schedule and results

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Preseason tournaments

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The Nike Summer League games were aired on Studio 23.

Preseason game log
2009 Nike Summer League: 1–4
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Apr 20 • 12:00 pm JRU Heavy Bombers L 55–66 0–1 FEU Gym
Manila
2 May 4 • 9:00 am DBTC Greywolves W 79–64 1–1 Teng (20) FEU Gym
Manila
3[a] May 7 • 1:30 pm NU Bulldogs L 1–2 FEU Gym
Manila
4 May 12 • 1:30 pm Letran Knights L 75–81 1–3 FEU Gym
Manila
5 May 14 • 9:00 am UP Fighting Maroons L 62–71 1–4 Bautista (16) FEU Gym
Manila
2009 Millennium Basketball League–Open Basketball championship: 5–2
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 May 18 RTU Blue Thunders W 87–75 1–0
2 May 20 Lyceum Pirates L 67–71 1–1 Lyceum Gym
Manila
3[b] Jun 3 Philippine National Police W 2–1
4 Jun 5 Wang's Ballclub W 92–87 3–1 Lyceum Gym
Manila
5 Jun 8 Vescon-Cerel
End of eliminations
W 87–78 4–1
6 Jun 15 Wang's Ballclub
Semifinal game
W 94–84 5–1 Maliksi (18) RTU Gym
Mandaluyong
7 Jun 23 Lyceum Pirates
Championship game
L 73–91 5–1 Maliksi (17) Lyceum Gym
Manila
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
  1. ^ Lost by forfeit
  2. ^ Won by forfeit

UAAP games

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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 72 game log
Elimination round: 6–8
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Jul 11 • 2:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons W 76–75 1–0 Mirza (23) Ababou (7) Fortuna (5) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
2 Jul 16 • 2:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 104–89 2–0 Ababou (30) Mirza (15) Mirza (6) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
3 Jul 19 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 77–93 2–1 Maliksi (20) Mirza (8) Tied (3) PhilSports Arena
Pasig
4 Jul 25 • 4:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 92–88 3–1 Ababou (28) Camus (14) Bautista (8) PhilSports Arena
Pasig
5 Aug 2 • 4:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 92–1012OT 3–2 Ababou (19) Ababou (11) Fortuna (5) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
6 Aug 6 • 4:00 pm FEU Tamaraws L 63–90 3–3 Teng (20) Mirza (9) Tied (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
7 Aug 8 • 4:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons
End of R1 of eliminations
W 95–85 4–3 Ababou (23) Teng (8) Tied (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
8 Aug 15 • 4:00 pm FEU Tamaraws L 67–75 4–4 Ababou (23) Maliksi (9) Fortuna (5) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
9 Aug 20 • 2:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 93–88 5–4 Ababou (23) Camus (10) Tied (6) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
10 Aug 23 • 2:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 70–80 5–5 Ababou (19) Mirza (12) Fortuna (6) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
11 Aug 30 • 2:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 79–58 6–5 Ababou (20) Mirza (10) Tied (4) The Arena
San Juan
12 Sep 3 • 4:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 64–68 6–6 Ababou (19) Mirza (12) Fortuna (3) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
13 Sep 6 • 4:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons L 64–83 6–7 Bautista (14) Mirza (12) Fortuna (4) The Arena
San Juan
14 Sep 10 • 4:00 pm UE Red Warriors
End of R2 of eliminations
L 67–77 6–8 Bautista (12) Ababou (10) Tied (4) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Final Four: 0–1
Game Date • Time Seed Opponent Result Series High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Sep 20 • 3:30 pm (#4) (#1) Ateneo Blue Eagles L 64–81 0–1
(6–9)
Ababou (19) Mirza (11) Fortuna (4) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: inboundPASS

Postseason tournament

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Postseason game log
2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship: 1–1
Game Date • Time Seed Opponent Result Series High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Nov 30 • 4:00 pm (#9) (#8) JRU Heavy Bombers
Round of 16
W 64–62 1–0 Mirza (23) Ormoc Superdome
Ormoc City
2 Dec 4 • 2:00 pm (#9) (#1) Ateneo Blue Eagles
Quarterfinal game
L 72–81 1–1 Maliksi (25) Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

UAAP statistics

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Eliminations

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Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Dylan Ababou 14 32.9 98 240 40.8 15 56 26.8 57 81 70.4 7.1 2.2 0.9 0.4 2.4 18.9
Khasim Mirza 14 30.3 70 182 38.5 14 62 22.6 35 55 63.6 8.8 1.8 0.6 0.8 2.9 13.5
Jeric Teng 14 23.4 49 119 41.2 14 55 25.5 48 61 78.7 4.4 1.6 0.9 0.2 2.1 11.4
Jeric Fortuna 13 31.4 35 89 39.3 21 41 51.2 14 16 87.5 3.1 4.0 1.5 0.2 2.8 8.1
Allein Maliksi 11 14.3 29 81 35.8 10 28 35.7 20 25 80.0 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 2.0 8.0
Tata Bautista 14 16.4 32 97 33.0 31 78 39.7 14 16 87.5 1.9 1.9 0.6 0.0 1.2 7.2
Chris Camus 14 23.6 36 74 48.6 0 3 0.0 27 39 69.2 6.7 0.9 1.6 1.5 0.9 7.1
Melo Afuang 14 14.4 19 52 36.5 1 5 20.0 8 13 61.5 2.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.2 3.4
Darell Green 12 7.4 8 26 30.8 0 0 0.0 4 6 66.7 1.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.7
Aljon Mariano 10 4.3 3 11 27.3 0 2 0.0 4 6 66.7 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.0
Eddie Aytona 12 5.2 4 15 26.7 2 9 22.2 0 0 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.8
Marco Cam 6 1.7 1 3 33.3 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7
Andrew Felix 6 2.5 1 2 50.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.3
Aljohn Ungria 9 3.1 0 4 0.0 0 1 0.0 1 2 50.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1
AC Marquez 4 2.8 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.0
Hadi Rushdy 3 1.0 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 40.7 385 997 38.6 103 343 30.0 231 322 71.7 44.4 14.9 7.1 3.7 18.5 78.6
Opponents 14 40.7 406 993 40.9 110 375 29.3 240 399 60.2 41.2 16.5 6.1 5.1 16.8 82.1

Playoffs

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Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Dylan Ababou 1 38 6 18 33.3 3 11 27.3 4 6 66.7 8 1 0 0 5 19
Khasim Mirza 1 31 3 12 25.0 2 8 25.0 6 8 75.0 11 2 1 1 3 14
Jeric Teng 1 22 3 11 27.3 2 6 33.3 2 2 100.0 4 0 0 1 2 10
Tata Bautista 1 22 2 7 28.6 2 6 33.3 5 8 62.5 3 0 0 0 2 9
Jeric Fortuna 1 35 3 11 27.3 0 5 0.0 1 2 50.0 6 4 2 0 4 7
Melo Afuang 1 17 2 4 50.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 4 0 1 0 0 4
Chris Camus 1 19 0 2 0.0 0 2 0.0 1 2 50.0 4 0 0 1 0 1
Allein Maliksi 1 15 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 5 0 0 0 5 0
Eddie Aytona 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 40.0 19 69 27.5 9 40 22.5 19 28 67.9 43 8 4 3 21 64
Opponents 1 40.0 30 59 50.8 6 16 37.5 14 21 66.7 40 21 14 3 19 81
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
Source: inboundPASS

Awards

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Name Award Date Ref.
Team Millennium Basketball League runners-up 23 Jun 2009 [10]
Allein Maliksi Millennium Basketball League MVP
Dylan Ababou Season MVP 1 Oct 2009 [11]
Mythical team
Scoring champion
Player of the Week 23–26 Jul 2009 [7]
Jeric Teng Rookie of the year 1 Oct 2009 [11]
Jeric Fortuna Best 3-point field goal percentage

Players drafted into the PBA

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Khasim Mirza was picked in the second round and was selected 16th overall in the 2010 PBA draft by the Ryan Gregorio-led Meralco Bolts on August 29, 2010. Allein Maliksi and Dylan Ababou, meanwhile, applied for the 2011 PBA draft and were selected eighth and tenth overall respectively, both in the first round on August 28, 2011.[12][13]

Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team
2010 2 6 16 Khasim Mirza Meralco Bolts
2011 1 8 8 Allein Maliksi Petron Blaze Boosters
1 10 10 Dylan Ababou Barako Bull Energy

References

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  1. ^ Legaspi, Perry. "Jittery UST edges Adamson in UAAP season opener". GMA News Online. Retrieved 11 Jul 2009.
  2. ^ Abulencia, Charizze; Babiera, Lester. "Tigers gatecrash Final Four". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 16 Sep 2009.
  3. ^ "Ateneo on course for back-to-back UAAP titles". GMA News Online. Retrieved 20 Sep 2009.
  4. ^ Almo, Alder. "Ababou plays but UST still loses". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 6 Aug 2009.
  5. ^ Payo, Jasmine. "La Salle seize double OT victory". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 Aug 2009.
  6. ^ Almo, Alder. "UST's Teng named Rookie of the Year". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 19 Sep 2009.
  7. ^ a b Francisco, Sarie Nerine. "Ababou, UAAP Player of the Week". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 Jul 2009.
  8. ^ "New-look Tigers vow tough UAAP fight". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 30 Jun 2009.
  9. ^ "Tigers remain undeterred amid losing two coaches". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 15 Jul 2009.
  10. ^ "Tigers fall short on pre-UAAP title". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 30 Jun 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Ateneo, UE aces lead special awardees". GMA News Online. Retrieved 1 Oct 2009.
  12. ^ "Baclao taken No. 1 over Al-Hussaini". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 Aug 2010.
  13. ^ Giongco, Mark. "Casio first overall; Lee, Maliksi, Cervantes also picked". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 28 Aug 2011.