2009 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

72 2009 UST Growling Tigers 4 4 6–9 (6–8 elims) Pido Jarencio 4th Senen Dueñas Emmanuel Calipes Dylan Ababou 5th 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.https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/content/167163/jittery-ust-edges-adamson-in-uaap-season-opener/story Jittery UST edges Adamson in UAAP season opener GMA News Online Legaspi, Perry 11 Jul 2009 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.https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20090916/tigers_gatecrash_final_four Tigers gatecrash Final Four The Varsitarian Abulencia, Charizze Babiera, Lester 16 Sep 2009 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.https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/content/172746/ateneo-on-course-for-back-to-back-uaap-titles/story Ateneo on course for back-to-back UAAP titles GMA News Online 20 Sep 2009 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.https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/06/09/ababou-plays-ust-still-loses Ababou plays but UST still loses ABS-CBN Sports Almo, Alder 6 Aug 2009https://www.facebook.com/notes/de-la-salle-green-archers/la-salle-seize-double-ot-victory/114624762341 La Salle seize double OT victory Philippine Daily Inquirer Payo, Jasmine 2 Aug 2009 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.https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/19/09/usts-teng-named-rookie-year UST's Teng named Rookie of the Year ABS-CBN Sports Almo, Alder 19 Sep 2009https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2009/07/28/490400/ababou-uaap-player-week Ababou, UAAP Player of the Week The Philippine Star Francisco, Sarie Nerine 28 Jul 2009 Roster UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 72 5 Darell John Green C 6 3 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran PHI 6 Dylan Simon Ababou SF 6 3 5th Siena College of Quezon City C PHI 7 Jeric Marco Fortuna PG 5 7 2nd De La Salle Santiago Zobel School PHI 8 Carmelo Afuang PF 6 4 2nd San Beda College–Rizal PHI 9 Clark Daniel Oliver Bautista SG 5 9 2nd Benedictine International School PHI 10 Aljon Mariano SF 6 3 1st San Beda College–Rizal PHI 11 Andre Charles Marquez PF 6 3 2nd La Salle Greenhills PHI 12 Christopher Camus PF 6 4 3rd Sunny Hills High School USA 13 Hadi Rushdy SF 6 2 1st Colegio San Agustin – Makati UAE 14 Khasim Ali Mirza SF 6 4 5th La Salle College Antipolo PHI 16 Jeric Allen Teng SG 6 2 1st Xavier School PHI 17 Aljohn Gil Ungria SG 6 1 1st Colegio de San Lorenzo PHI 18 Allein Gail Maliksi PF 6 4 4th Camarin High School PHI 19 Eduardo Aytona, Jr. SG 5 10 1st University of Santo Tomas PHI 20 Andrew Joseph Felix PG 5 11 1st PAREF Southridge School PHI 21 Marco Martin Cam PF 6 0 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos PHI PHI Alfredo Jarencio Senen Dueñas Emmanuel Calipes Ma. Genevieve Francisco Rodil Sablan Clarence Aytona Timmy Chong Rudy Yu Yi Ming Liu John Paul Cuan http://sportsinstitute.ust.edu.ph/uaapteamsearch Depth chart UST Growling Tigers Afuang Ababou Mirza Bautista Fortuna Green Camus Mariano Teng Aytona Cam Maliksi Rushdy Ungria Felix Roster changes 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.http://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20090630/new_look_tigers_vow_tough_uaap_fight New-look Tigers vow tough UAAP fight The Varsitarian 30 Jun 2009 Subtractions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes C 7 PHI Mark Angelo Canlas 6' 5" 4th Don Bosco Academy, Pampanga GraduatedSG 8 PHI Emilian Vargas 5' 11" 3rd Transferred to Emilio Aguinaldo CollegeSF 9 AUS Melchor Gile 6' 4" 4th GraduatedSF 16 PHI Franciz Philip Allera 6' 3" 5th Dole Philippines School GraduatedC 17 AUS Chester Lloyd Taylor 6' 4" 5th Colegio San Agustin – Makati GraduatedPG 18 PHI John Paul Cuan 5' 7" 5th University of Santo Tomas GraduatedSG 19 PHI Carlos Amador Fenequito 6' 0" 4th Relegated to Team BC 20 PHI Jervy Cruz 6' 4" 5th Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College GraduatedPG 21 PHI Jackson Wong 5' 10" 2nd Philippine Academy of Sakya-Manila On leave Additions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes C 5 PHI Darell John Green 6' 3" 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran RookieSF 10 PHI Aljon Mariano 6' 3" 1st San Beda College–Rizal RookiePF 11 PHI Andre Charles Marquez 6' 3" 2nd La Salle Greenhills Returning from Season 69SF 13 UAE Hadi Rushdy 6' 2" 1st Colegio San Agustin – Makati RookieSG 16 PHI Jeric Allen Teng 6' 2" 1st Xavier School RookieSG 17 PHI Aljohn Gil Ungria 6' 1" 1st Colegio de San Lorenzo Promoted from Team BSG 19 PHI Eduardo Aytona, Jr. 5' 10" 1st University of Santo Tomas RookieSG 20 PHI Andrew Joseph Felix 5' 11" 1st PAREF Southridge School Promoted from Team BSF 21 PHI Marco Martin Cam 6' 0" 1st San Sebastian College-Recoletos Rookie Coaching staff 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.http://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20090715/tigers_remain_undeterred_amid_losing_two_coaches Tigers remain undeterred amid losing two coaches The Varsitarian 15 Jul 2009 Schedule and results Preseason tournaments Nike Summer League The Nike Summer League games were aired on Studio 23. UST Growling Tigers Preseason UST Growling Tigers 2009 Nike Summer League compact 1 4 no no yes 1 Apr 20 12:00 pm no JRU FEU GymManila 0–1 55–66 2 May 4 9:00 am no DBTC Greywolves FEU GymManila 1–1 79–64 Teng 20 3Lost by forfeit May 7 1:30 pm no NU FEU GymManila loss 1–2 4 May 12 1:30 pm no CSJL FEU GymManila 1–3 75–81 5 May 14 9:00 am no UP FEU GymManila 1–4 62–71 Bautista 16 UST Growling Tigers 2009 Millennium Basketball League–Open Basketball championship compact 5 2 no no 1 May 18 no RTU Blue Thunders 1–0 87–75 2 May 20 no Lyceum Lyceum GymManila 1–1 67–71 3Won by forfeit Jun 3 no Philippine National Police win 2–1 4 Jun 5 no Wang's Ballclub Lyceum GymManila 3–1 92–87 5 Jun 8 no Vescon-Cerel 4–1 87–78 End of eliminations 6 Jun 15 no Wang's Ballclub RTU GymMandaluyong 5–1 94–84 Maliksi 18 Semifinal game 7 Jun 23 no Lyceum Pirates Lyceum GymManila 5–1 73–91 Maliksi 17 Championship game yes no UTC+08:00 UAAP games UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments UAAP Season 72 men's basketball tournament Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format and all of UST's games were aired on Studio 23 and Balls. UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 72 UST Growling Tigers Elimination round compact 6 8 no no yes 1 Jul 11 2:00 pm no Adamson Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 1–0 76–75 Mirza 23 Ababou 7 Fortuna 5 2 Jul 16 2:00 pm no NU Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 2–0 104–89 Ababou 30 Mirza 15 Mirza 6 3 Jul 19 4:00 pm no ADMU PhilSports ArenaPasig 2–1 77–93 Maliksi 20 Mirza 8 Tied 3 4 Jul 25 4:00 pm no UE PhilSports ArenaPasig 3–1 92–88 Ababou 28 Camus 14 Bautista 8 5 Aug 2 4:00 pm no DLSU Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 3–2 92–101 2OT Ababou 19 Ababou 11 Fortuna 5 6 Aug 6 4:00 pm no FEU Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 3–3 63–90 Teng 20 Mirza 9 Tied 3 7 Aug 8 4:00 pm no UP Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 4–3 95–85 Ababou 23 Teng 8 Tied 3 End of R1 of eliminations 8 Aug 15 4:00 pm no FEU Tamaraws Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 4–4 67–75 Ababou 23 Maliksi 9 Fortuna 5 9 Aug 20 2:00 pm no UP Fighting Maroons Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 5–4 93–88 Ababou 23 Camus 10 Tied 6 10 Aug 23 2:00 pm no Ateneo Blue Eagles Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 5–5 70–80 Ababou 19 Mirza 12 Fortuna 6 11 Aug 30 2:00 pm no NU Bulldogs The ArenaSan Juan 6–5 79–58 Ababou 20 Mirza 10 Tied 4 12 Sep 3 4:00 pm no De La Salle Green Archers Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 6–6 64–68 Ababou 19 Mirza 12 Fortuna 3 13 Sep 6 4:00 pm no Adamson Soaring Falcons The ArenaSan Juan 6–7 64–83 Bautista 14 Mirza 12 Fortuna 4 14 Sep 10 4:00 pm no UE Red Warriors Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 6–8 67–77 Bautista 12 Ababou 10 Tied 4 End of R2 of eliminations UST Growling Tigers Final Four compact yes 0 1 no 1 Sep 20 3:30 pm 4 1 Ateneo Blue Eagles Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 0–1(6–9) 64–81 Ababou 19 Mirza 11 Fortuna 4 yes no UTC+08:00 Source: inboundPASS Postseason tournament 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship UST Growling Tigers Postseason UST Growling Tigers 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship compact yes 1 1 no yes 1 Nov 30 4:00 pm 9 8 JRU Ormoc SuperdomeOrmoc City no 1–0 64–62 Mirza 23 Round of 16 2 Dec 4 2:00 pm 9 1 ADMU Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig no 1–1 72–81 Maliksi 25 Quarterfinal game yes no UTC+08:00 UAAP statistics Eliminations UST Growling Tigers 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 UST Growling Tigers 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 Source: inboundPASS Awards UST Growling Tigers Name Award Date Ref. References Team Millennium Basketball League runners-up23 Jun 2009https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20090630/tigers_fall_short_on_pre_uaap_title Tigers fall short on pre-UAAP title The Varsitarian 30 Jun 2009 Allein Maliksi Millennium Basketball League MVPDylan Ababou Season MVP1 Oct 2009https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/content/173576/ateneo-ue-aces-lead-special-awardees Ateneo, UE aces lead special awardees GMA News Online 1 Oct 2009 Mythical team Scoring champion Player of the Week23–26 Jul 2009 Jeric Teng Rookie of the year1 Oct 2009 Jeric Fortuna Best 3-point field goal percentage Players drafted into the PBA 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.https://sports.inquirer.net/408/baclao-taken-no-1-over-al-hussaini Baclao taken No. 1 over Al-Hussaini Philippine Daily Inquirer 29 Aug 2010https://sports.inquirer.net/13721/2011-pba-draft-first-round-recap-casio-first-overall-lee-maliksi-cervantes-also-picked Casio first overall; Lee, Maliksi, Cervantes also picked Philippine Daily Inquirer Giongco, Mark 28 Aug 2011 UST Growling Tigers Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team 2010 2 6 16 Khasim Mirza Meralco Bolts2011 1 8 8 Allein Maliksi Petron Blaze Boosters 1 10 10 Dylan Ababou Barako Bull Energy References Category:UST Growling Tigers basketball team seasons