2009 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

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]

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)

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
UST Growling Tigers roster
PlayersCoaches
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)
  • Yi Ming Liu
  • John Paul Cuan
Team manager
  • Clarence Aytona
  • Timmy Chong
  • Rudy Yu
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart
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

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
Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
C7PhilippinesMark Angelo Canlas6' 5"4thDon Bosco Academy, PampangaGraduated
SG8PhilippinesEmilian Vargas5' 11"3rdTransferred to Emilio Aguinaldo College
SF9AustraliaMelchor Gile6' 4"4thGraduated
SF16PhilippinesFranciz Philip Allera6' 3"5thDole Philippines SchoolGraduated
C17AustraliaChester Lloyd Taylor6' 4"5thColegio San Agustin – MakatiGraduated
PG18PhilippinesJohn Paul Cuan5' 7"5thUniversity of Santo TomasGraduated
SG19PhilippinesCarlos Amador Fenequito6' 0"4thRelegated to Team B
C20PhilippinesJervy Cruz6' 4"5thOur Lady of the Sacred Heart CollegeGraduated
PG21PhilippinesJackson Wong5' 10"2ndPhilippine Academy of Sakya-ManilaOn leave

Additions
Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
C5PhilippinesDarell John Green6' 3"1stColegio de San Juan de LetranRookie
SF10PhilippinesAljon Mariano6' 3"1stSan Beda College–RizalRookie
PF11PhilippinesAndre Charles Marquez6' 3"2ndLa Salle GreenhillsReturning from Season 69
SF13United Arab EmiratesHadi Rushdy6' 2"1stColegio San Agustin – MakatiRookie
SG16PhilippinesJeric Allen Teng6' 2"1stXavier SchoolRookie
SG17PhilippinesAljohn Gil Ungria6' 1"1stColegio de San LorenzoPromoted from Team B
SG19PhilippinesEduardo Aytona, Jr.5' 10"1stUniversity of Santo TomasRookie
SG20PhilippinesAndrew Joseph Felix5' 11"1stPAREF Southridge SchoolPromoted from Team B
SF21PhilippinesMarco Martin Cam6' 0"1stSan Sebastian College-RecoletosRookie

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.[9]

Schedule and results

Preseason tournaments
Further information: Nike Summer League

The Nike Summer League games were aired on Studio 23.

Preseason game log
2009 Nike Summer League: 1–4
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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[lower-alpha 1] 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 • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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[lower-alpha 2] 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
Further information: UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments and 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.

UAAP Season 72 game log
Elimination round: 6–8
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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 • TimeSeedOpponentResultSeriesHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
Further information: 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship
Postseason game log
2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship: 1–1
Game Date • TimeSeedOpponentResultSeriesHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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

Eliminations
Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Dylan Ababou1432.99824040.8155626.8578170.47.12.20.90.42.418.9
Khasim Mirza1430.37018238.5146222.6355563.68.81.80.60.82.913.5
Jeric Teng1423.44911941.2145525.5486178.74.41.60.90.22.111.4
Jeric Fortuna1331.4358939.3214151.2141687.53.14.01.50.22.88.1
Allein Maliksi1114.3298135.8102835.7202580.04.30.50.40.22.08.0
Tata Bautista1416.4329733.0317839.7141687.51.91.90.60.01.27.2
Chris Camus1423.6367448.6030.0273969.26.70.91.61.50.97.1
Melo Afuang1414.4195236.51520.081361.52.60.30.40.11.23.4
Darell Green127.482630.8000.04666.71.80.10.20.00.81.7
Aljon Mariano104.331127.3020.04666.70.80.10.00.10.81.0
Eddie Aytona125.241526.72922.2000.00.30.50.00.10.70.8
Marco Cam61.71333.3000.022100.00.80.00.20.00.00.7
Andrew Felix62.51250.0000.0000.00.70.00.00.00.80.3
Aljohn Ungria93.1040.0010.01250.00.40.00.10.00.20.1
AC Marquez42.8020.0000.0000.00.80.00.30.30.80.0
Hadi Rushdy31.0000.0000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Total1440.738599738.610334330.023132271.744.414.97.13.718.578.6
Opponents1440.740699340.911037529.324039960.241.216.56.15.116.882.1

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Dylan Ababou13861833.331127.34666.78100519
Khasim Mirza13131225.02825.06875.011211314
Jeric Teng12231127.32633.322100.04001210
Tata Bautista1222728.62633.35862.5300029
Jeric Fortuna13531127.3050.01250.0642047
Melo Afuang1172450.0000.0000.0401004
Chris Camus119020.0020.01250.0400101
Allein Maliksi115000.0020.0000.0500050
Eddie Aytona11000.0000.0000.0000000
Total140.0196927.594022.5192867.9438432164
Opponents140.0305950.861637.5142166.740211431981
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
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

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
20102616Khasim MirzaMeralco Bolts
2011188Allein MaliksiPetron Blaze Boosters
11010Dylan AbabouBarako Bull Energy

References
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  12. "Baclao taken No. 1 over Al-Hussaini". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 Aug 2010.
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