2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship

2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship
Tournament details
Country	Philippines
City	Las Piñas
Dates	July 21–30
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Ateneo Blue Eagles (1st title)
Runner-up	CSB Blazers
Third place	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals
Fourth place	Corsa Tires
	← International 2023 Dasmariñas 2023 →

The 2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship was the fifth tournament under AsiaBasket, the second under the AsiaBasket name, and the second of three tournaments held in 2023. The tournament began from July 21 to 30, 2023 at the Villar Coliseum in Las Piñas with 10 teams from both collegiate and professional clubs.^[1]

It is also the first tournament since Summer 2022 to be held in the Philippines as well as the first since Subic 2021 to feature an all-Filipino lineup. The league originally intended to use the original FilBasket moniker under these circumstances,^[2] but ultimately, the AsiaBasket name was still used.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles won the championship after defeating CSB Blazers at score 60–57 in the final tournament.^[3]

Teams

Name	Locality	Head coach
Ateneo Blue Eagles	Quezon City	Tab Baldwin
CSB Blazers	Malate, Manila	Charles Tiu
Corsa Tires	—	Monch Gavieres
FEU Tamaraws	Sampaloc, Manila	Denok Miranda
Letran Knights	Intramuros, Manila	Rensy Bajar
Pilipinas Aguilas	—	Andrew Felix
Perpetual Altas	Las Piñas	Mike Saguiguit
San Beda Red Lions	Mendiola, Manila	Andre Santos
Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	Las Piñas	Egay Billones
Uratex	—	Carmelo Lim

Format

The ten teams are divided into two groups of five, from there each team plays one game against all other teams from the same group, with each team playing four games.

The single-elimination knockout stage was expanded to now have the top four teams from each group, instead of the top. The first round is a crossover quarterfinals, where one team from both groups is matched against one another. The winning teams advance to the next round. In the semifinals, the losing teams advance to a third place game.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification	ADMU	COR	URA	CSB	UPHSD
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	4	4	0	346	297	+49	1.000	Quarterfinals	—	77–76	96–63	85–78	88–80
2	Corsa Tires	4	2	2	316	306	+10	.500		76–77	—	76–73	89–78	75–78
3	Uratex	4	2	2	321	346	−25	.500		63–96	73–76	—	97–93	88–81
4	Benilde Blazers	4	1	3	332	342	−10	.250		78–85	78–89	93–97	—	71–83
5	Perpetual Altas	4	1	3	310	334	−24	.250		80–88	78–75	81–88	83–71	—

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)
Rules for classification: 1) Win percentage; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Head-to-head point differential; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall point differential; 6) Overall points scored.

July 21	CSB Blazers	78–89	Corsa Tires
1:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 17–30, 13–14, 21–19
	Pts: Gozum 18 Rebs: Mara, Gozum 7 Asts: Carlos 6	Boxscore	Pts: Sanchez 21 Rebs: Sanchez 12 Asts: Estacio 6

July 21	Ateneo Blue Eagles	96–63	Uratex
5:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 28–11, 25–18, 26–17
	Pts: Ballungay 15 Rebs: Ballungay 15 Asts: Espinosa 5	Boxscore	Pts: Nzeusseu 23 Rebs: Adeogun 9 Asts: Bragais 4

July 22	Perpetual Altas	78–75	Corsa Tires
3:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 20–22, 23–17, 17–9
	Pts: Ferreras 21 Rebs: Boral, Nitura 8 Asts: Boral, Nitura 4	Boxscore	Pts: Sanchez, Anderson 18 Rebs: Ndong 16 Asts: Sanchez 7

July 22	Ateneo Blue Eagles	85–78	CSB Blazers
7:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 20–17, 18–18, 20–26
	Pts: Ballungay 19 Rebs: Obasa 12 Asts: Brown 3	Boxscore	Pts: Oczon 17 Rebs: Oczon 8 Asts: Nayve 6

July 23	Uratex	88–81	Perpetual Altas
3:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–21, 24–23, 21–18
	Pts: Adeogun 27 Rebs: Nzeusseu 18 Asts: Gil 5	Boxscore	Pts: Roque 16 Rebs: Abis 7 Asts: Razon 8

July 23	Corsa Tires	76–77	Ateneo Blue Eagles
7:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 23–20, 19–25, 21–17
	Pts: Sanchez 25 Rebs: Ndong 15 Asts: Anderson, Ynot 3	Boxscore	Pts: Ballungay 17 Rebs: Obasa 9 Asts: Espinosa 4

July 24	Uratex	97–93	CSB Blazers
5:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 29–27, 14–24, 29–22, 25–20
	Pts: Nzeusseu 29 Rebs: Nzeusseu, Adeogun 9 Asts: Gil 6	Boxscore	Pts: Gozum 19 Rebs: Gozum 5 Asts: Nayve 8

July 24	Perpetual Altas	80–88	Ateneo Blue Eagles
7:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 20–22, 27–24, 17–12
	Pts: Nitura 24 Rebs: Pagaran 8 Asts: Nitura 7	Boxscore	Pts: Ballungay 19 Rebs: Chiu 10 Asts: Espinosa 8

July 26	Corsa Tires	76–73	Uratex
1:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–19, 16–14, 21–21
	Pts: Anderson 18 Rebs: Ndong 20 Asts: Sanchez 8	Boxscore	Pts: Adeogun 20 Rebs: Adeogun 17 Asts: Vidal 4

July 26	CSB Blazers	83–71	Perpetual Altas
5:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 21–23, 23–14, 21–17
	Pts: Oczon 23 Rebs: Corteza, Gozum 10 Asts: Oczon 6	Boxscore	Pts: Roque 16 Rebs: Nitura 13 Asts: Nitura 10

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification	FEU	SAN	CSJL	SBU	PIL
1	FEU Tamaraws	4	4	0	332	274	+58	1.000	Quarterfinals	—	81–75	84–74	80–51	87–74
2	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	4	2	2	303	294	+9	.500^[a]		75–81	—	82–80	74–58	72–75
3	Letran Knights	4	2	2	350	326	+24	.500^[a]		74–84	80–82	—	85–84	111–76
4	San Beda Red Lions	4	1	3	286	327	−41	.250^[b]		51–80	58–74	84–85	—	93–88
5	Pilipinas Aguilas	4	1	3	313	363	−50	.250^[b]		74–87	75–72	76–111	88–93	—

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)
Rules for classification: 1) Win percentage; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Head-to-head point differential; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall point differential; 6) Overall points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sanzar wins tiebreaker over Letran by head-to-head victory.
^ ^a ^b San Beda wins tiebreaker over Pilipinas by head-to-head victory.

July 21	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	75–81	FEU Tamaraws
3:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 18–25, 16–16, 22–22
	Pts: Odou 28 Rebs: Odou 24 Asts: Torres 4	Boxscore	Pts: Torres 24 Rebs: Fatty 14 Asts: Anonuevo 7

July 21	San Beda Red Lions	84–85	Letran Knights
3:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 29–26, 29–22, 16–17, 10–20
	Pts: Sajonia 25 Rebs: Tolentino 12 Asts: Alloso 6	Boxscore	Pts: Reyson 19 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: Reyson 8

July 22	Pilipinas Aguilas	74–87	FEU Tamaraws
1:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 14–22, 20–25, 11–24
	Pts: Ramirez 29 Rebs: Toba 12 Asts: Ramirez 4	Boxscore	Pts: Torres 21 Rebs: Fatty 11 Asts: Sleat, Tempra 5

July 22	San Beda Red Lions	58–74	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals
5:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 20–27, 16–17, 5–19
	Pts: Sajonia 12 Rebs: Lina 7 Asts: Calimag 3	Boxscore	Pts: Odou 32 Rebs: Odou, Kone 17 Asts: Kawamura, Torres 3

July 23	Letran Knights	111–76	Pilipinas Aguilas
1:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 33–23, 28–14, 23–23
	Pts: Monje 29 Rebs: Santos 14 Asts: Reyson 9	Boxscore	Pts: Ramirez 16 Rebs: Toba 10 Asts: Enguio 3

July 23	FEU Tamaraws	80–51	San Beda Red Lions
5:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 24–9, 25–14, 23–13
	Pts: Sleat 15 Rebs: Fatty 12 Asts: Alforque 5	Boxscore	Pts: Calimag 11 Rebs: Tolentino 8 Asts: Alloso 5

July 24	Pilipinas Aguilas	88–93	San Beda Red Lions
1:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 25–20, 27–26, 22–20
	Pts: Enguio 21 Rebs: Eugene 18 Asts: Daez, Enguio 4	Boxscore	Pts: Calimag 26 Rebs: Calimag 13 Asts: Lecciones 6

July 24	Letran Knights	80–82	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals
3:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 22–25, 22–15, 10–22
	Pts: Reyson 24 Rebs: Javillonar 10 Asts: Reyson, Tolentino 10	Boxscore	Pts: Odou 23 Rebs: Kone 18 Asts: Torres 11

July 26	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	72–75	Pilipinas Aguilas
3:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 17–22, 21–22, 17–12
	Pts: Odou 30 Rebs: Kone 22 Asts: Ondoa 3	Boxscore	Pts: Ramirez 23 Rebs: Eugene 12 Asts: Ramirez, Caldozo 3

July 26	FEU Tamaraws	81–74	Letran Knights
7:00 p.m	Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 18–23, 27–18, 18–20
	Pts: Anonuevo 14 Rebs: Fatty 18 Asts: Sleat 4	Boxscore	Pts: Reyson 20 Rebs: Santos 15 Asts: Reyson 9

Knockout stage

The top four teams from the elimination round advanced to the quarterfinals. The winners advanced to a semifinal. The winners advanced to a one-game final while the losers contested in the third-place play-off game.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Ateneo

79

B4

San Beda

57

A1

Ateneo

89

B2

Sanzar

79

B2

Sanzar (OT)

82

A3

Uratex

79

A1

Ateneo

60

A4

CSB

57

B1

FEU

69

A4

CSB

75

A4

CSB

76

Third place

A2

Corsa

70

A2

Corsa

94

B2

Sanzar

95

B3

Letran

77

A2

Corsa

88

Quarterfinals

July 27	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	82–790(OT)	Uratex
1:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 24–21, 15–23, 15–13, Overtime: 7–4
	Pts: Kawamura, Odou 17 Rebs: Odou 16 Asts: Odou 6	Boxscore	Pts: Adeogun 25 Rebs: Nzeusseu 13 Asts: Bragais 6

July 27	Ateneo Blue Eagles	79–57	San Beda Red Lions
3:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 19–9, 20–9, 16–16
	Pts: Ballungay 17 Rebs: Ballungay, Obasa 8 Asts: Credo, Gomez 4	Boxscore	Pts: Sajonia 12 Rebs: Calimag, Tolentino 8 Asts: Peregrina 3

July 27	FEU Tamaraws	69–75	CSB Blazers
5:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–17, 19–27, 16–14
	Pts: Anonuevo 17 Rebs: Fatty 13 Asts: Alforque, Sleat 4	Boxscore	Pts: Oczon 18 Rebs: Gozum 11 Asts: Oczon, Nayve 6

July 27	Corsa Tires	94–77	Letran Knights
7:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 28–22, 16–17, 18–19
	Pts: Sanchez 25 Rebs: Ynot 12 Asts: Sanchez 5	Boxscore	Pts: Reyson 23 Rebs: Javillonar, Guarino 7 Asts: Reyson 8

Semifinals

July 28	CSB Blazers	76–70	Corsa Tires
4:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 18–14, 23–17, 16–17
	Pts: three players 13 Rebs: Turco 13 Asts: Oczon, Sangco 4	Boxscore	Pts: Anderson 17 Rebs: Ndong 12 Asts: Macatangay, Estacio 2

July 28	Ateneo Blue Eagles	89–79	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals
6:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 22–17, 17–26, 19–17
	Pts: Ballungay 17 Rebs: Chiu,Obasa 7 Asts: Espinosa 5	Boxscore	Pts: Odou 7 Rebs: Kone 12 Asts: Torres 6

Third place game

July 30	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	95–88	Corsa Tires
4:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 22–26, 26–15, 24–30
	Pts: Odou 21 Rebs: Odou 18 Asts: Torres 9	Boxscore	Pts: Ynot 18 Rebs: Ynot 12 Asts: Ynot 9

Finals

July 30	Ateneo Blue Eagles	60–57	CSB Blazers
6:30 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 12–14, 17–16, 10–12
	Pts: Espinosa 15 Rebs: Obasa 16 Asts: Quitevis 5	Boxscore	Pts: Gozum 12 Rebs: Oczon 8 Asts: Oczon 6

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Adeshokan Odou	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	24.0
Rebounds per game	Salomon Kone	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	16.6
Assists per game	Kurt Spencer Reyson	Letran Knights	7.8
Steals per game	Xyrus Torres Edrian Ramirez	FEU Tamaraws Pilipinas Aguilas	2.8
Blocks per game	Mouhammed Fatty	FEU Tamaraws	2.6
FG%	Ola Adeogun	Uratex	59.7%
FT%	Edrian Ramirez	Pilipinas Aguilas	85.7%
3FG%	Kobe Monje	Letran Knights	85.7%

Team statistical leaders

Category	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Letran Knights	85.4
Rebounds per game	FEU Tamaraws	58.0
Assists per game	Letran Knights	23.2
Steals per game	Letran Knights	11.8
Blocks per game	Letran Knights	5.4
Turnovers per game	Uratex	19.8

Awards

The individual league awards was given before the Finals of the 2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship at the Villar Coliseum in Las Piñas.


Awards	Winner (s)	Team
Most Valuable Player	Kainoa Ballungay	Ateneo Blue Eagles
All-AsiaBasket First Team	Justine Sanchez	Corsa Tires
	Adeshokan Odou	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals
	Kainoa Ballungay	Ateneo Blue Eagles
	Tony Ynot	Corsa Tires
	Will Gozum	CSB Blazers
All-AsiaBasket Second Team	Xyrus Torres	FEU Tamaraws
	Ian Torres	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals
	Miguel Oczon	CSB Blazers
	Kevin Santos	Letran Knights
	Joseph Obasa	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Coach of the Tournament	Tab Baldwin	Ateneo Blue Eagles

References

^ "College teams battle current, former pros in AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship". dugout.ph. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
^ Morales, Luisa (March 10, 2023). "Filbasket expands, rebrands into AsiaBasket". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ Mendoza, Martin (July 31, 2023). "Ian Espinosa steps up as Ateneo survives CSB for AsiaBasket crown". Rappler. Retrieved July 30, 2023.

[table_hth_SAN0.91616080464616-4] Sanzar wins tiebreaker over Letran by head-to-head victory.

[table_hth_SBU0.91616080464616-5] San Beda wins tiebreaker over Pilipinas by head-to-head victory.

[1] "College teams battle current, former pros in AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship". dugout.ph. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

[2] Morales, Luisa (March 10, 2023). "Filbasket expands, rebrands into AsiaBasket". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[3] Mendoza, Martin (July 31, 2023). "Ian Espinosa steps up as Ateneo survives CSB for AsiaBasket crown". Rappler. Retrieved July 30, 2023.

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