2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship

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]

2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship
Tournament details
CountryPhilippines
CityLas Piñas
DatesJuly 21–30
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsAteneo Blue Eagles (1st title)
Runner-upCSB Blazers
Third placeSanzar Pharmaceuticals
Fourth placeCorsa Tires

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

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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

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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

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Group A

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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

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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:
  1. ^ a b Sanzar wins tiebreaker over Letran by head-to-head victory.
  2. ^ 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Individual statistical leaders

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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

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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

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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

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  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.