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The 2018 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 81st season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2018-19 began on September 8, 2018, and the host school for the season was National University.[1]

2018 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #6
Final rank#6
2018 record5–9
Head coachAldin Ayo (1st season)
Assistant coachesBonnie Garcia
Randy Alcantara
CaptainMarvin Lee (4th season)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →

The Tigers finished sixth at the end of the double round-robin eliminations with 5 games and 9 losses. UST at one point during the second round was at fourth place in the standings, but they went on to lose all four of their remaining games and crashed out of the Final Four matches.[2]

They had an average losing margin of 21.0 points and an average winning margin of 9.8 points.

Two of the Growling Tigers' opponents gave them blowout losses in both rounds of the eliminations. The Ateneo Blue Eagles won over them by 32 and 40 points in each round, while the De La Salle Green Archers won by 27 and 41 points.[3][4][5][6]

The 41-point loss to La Salle was the worst in the career of Aldin Ayo, the one-time back-to-back NCAA and UAAP champion coach.[6]

Returning fourth year point guard Renzo Subido was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps in the first round of eliminations for the duration of September 12–16, while rookie CJ Cansino received the citation twice on the weeks of October 10–14 and October 24–28.[7][8][9]

Cansino, the Season 80 Juniors MVP also made history when he became the first rookie to score a triple-double since UAAP statistics were first officially recorded in 2003. Against the UE Red Warriors in the second round, Cansino tallied 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists.[9]

The Growling Tigers also recorded a single-game league best 59 rebounds in their opening game on September 8, 2018, against the NU Bulldogs.

Roster

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UST Growling Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
C 0   Steve Cedrick Akomo   6'9" (2.06m) 5th Lycée bilingue de Fondonera
PF 2   Ira Spencer Bataller 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Arellano University High School
SF 4   Mario Emmanuel Bonleon, Jr. 6'3" (1.91m) 4th La Salle Greenhills
PG 5   Henri Lorenzo Subido 5'9" (1.75m) 4th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
SG 6   Dean Marvin Lee (C) 5'8" (1.73m) 4th Far Eastern University-Diliman
SG 7   Joshua Miguel Marcos 6'0" (1.83m) 1st La Salle Greenhills
PG 8   John Kenneth Zamora 5'11" (1.8m) 2nd Arellano University High School
PG 10   John Mark Lagumen 5'11" (1.8m) 1st San Beda University–Rizal
C 11   Enrique Caunan, Jr. 6'5" (1.96m) 4th Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PF 13   Zachary Lance Eden Huang 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Sacred Heart School–Ateneo de Cebu
SG 15   Toby Bryan Agustin 6'1" (1.85m) 1st José Rizal University
PF 16   Nathaniel Cosejo 6'3" (1.91m) 1st De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
C 26   Germy Mahinay 6'6" (1.98m) 1st San Beda University–Rizal
SF 27   Crispin John Cansino 6'2" (1.88m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
C 41   Arnold Dave Ando 6'7" (2.01m) 1st University of San Jose–Recoletos
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Philip Lee Go
  • Marvin James Pangilinan
  • Noel Zorilla
Team manager
  • Francisco Juan Dumlao
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Caunan Mahinay Ando
PF Huang Cosejo Bataller
SF Cansino Bonleon
SG Lee Marcos Agustin
PG Zamora Subido Lagumen

Roster changes

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Only big man Jeepy Faundo has graduated, but the team experienced an exodus of players before the start of the UAAP season.[10]

Regie Boy Basibas, who had suited up for the Tigers in their preseason games, and Joco Macasaet, their veteran center, were both faced with uncertainties regarding the league's age eligibility rules as both players were turning 25 within the school year. Both of them decided to move on from the team to play in the commercial leagues.[11]

Jordan Sta. Ana also played in the preseason, but decided to go on leave for personal reasons. He later announced his transfer to Letran.[12][13]

The official lineup for UST's Season 81 campaign consisted of nine new players (eight rookies, one transferee), four holdovers and two returnees.[14]

With a champion coach tapped to handle the team, analysts have stressed how the team is still in a rebuilding phase and have once again predicted UST to miss out on a Final Four finish.[15]

Subtractions

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Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
SF 5   Regie Boy Basibas 6' 3" 4th Arellano University High School Age ineligibility
PG 7   John Jordan Sta. Ana 6' 0" 3rd Nazareth School of National University Transferred to Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PG 8   Oliver Wendell de Guzman 5' 8" 3rd Nazareth School of National University Transferred to Arellano University
SG 10   Martin Arthur Romero 6' 0" 2nd De La Salle Santiago Zobel School Academic deficiencies
PG 14   Ebenezer Godwin Kwawukumey 5' 7" 2nd Vaughan Secondary School Academic deficiencies
C 15   Jeepy Faundo 6' 6" 5th José Rizal University Graduated
PF 16   Justin Arana 6' 5" 4th Basud National High School Transferred to Arellano University
SF 17   Jose Carlos Escalambre 6' 2" 4th San Sebastian College-Recoletos Academic deficiencies
SG 18   Leon Alfonzo Lorenzana 6' 4" 2nd University of Santo Tomas Transferred to the University of the East
PF 19   Christian Laurent Garcia 6' 4" 4th Arellano University High School Academic deficiencies
PF 20   Vaughn Jorem Soriano 6' 4" 2nd University of Santo Tomas Relegated to Team B
C 21   Jon Cornelius Macasaet 6' 3" 4th San Sebastian College-Recoletos Age ineligibility

Additions

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Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
PF 2   Ira Spencer Bataller 6' 4" 1st Arellano University High School Rookie
SF 4   Mario Emmanuel Bonleon, Jr. 6' 3" 4th La Salle Greenhills Returning from Season 79
PG 5   Henri Lorenzo Subido 5' 9" 4th De La Salle Santiago Zobel School Returning from Season 79
SG 7   Joshua Miguel Marcos 6' 0" 1st La Salle Greenhills Rookie
PG 8   John Kenneth Zamora 5' 11" 2nd Arellano University High School Transferred from Arellano University
PG 10   John Mark Lagumen 5' 11" 1st San Beda University–Rizal Rookie
SG 15   Toby Bryan Agustin 6' 1" 1st José Rizal University Rookie
PF 16   Nathaniel Cosejo 6' 3" 1st De La Salle Santiago Zobel School Rookie
C 26   Germy Mahinay 6' 6" 1st San Beda University–Rizal Rookie
SF 27   Crispin John Cansino 6' 2" 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
C 41   Arnold Dave Ando 6' 7" 1st University of San Jose–Recoletos Rookie

Recruiting class

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Name Pos. Height High school Hometown Commit date
CJ Cansino SG 6' 2" University of Santo Tomas Valenzuela City 5 Mar 2018
2018 NBTC rank: #5
Germy Mahinay C 6' 6" San Beda University–Rizal Las Piñas 12 Jul 2018
2017 NBTC rank: #22 (Division 1 champion)
Joshua Marcos SG 6' 1" La Salle Greenhills Mandaluyong 20 Mar 2018
2018 NBTC rank: N/A (Division 1 finalist)
Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Coaching changes

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Aldin Ayo replaced Boy Sablan as head coach on January 11, 2018. The coaching change was announced by Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) director Fr. Jannel Abogado following Sablan's resignation on November 20, 2017, together with his entire coaching staff.[16]

Ayo, a former player of the 1998 and 1999 NCAA champion Letran Knights came into coaching prominence after leading the Knights to the 2015 championship on his first year and duplicating the feat when he jumped over to the UAAP to lead La Salle to the 2016 championship. At the end of Season 80, he made a decision to sign with UST where he will coach the men's basketball team for the next six years.[17]

Coaching Staff

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Appointed as Ayo's deputies were McJour Luib, Kristoffer Co, Bonnie Garcia, Randy Alcantara, Jason Misolas, Nap Garcia, Ruden de Vera, Philip Go, Marvin Pangilinan, and Noel Zorilla.[18]

  • McJour Luib was a player of the 2015 NCAA champion Letran Knights under Ayo. After his second and last playing year in 2016, he accepted an invitation to be in Ayo's coaching staff at La Salle. He was the first to join Ayo at UST, where aside from scouting opponents, he will also coach the Tiger Cubs' under-15 basketball team.[19][20][21]
  • Kristoffer Co was also a member of Ayo's coaching staff at La Salle.
  • Bonnie Garcia is a veteran coach who led the Colegio de San Lorenzo Griffins to the 2017 UCBL and NCR-UCLAA championships.[22][23]
He was also the head coach of the Sta. Lucia basketball team in the PCBL in 2015, as well as a team consultant for the FedEx Express team in the PBA before becoming full-fledged coach in 2003. The former coach of the Manuel L. Quezon University Pythons also called shots in the MBA: for the Pampanga Dragons in 2000, and the Laguna Lakers in 1998 and 2001. He was an assistant coach of the Mapúa Cardinals under Atoy Co, and the San Beda Red Lions under Frankie Lim.[24][25]
As a collegiate player, Garcia was the team captain of the three-time Metro Manila Universities Athletic Association (MMUCAA) champions, the FEATI University Hi-Flyers.[26]
He was chosen to replace Chris Cantonjos as the head coach of the UST Tiger Cubs.[27]
Alcantara was being seriously considered to replace Aldin Ayo as Letran's head coach but school officials eventually decided to hire Jeff Napa for the position.[30]
He was a former Mapúa Cardinal who played for the Tanduay franchises in the PBL and in the MBA for the Laguna Lakers under coach Bonnie Garcia. He was picked by the Formula Shell team in the third round of 1998 PBA rookie draft.[31][32]

Injuries

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  • Steve Akomo's season was cut short after only four games due to a season-ending concussion. He missed the October 3 game against La Salle on suspected food poisoning, but was later found to have blood clots in the head.[36]
Akomo was also not able to play in the preseason due to a knee injury.[37]
  • CJ Cansino sustained an ACL injury during their game against the UP Fighting Maroons in the second round. He sprained his left foot during their previous game against the Adamson Falcons and had to be assisted in getting up for treatment in the team's locker room. He came back to finish the game with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter. He also sprained his ankle as a result of a bad landing from a layup drive at the end of the first half during their game against UE in the second round. He came back to start the second half and ended the game with a triple-double.[38][39]
  • Renzo Subido missed their game against the UE Red Warriors in the second round after suffering an injury on his left ankle. He was back for their next game against La Salle. He also missed some preseason games due to another ankle injury.[40][41]
  • JM Lagumen injured his right leg in the second round of eliminations which caused him to miss the remaining games of the season.
  • Mario Bonleon had a few on-and-off injuries throughout the season. He had a shoulder injury during one of their preseason games and got injured again with less than two months to go before the start of the UAAP tournament.[42]
  • Enric Caunan missed some preseason games due to a foot injury.

Schedule and results

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Preseason tournaments

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See also: 2018 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup and Universities and Colleges Basketball League

The Filoil Preseason Cup games were aired on 5 Plus and ESPN 5. The UCBL games were aired on Solar Sports.

Preseason game log
12th Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup: 2–6
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Apr 22 Letran Knights L 90–95 0–1 Basibas (16) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
2 May 11 San Sebastian Stags L 71–79 0–2 Lee (23) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
3 May 15 JRU Heavy Bombers W 98–88 1–2 Subido (24) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
4 May 18 Adamson Soaring Falcons L 64–87 1–3 Lee (15) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
5 May 22 Benilde Blazers L 87–99 1–4 Zamora (22) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
6 May 25 FEU Tamaraws L 82–86 1–5 Huang (23) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
7 Jun 12 Lyceum Pirates L 88–93 1–6 Lee (18) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
8 Jun 15 Arellano Chiefs W 82–73 2–6 Subido (30) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
2018 UCBL Summer Tournament: 4–6
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1[a] May 9 JRU Heavy Bombers L 87–93 0–1 Concepcion (38) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
2 May 13 CEU Scorpions L 80–81 0–2 Cansino (17) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
3[a] May 16 Olivarez College Sea Lions W 79–77 1–2 Concepcion (21) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
4[a] May 20 NU Bulldogs L 68–73 1–3 Concepcion (18) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
5[a] May 23 Diliman College Blue Dragons W 74–68 2–3 Chabi Yo (23) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
6[a] May 27 JRU Heavy Bombers W 79–67 3–3 Abando (17) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
7[a] May 30 CEU Scorpions L 76–104 3–4 Concepcion (19) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
8[a] Jun 3 NU Bulldogs W 82–79 4–4 Concepcion (24) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
9[a] Jun 6 Diliman College Blue Dragons L 74–105 4–5 Paraiso (19) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
10 Jun 13 Olivarez College Sea Lions Cancelled Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
11[a] Jun 20 NU Bulldogs L 82–89 4–6 Paraiso (34) Philippine Buddhacare Academy
Quezon City
8th Kim Lope Asis Invitational: 4–0
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Jun 26 UC Webmasters W 78–71 1–0 Subido (17) Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium
Bayugan
2 Jun 27 SWU Cobras W 95–89OT 2–0 Subido (21) Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium
Bayugan
3 Jun 28 Lyceum Pirates W 101–88 3–0 Subido (23) Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium
Bayugan
4 Jun 29 UC Webmasters
Championship game 		W 88–83 4–0 Lee (20) Lope Asis Memorial Gymnasium
Bayugan
33rd Kadayawan Basketball Invitational: 2–2
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Aug 9 Davao-Go-Duterte Eagles L 97–102 0–1 Lee (33) Davao City Recreation Center
2 Aug 10 UC Webmasters W 72–70 1–1 Lee (18) Davao City Recreation Center
3 Aug 11 NU Bulldogs W 80–65 2–1 Zamora (16) Davao City Recreation Center
4 Aug 12 Davao-Go-Duterte Eagles
Championship game 		L 90–94 2–2 Zamora (28) Davao City Recreation Center
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Sherwin Concepcion, Soulémane Chabi Yo, Rhenz Abando, and Brent Paraiso are all in the Team B roster

UAAP games

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Further information: UAAP Season 81 basketball tournaments

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format and all of UST's games were televised on ABS-CBN Sports and Action and Liga.

UAAP Season 81 game log
Elimination round: 5–9
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Sep 8 • 4:00 pm NU Bulldogs L 70–75 0–1 Cansino (20) Akomo (14) Tied (3) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
2 Sep 12 • 2:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 76–74 1–1 Subido (18) Cansino (10) Lee (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Sep 16 • 4:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons Postponed due to Typhoon Ompong[43] Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
3 Sep 22 • 2:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons L 71–79 1–2 Cansino (18) Akomo (12) Subido (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
4 Sep 29 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 53–85 1–3 Subido (19) Cansino (10) Lee (4) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
5 Oct 3 • 2:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 72–99 1–4 Subido (16) Cosejo (7) Zamora (5) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
6 Oct 6 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 80–66 2–4 Subido (22) Cansino (17) Cansino (4) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
7 Oct 10 • 2:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons
End of R1 of eliminations 		W 86–72 3–4 Cansino (16) Huang (13) Cansino (7) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
8 Oct 14 • 2:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 78–70 4–4 Huang (20) Cansino (12) Lee (5) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
9 Oct 21 • 2:00 pm NU Bulldogs L 61–69 4–5 Subido (18) Cansino (18) Cansino (5) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
10 Oct 28 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 79–68 5–5 Lee (30) Cansino (14) Cansino (10) Filoil Flying V Centre
San Juan
11 Nov 3 • 2:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 69–110 5–6 Lee (26) Cansino (9) Cansino (3) Ynares Center
Antipolo
12 Nov 7 • 2:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons L 83–96 5–7 Subido (21) Cansino (12) Cansino (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
13 Nov 10 • 4:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons L 69–83 5–8 Lee (26) Tied (5) Marcos (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
14 Nov 14 • 2:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles
End of R2 of eliminations 		L 62–102 5–9 Subido (18) Agustin (9) Agustin (3) Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: Imperium Technology

UAAP Statistics

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Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG
Renzo Subido 13 2 29.3 62 196 31.6 42 126 33.3 38 47 80.9 2.5 1.9 0.4 0.0 3.2 15.7
Marvin Lee 14 13 29.0 59 181 32.6 44 141 31.2 39 41 95.1 3.4 2.1 1.4 0.1 2.2 14.4
CJ Cansino 13 13 27.3 51 117 43.6 14 38 36.8 50 63 79.4 10.3 3.6 0.5 0.2 2.9 12.8
Steve Akomo 4 1 25.4 15 28 53.6 0 0 0.0 9 16 56.3 9.5 0.3 0.0 1.8 2.3 9.8
Zach Huang 14 12 22.7 40 100 40.0 1 9 11.1 35 53 66.0 6.0 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.1 8.3
Germy Mahinay 13 0 17.2 23 56 41.1 0 0 0.0 12 22 54.6 5.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.9 4.5
Joshua Marcos 14 2 12.8 18 43 41.2 4 14 28.6 9 18 50.0 2.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 1.6 3.5
Ken Zamora 14 12 17.2 14 78 18.0 11 66 16.7 7 10 70.0 1.6 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.6 3.3
Enric Caunan 13 13 12.9 16 42 38.1 0 0 0.0 6 8 75.0 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.4 2.9
Ira Bataller 12 1 13.4 9 35 25.7 2 13 15.4 9 16 56.2 3.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.4
Toby Agustin 10 0 9.0 9 24 37.5 1 5 20.0 5 8 62.5 2.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.8 2.4
Mario Bonleon 8 0 5.9 5 17 29.4 1 10 10.0 4 6 66.7 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.9
Nat Cosejo 11 1 9.7 8 28 28.6 1 3 33.3 3 6 50.0 3.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.5 1.8
Dave Ando 2 0 6.2 1 3 33.3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
JM Lagumen 3 0 4.2 1 5 20.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7
Total 14 40.0 328 954 34.4 121 426 28.4 226 313 72.2 44.8 12.9 3.4 2.6 17.1 72.1
Opponents 14 40.0 440 834 52.8 86 313 27.5 182 257 70.8 44.5 16.4 5.9 4.8 13.0 82.0
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: Imperium Technology

Awards

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Name Award Date Ref.
Team Kadayawan Invitational runners-up 12 Aug 2018 [44]
Kim Lope Asis Invitational champions 29 Jun 2018 [45]
Renzo Subido Kim Lope Asis Invitational MVP
Player of the Week 12–16 Sep 2018 [7]
CJ Cansino Player of the Week 10–14 Oct 2018 [8]
24–28 Oct 2018 [9]

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