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2013 UST Growling Tigers basketball team
| 2013 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball |
|---|
| #4 |
| #2 |
| 11–8 (8–6 elims) |
| Pido Jarencio (8th season) |
| Estong BallesterosSenen Dueñas |
| Jeric Teng (5th season) |
The 2013 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 76th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2013-2014 began on June 29, 2013 and the host school for the season was Adamson University.
The Tigers, who at one point in the season were at sixth place in the standings with a 4-5 record finished fourth at the end of the double round-robin eliminations with eight wins against six losses. They made it to the Finals for the second straight year after defeating the No. 1-ranked NU Bulldogs in a repeat of their Final Four match last year while having a twice-to-win disadvantage. UST made history by becoming the first fourth-seeded team in the UAAP to reach the Finals.
They lost to La Salle in the best-of-three championship series. The Tigers who were facing the Green Archers in the Finals for the first time since 1999, had snapped La Salle's nine-game winning streak in Game One by a single point at 73-72. The Archers went on to win the next two games for the title with Game Three going into overtime.
Cameroonian center Karim Abdul was selected to the Mythical team for the second straight year.
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul | Hainga | Faundo | |||
| Ferrer | Pe | Lao | |||
| Mariano | Lo | ||||
| Teng | Daquioag | So | |||
| Bautista | Sheriff | Tan |
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | 7 | Jeric Marco Fortuna | 5' 7" | 5th | De La Salle Santiago Zobel School | Graduated | |
| PF | 8 | Carmelo Afuang | 6' 4" | 5th | San Beda College–Rizal | Graduated | |
| PG | 12 | Janrey Garrido | 5' 6" | 2nd | Hope Christian High School | Out on injury | |
| SG | 17 | Christian Errol Villar | 6' 0" | 2nd | Hope Christian High School | Transferred to Enderun Colleges | |
| SG | 18 | Louie Philippe Vigil | 6' 3" | 3rd | José Rizal University | Academic deficiencies | |
| C | 19 | Kenneth Mamaril | 6' 5" | 3rd | San Sebastian College-Recoletos | Relegated to Team B |
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | 11 | Edcor Marata | 5' 10" | 2nd | University of the Visayas | Returning from Season 73 | |
| PF | 12 | Jon Cornelius Macasaet | 6' 3" | 1st | San Sebastian College-Recoletos | Rookie | |
| SF | 14 | Brian James So | 6' 2" | 1st | Colegio de San Juan de Letran | Rookie | |
| C | 17 | Jeepy Faundo | 6' 6" | 1st | José Rizal University | Rookie | |
| PG | 18 | Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. | 5' 9" | 2nd | Loyola Catholic Secondary School | Returning from Season 74 | |
| SF | 19 | Kent Jefferson Lao | 6' 4" | 2nd | Saint Stephen's High School | Returning from Season 74 |
| Name | Pos. | Height | High school | Hometown | Commit date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joco Macasaet | PF | 6' 3" | San Sebastian College-Recoletos | Batangas City | 24 Apr 2013 |
| 2013 National Basketball Training Center Top 30 player | |||||
| Sources: 12 |
The Growling Tigers' season was plagued with injuries. Team captain Jeric Teng was leading in statistical points early in the tournament before suffering a slight labral tear on his shoulder. The injury which required the aid of crutches sidelined him for five games. Teng returned in the second round but got injured again after playing just one game when he sustained a pulled hamstring. He was fully recovered in time for the playoffs and was able to play in all of the team's Final Four and championship games.
Aljon Mariano had played the whole season while nursing an ankle injury while Kevin Ferrer suffered a fractured cheek bone from an elbow hit during a game against the UE Red Warriors. The injury required the use of a protective mask during games and corrective eye glasses outside games for a period of two months.
Returning point guard Pipoy Marata and rookie Joco Macasaet both suffered ACL injuries, while Brian So who was also a rookie had a lateral collateral ligament stress. All three players did not finish the season.
The Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup games were aired on Studio 23.
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on Studio 23 and Balls. The second and third games of the Finals series were aired on ABS-CBN and Balls.
| 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 | TOV | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game |
| Name | Award | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | UAAP runners-up | 12 Oct 2013 | |
| 2013 Millennium Basketball League champions | May 2013 | ||
| Ed Daquioag | 2013 Millennium Basketball League MVP | ||
| Aljon Mariano | Filoil Flying V Best Five of the Week | 6–11 May 2013 | |
| Karim Abdul | UAAP Mythical team | 5 Oct 2013 |
Jeric Teng was picked 12th overall by the Yeng Guiao-led Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team in the second round of the 2013 PBA draft on November 3, 2013. Tata Bautista applied for the rookie draft in 2014 and was selected 34th overall by the Blackwater Elite on August 24, 2014, while Robert Hainga did the same in 2015 and ended up with the Mahindra Enforcer team as the 49th overall pick on August 23, 2015.
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | PBA team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Jeric Teng | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| 2014 | 3 | 10 | 34 | Clark Bautista | Blackwater Elite |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 49 | Robert Hainga | Mahindra Enforcer |
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