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The 2024 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team is representing the University of Santo Tomas in the ongoing 87th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines . The men's basketball tournament for the academic year 2024–25 began on September 7, 2024, and the host school for the season is the University of the Philippines .[ 1]
The Growling Tigers presented 18 players for the UAAP media day photo shoot on August 29, 2024. The roster was finalized on September 5, 2024, with forward Lorenzo Bangco and Nigerian center Peter Osang getting cut from the official 16-man lineup.[ 2] [ 3]
UST Growling Tigers roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
Reil Vinard Espino
Ronald Christopher Cua
Jose Avelino Vergara
Team manager
Legend
(C) Team captain Injured
Depth chart
Pos.
Starting 5
Bench 1
Bench 2
C
Tounkara
Crisostomo
PF
Manaytay
Llemit
SF
Cabañero
Pangilinan
SG
Robinson
Acido
Estacio
PG
Padrigao
Paranada
Name
Pos.
Height
High school
Hometown
Commit date
Ref.
Amiel Acido
SG
6' 3"
University of Perpetual Help
Antipolo
31 May 2024
[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
2023 NBTC Top 24 rank: 11
2024 NBTC Top 24 rank: 3
Forthsky Padrigao
PG
5' 11"
Ateneo de Manila
Zamboanga City
30 Sep 2023
[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
2019 NBTC Top 24 rank: 11 (National Finals #5 seed, Division 1 Round-of-16 qualifier)
2020 NBTC Top 24 rank: 15
Zain Mahmood
C
6' 7"
Maranatha High School
Mississauga
23 Feb 2024
[ 10] [ 11]
2023 NBTC Top 24 rank: N/A (National Finals #1 seed, Division 1 finalists)
The National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) is a grassroots program in the Philippines that develops and ranks outstanding players from high schools who compete in a five month-long nationwide youth basketball tournament. The program has enabled local coaches to recruit skilled players to play collegiate basketball.[ 12]
Schedule and results [ edit ]
The Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup games were aired via livestream on the Facebook pages of Filoil EcoOil Sports and Smart Sports , and Filoil EcoOil Sports' YouTube channel.
Preseason game log
2024 Filoil EcoOil 17th Preseason Cup: 3–4
Game
Date • Time
Opponent
Result
Record
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
1
May 17 • 5:00 pm
De La Salle Green Archers
L 61–68
0–1
Cabañero (14)
Tounkara (9)
Padrigao (3)
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan
2
May 20 • 5:00 pm
UP Fighting Maroons
L 73–76
0–2
Estacio (16)
Tounkara (10)
Padrigao (6)
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan
3
May 22 • 1:00 pm
NU Bulldogs
W 76–75OT
1–2
Cabañero (19)
Tounkara (14)
Paranada (5)
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan
4
May 27 • 1:00 pm
Ateneo Blue Eagles
W 63–52
2–2
Osang (16)
Osang (12)
Padrigao (6)
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan
5
Jun 1 • 9:00 am
UE Red Warriors
L 60–66
2–3
Crisostomo (12)
Osang (15)
Padrigao (3)
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan
6
Jun 5 • 5:00 pm
Adamson Soaring Falcons
W 58–54
3–3
Tounkara (15)
Tounkara (10)
Padrigao (2)
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan
7
Jun 6 • 1:00 pm
FEU Tamaraws
L 72–79
3–4
Cabañero (17)
Osang (14)
Tied (2)
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00 .
Elimination games are played in a double round-robin format and all of UST's games are televised on One Sports and the UAAP Varsity Channel , and livestreamed through the Pilipinas Live app .
UAAP Season 87 game log
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00 . Source: Imperium Technology
Individual statistics [ edit ]
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FGM
FGA
FG%
3PM
3PA
3P%
FTM
FTA
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
TOV
PPG
Nic Cabañero
4
4
25.8
18
50
36.0
6
22
27.3
9
18
50.0
4.8
2.0
0.5
0.3
0.5
12.8
Mo Tounkara
4
4
30.3
20
43
46.5
1
5
20.0
10
12
83.3
8.3
1.5
0.5
0.5
2.0
12.8
Christian Manaytay
4
1
18.8
13
20
65.0
1
4
25.0
6
7
85.7
3.3
1.3
1.0
0.0
2.0
8.3
Gelo Crisostomo
4
3
20.0
10
21
47.6
0
3
0.0
5
6
83.3
8.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.8
6.3
Mark Llemit
4
0
17.3
6
14
42.9
3
9
33.3
6
7
85.7
2.3
1.8
0.8
0.0
0.8
5.3
Forthsky Padrigao
4
4
23.1
8
35
22.9
4
23
17.4
1
4
25.0
4.0
6.8
0.8
0.0
2.8
5.3
Kyle Paranada
4
0
11.7
5
14
35.7
4
11
36.4
5
6
83.3
1.3
2.3
0.3
0.0
1.3
4.8
Geremy Robinson
4
1
14.6
4
12
33.3
1
5
20.0
2
6
33.3
2.0
0.8
0.5
0.0
0.3
2.8
Migs Pangilinan
4
0
10.8
3
11
27.3
3
11
27.3
2
4
50.0
1.5
0.5
0.3
0.0
0.8
2.8
Amiel Acido
4
0
7.7
3
9
33.3
2
6
33.3
2
2
100.0
2.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.8
2.5
Chase Lane
3
3
9.3
2
5
40.0
0
2
0.0
3
4
75.0
1.0
1.0
0.7
0.0
0.3
2.3
Leland Estacio
4
0
11.3
2
5
40.0
1
4
25.0
0
0
0.0
1.0
1.5
0.5
0.0
0.5
1.3
Echo Laure
2
0
1.8
1
2
50.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
Zain Mahmood
2
0
1.4
0
1
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Total
4
40.0
95
242
39.3
26
106
24.5
51
76
67.1
40.8
20.0
6.3
1.3
13.0
66.8
Opponents
4
40.0
90
244
36.9
23
92
25.0
49
68
72.1
38.5
15.0
5.0
3.0
13.8
63.0
Source: Imperium Technology
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