2022 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

2022 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #8
Final rank#8
2022 record1–13
Head coachBal David (1st season)
Assistant coachesRodney Santos
Ronald Magtulis
CaptainPaul Manalang (2nd season)
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Santo Tomas in the 85th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the academic year 2022-23 began on October 1, 2022, and the host school for the season was Adamson University.[1]

The Tigers finished eighth and last at the end of the double round-robin eliminations, winning only one game against 13 losses as they tied the team's worst record in the Final Four era. UST won their opening match against the Adamson Falcons before going on a 13-game losing streak to end the season.[2]

They had an average losing margin of 15.3 points against a single 9-point win for the entire season. Four of their losses were by blowouts, with three in the first round against the De La Salle Green Archers, the Ateneo Blue Eagles, and the UP Fighting Maroons by 20, 27, and 25 points respectively. They also lost to the UE Red Warriors by 30 points in the second round.[3][4][5][6]

Sophomore guard Nic Cabañero emerged as the season's scoring leader with an average of 17.6 points per game. He recorded the league's highest single-game score of 33 points in their season-opener against Adamson on October 1, 2022. Starting center Adama Faye led the league in rebounds with an average of 12.2 boards per game to go with his 11.4 points per game for a double-double average.[7][8]

  1. ^ Leongson, Randolph. "UAAP Season 85 to open with men's basketball on Oct. 1". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  2. ^ Morales, Luisa. "Archers survive Tigers to keep Final Four hopes alive". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 30 Nov 2022.
  3. ^ Mendoza, Martin. "La Salle bounces back with 20-point demolition of UST". Rappler. Retrieved 5 Oct 2022.
  4. ^ Navarro, June. "Ateneo rebounds with demolishing of UST". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 Oct 2022.
  5. ^ Leongson, Randolph. "UP wins by 25 points over UST to extend win streak to three". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 22 Oct 2022.
  6. ^ Navarro, June. "UE dumps UST to snap 3-game skid". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 Nov 2022.
  7. ^ Leongson, Randolph. "Cabanero top scorer, Faye top rebounder after UAAP elims". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 3 Dec 2022.
  8. ^ Navarro, June. "Cabanero drops career-best 33 to lift UST past Adamson in opener". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 Oct 2022.