2016 FEU Tamaraws basketball team

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2016 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball
ConferenceUAAP
Record10–6 (9–5 Elimination Round)
Head coach
  • Nash Racela (4th season)
Assistant coachEric Gonzales, Ryan Betia, Gilbert Lao, and Johnny Abarrientos
CaptainRaymar Jose
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 FEU Tamaraws Men's Basketball Team represents Far Eastern University during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 79th season in men's basketball division. The Tamaraws are led by their fourth year coach Nash Racela.

The Tamaraws are looking to defend their crown this season, facing a great challenge with core players like Mac Belo, Mike Tolomia and Russel Escoto leaving the team due to graduation,[1] FEU parades a lineup with half of the team are newcomers.

Departures[edit]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Al Francis Tamsi 5 SG 6'0" - Senior Tagbilaran, Bohol Graduated
Russel Escoto 8 C 6'6" - Senior Angeles City Playing for Gilas Pilipinas[2]
Steve Holmqvist 11 SF 6'4" - Sophomore Oslo, Norway Injured
Rey Mark Belo 12 PF 6'4" - Senior Midsayap, Cotabato Playing for Gilas Pilipinas[3]
Mike Tolomia 13 SG 5'11" - Senior - Playing for Gilas Pilipinas
Roger Ray Pogoy 16 SF 6'2" - Senior Cebu Playing for Gilas Pilipinas
Achie Iñigo 18 PG 5'9" - Senior Las Piñas Graduated

Roster[edit]

FEU Tamaraws roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
PG 4 United States Trinidad, Jose Allen C. 5'9" (1.75m) 2nd Orange Coast
PG 5 Philippines Iñigo, Alejandrino Antonio S. 5'7" (1.7m) 3rd-transfer San Beda
PF 6 Philippines Jose, Raymar A. (C) 6'4" (1.93m) 5th Cebu Eastern College
SG 7 Philippines Dennison, Ron Marvis C. 5'9" (1.75m) 4th UV
PF 8 Philippines Ebona, Kevin Barkley C. 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd Cebu-IT
SF 9 Philippines Bayquin, Kim Lee 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd-transfer Chiang Kai Shek
PG 10 Philippines Comboy III, Wendelino T. 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd FEU Diliman
PG 11 Philippines Denila, Augus Vince 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd Ateneo de Iloilo
SG 12 Philippines Arong, Monbert D. 5'11" (1.8m) 5th-Transfer USP
SG 13 Philippines Nunag, Joseph Gerald L. 6'1" (1.85m) 1st Rangitoto HS
PF 15 Philippines Bienes, Brandrey G. 6'5" (1.96m) 1st FEU Diliman
SF 16 United States Roxas, Ser Stephen Kaye 6'2" (1.88m) 1st Freedom
C 17 Nigeria Orizu, Prince I. 6'8" (2.03m) 2nd Ikeja High School
C 18 Norway Holmqvist, Ken S. 6'8" (2.03m) 2nd El Dorado
PF 20 New Zealand Tuffin, Kenneth James D. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st St Patrick's College
SF 21 Philippines Escoto, Richard D. 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd FEU Diliman
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Mark Molina
  • Philippines Anton Montinola
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2016–09–04

Team depth chart[edit]

Rotation

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Prince Orizu Ken Holmqvist Kevin Barkley Ebona
PF Raymar Jose Richard Escoto Brandrey Bienes
SF Kenneth Tuffin Ron Dennison Kim Lee Bayquin
SG Monbert Arong Wendel Comboy Joseph Nunag Stephen Roxas
PG Jojo Trinidad Axel Inigo Augus Denila

Schedule[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
UAAP Season 79 First Round
September 7*
4:00 pm 		La Salle L 78–83[4]  0–1
  13 – Dennison   10 – Orizu   5 – Comboy  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
September 11*
2:00 pm 		Adamson W 75–65[5]  1–1
  13 – Inigo   12 – Jose   4 – Inigo  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
September 14*
4:00 pm 		Ateneo L 71–76[6]  1–2
  20 – Comboy   16 – Orizu   3 – Bayquin & Nunag  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
September 18*
4:00 pm 		UE W 67–59[7]  2–2
  16 – Arong   22 – Jose   4 – Arong  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
September 25*
2:00 pm 		State U W 51–49[8]  3–2
  14 – Arong   15 – Orizu   2 – Dennison & Inigo  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
October 1*
4:00 pm 		UST W 79–72[9]  4–2
  17 – Trinidad   13 – Orizu   5 – Jose  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
October 5*
4:00 pm 		National W 78–75[10]  5–2
  20 – Arong   9 – Orizu   5 – Dennison  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
UAAP Season 79 Second Round
October 9*
2:00 pm 		National W 57–56[11]  6–2
  14 – Jose   12 – Jose   4 – Trinidad  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
October 12*
4:00 pm 		UST W 59–48[12]  7–2
  16 – Trinidad   14 – Jose   5 – Comboy  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
October 22*
2:00 pm 		State U W 63–60[13]  8–2
  20 – Jose   12 – Jose   2 – Tied  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
November 6*
12:00 pm 		Adamson L 59–61[14]  8–3
  16 – Jose   12 – Orizu   3 – Trinidad & Comboy  Filoil Flying V Centre 
San Juan, Metro Manila
November 9*
2:00 pm 		Ateneo L 59–74[15]  8–4
  15 – Arong   16 – Orizu   5 – Arong  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
November 12*
4:00 pm 		La Salle L 67–73[16]  8–5
  18 – Iñigo   11 – Orizu   3 – Arong & Dennison  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
November 16*
2:00 pm 		UE W 64–61[17]  9–5
  16 – Iñigo   12 – Jose   4 – Iñigo & Comboy  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
UAAP Season 79 Final Four
November 26
4:00 pm 		Ateneo W 62–61  1–0
  20 – Jose   23 – Jose   3 – Iñigo  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
November 30
4:00 pm 		Ateneo L 68–69  1–1
  15 – Arong   12 – Jose & Orizu   6 – Comboy  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Philippine Time.

Statistics[edit]

Updated: October 5, 2016

Player GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG
Raymar Jose 7 28.86 10.14 10.71 1.71 0.86 0.00 3.57
Monbert Arong 7 19.71 11.29 3.14 1.86 0.29 0.00 2.00
Wendelino Comboy III 6 18.00 8.83 3.33 2.50 0.50 0.33 1.83
Richard Escoto 4 17.25 8.00 2.75 0.25 0.50 0.25 2.25
Prince Orizu 7 23.86 6.86 11.00 0.00 0.43 1.86 2.43
Axel Iñigo 6 20.50 7.33 3.17 2.17 0.67 0.00 1.17
Joe Allen Trinidad 7 18.00 6.86 2.86 1.86 0.00 0.00 1.71
Ron Dennison 6 21.17 4.83 3.83 2.33 1.00 0.00 1.33
Kimlee Bayquin 7 13.14 3.43 1.14 1.14 0.57 0.00 1.86
Ken Holmqvist 7 6.86 3.14 1.71 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.73
Joseph Nunag 6 8.67 2.67 1.17 1.17 0.00 0.00 0.67
Kenneth Tuffin 7 9.57 1.86 1.14 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.29
Brandrey Bienes 4 5.75 1.00 1.00 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.75
Kevin Barkley Eboña 7 5.57 1.29 1.00 0.57 0.14 0.29 0.57
Augus Denila 3 4.33 1.33 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.00 0.00
Stephen Roxas 2 5.50 1.50 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50

Source: PBA-Online.net

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UAAP Season 79 Preview: Can FEU repeat as champs?". The Philippine STAR.
  2. ^ "Mac Belo not returning to FEU, focused on Gilas Cadets program - agent". Rappler. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Mac Belo not returning to FEU, focused on Gilas Cadets program - agent". Rappler. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ^ "La Salle survives tough stand from FEU". 7 September 2016.
  5. ^ "FEU gets first win of title defense season vs Adamson". 11 September 2016.
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  9. ^ "'Aggressive' Trinidad ends shooting slump in FEU win over UST". October 2016.
  10. ^ Pong Ducanes [@ompongski] (October 5, 2016). "Final Score: FEU 77-75 NU #UAAPSeason79 #Stats" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  12. ^ "Streaking FEU sweeps season series vs UST". Rappler. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  13. ^ "FEU Tamaraws survive sluggish start to beat UP Maroons and stretch win streak to seven games". Spin. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Adamson bolsters Final Four bid, snaps FEU streak". Inquirer. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Red-hot Ateneo takes down FEU, grabs share of 2nd spot". Inquirer. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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  17. ^ "Wendell Comboy sparks late rally as FEU gets by UE to stay in hunt for twice-to-beat spot". Inquirer. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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