2015 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team

The 2015 FEU Tamaraws Men's Basketball team represents Far Eastern University during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 78th season in men's basketball division. The Tamaraws are led by their third year coach Nash Racela.

2015 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball
PCCL National Champions
ConferenceUAAP
2015 record14–4 (11–3 Elimination Round)
Head coachNash Racela (3rd year)
Assistant coachEric Gonzales, Josh Reyes, Gilbert Lao, and Johnny Abarrientos
CaptainRey Mark Belo

The Tamaraws won the UAAP Season 78 finals after defeating the UST Growling Tigers in 3 games, their first title since 2005 and 20th title overall. It is also the final season for 6 players, namely Mike Tolomia, Mike Belo, Roger Pogoy, Russel Escoto, Achie Inigo and Alfrancis Tamsi.[1]

Off season

Departures

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Carl Bryan Cruz4PF6'3"1855thQuezon CityGraduated
Aurel Jason David11PG5'8"1451stVancouverReturned to Vancouver
Jeson Delfinado9SG5'11"1552ndDavao CityRelegated to Team B
Augus Denila11PG1stIloilo CityRelegated to Team B
Anthony Hargrove15C6'5"2103rdNewark, New JerseyGraduated
Joel Christian Lee Yu20SG5'9"1552ndCebu CityRelegated to Team B
Reeve Ugsang21PF6'4"1801stBaybay, LeyteTransferred to SWU

Roster

FEU Tamaraws roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
PG 4 Trinidad, Jose Allen C. 5'9" (1.75m) 1st Orange Coast
SG 5 Tamsi, Francis M. 6'0" (1.83m) 4th Bohol Institute of Technology - Jagna
F/C 6 Jose, Raymar A. 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Arellano
SG 7 Dennison, Ron Marvis C. 5'9" (1.75m) 3rd UV
PF 8 Escoto, Russel 6'5" (1.96m) 4th FEU Diliman
PF 9 Ebona, Kevin Barkley C. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Cebu-IT
PG 10 Comboy III, Wendelino T. 6'0" (1.83m) 1st FEU Diliman
SF 11 Holmqvist, Steve S. 6'3" (1.91m) 1st
F 12 Belo, Rey Mark G. (C) 6'4" (1.93m) 4th SMA-Midsayap
SG 13 Tolomia, Mike S. 5'11" (1.8m) 5th FEU Diliman
SG 15 Arong, Monbert D. 5'11" (1.8m) 1st USP
SF 16 Pogoy, Roger Ray 6'2" (1.88m) 5th Cebu
C 17 Orizu, Prince I. 6'8" (2.03m) 2nd Ikeja HS
PG 18 Iñigo, Achie 5'9" (1.75m) 4th Letran
C 20 Holmqvist, Ken S. 6'10" (2.08m) 1st
F 21 Escoto, Richard D. 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd FEU Diliman
Head coach
  • Nash Racela
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Mark Molina
  • Anton Montinola

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Rotation

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Prince Orizu Raymar Jose Ken Holmqvist
PF Russel Escoto Richard Escoto Kevin Barkley Ebona
SF Rey Mark Belo Roger Ray Pogoy Steve Holmqvist
SG Ron Dennison Monbert Arong Francis Tamsi Wendelino Comboy
PG Mike Tolomia Achie Inigo Joe Allen Trinidad

Players' Statistics[2]

Player GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG
Rey Mark Belo 12 26.17 13.33 6.17 2.42 0.58 1.08
Mike Tolomia 12 24.83 12.42 5.08 4.42 0.17 0.17
Roger Ray Pogoy 12 20.17 11.00 3.83 1.67 0.58 1.08
Raymar Jose 12 21.33 8.08 8.83 1.08 0.25 0
Russel Escoto 12 20.08 6.92 5 0.58 0.17 0.83
Achie Iñigo 12 21.08 5.58 3.25 2.33 0.5 0.33
Monbert Arong 12 15.83 5.5 3.33 0.92 0.08 0.08
Price Orizu 12 14.42 4.25 4.75 0.00 0.00 0.83
Francis Tamsi 12 11.08 4.25 0.92 0.42 0.67 0.08
Joe Allen Trinidad 12 6.42 1.33 0.75 0.92 0.08 0.00
Ron Dennison 10 9.30 1.30 1.50 0.60 0.00 0.20
Richard Escoto 12 6.75 1.25 1.25 0.17 0.08 0.17
Wendelino Comboy III 7 3.14 0.57 0.86 0.14 0.00 0.00
Ken Holmqvist 7 2.43 0.43 0.71 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kevin Barkley Ebona - - - - - - -
Steve Holmqvist - - - - - - -

Source: PBA-Online.net

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
UAAP Season 78 First Round
September 6*
4:00 pm
Ateneo W 88–64  1-0
 19  Pogoy  10  Jose  6  Tolomia  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
September 9*
4:00 pm
UST L 71-72  1-1
 17  Belo  10  Jose  5  Tolomia  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
September 13*
4:00 pm
La Salle W 93-75  2-1
 20  Tolomia  9  Orizu  5  Tolomia  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
September 20*
4:00 pm
State U L 58-75  3-1
 11  Tied  13  Jose  4  Tied  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
September 23*
2:00 pm
UE W 92-81  4-1
 24  Belo  11  Jose  8  Tolomia  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
September 27*
4:00 pm
Adamson W 64-60  5-1
 11  Russel Escoto  10  Belo  -  -  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
October 7*
4:00 pm
National W 64-60  6-1
 19  Tolomia  -  -  -  -  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
UAAP Season 78 Second Round
October 11*
11:00 am
Ateneo W 66-61  7-1
 12  Belo  13  Jose  3  Inigo  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
October 14*
4:00 pm
State U W 68-57  8-1
 17  Pogoy  12  Belo  3  Tolomia  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
October 11*
4:00 pm
UE W 71-67  9-1
 16  Belo  8  Pogoy  -  -  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
October 28*
4:00 pm
Adamson W 82-69  10-1
 13  Russel Escoto  7  Jose  -  -  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
November 7*
4:00 pm
UST L 76-85  10-2
 17  Tolomia  9  Belo  3  Inigo  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
November 14*
4:00 pm
NU L 68-70  10-3
 23  Tolomia  12  Orizu  5  Inigo  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
November 18*
4:00 pm
La Salle W 71-68  11-3
 13  Arong  16  Orizu  2  Tied  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
UAAP Season 78 Final Four
November 21*
3:00 pm
Ateneo W 76-74  1-0
 16  Pogoy  9  Belo  2  Tied  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
UAAP Season 78 Finals
November 25*
4:00 pm
UST W 75-64  1-0
 15  Pogoy  13  Belo  3  Tied  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
November 28*
4:00 pm
UST L 56-62  1-1
 16  Belo  11  Belo  6  Tolomia  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
December 2*
4:00 pm
UST L 62-67[3]  2-1
 23  Belo  8  Belo and Escoto  3  Tolomia  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Philippine Time.

References

  1. Terrado, Reuben (18 December 2015). "Belo, Tolomia, Pogoy rejoin FEU teammates, bolster Phoenix side in PBA D-League". Spin.ph. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. http://www.pba-online.net/basketball/uaap/team/Far-Eastern-University/4/player-stats/
  3. Ganglani, Naveen (2 December 2015). "FEU avoids meltdown, wins first UAAP title in 10 years". Rappler.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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