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Nov52022 by Editor in ChiefNo Comments

No repeat of day one win as UST falls to AdU

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THE UST Growling Tigers extended their losing streak to eight after blowing a 19-point lead to the Adamson University (AdU) Soaring Falcons, 56-55, in the second round of UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament. With his team down by two with 8.4 seconds left on the clock, Falcons’ big man Cedrick Manzano buried a clutch and-1 off an inbound pass from Joaquin Jaymalin to complete the comeback over the Tigers on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Araneta Coliseum. Tigers’ Jamba Garing missed the potential game-winner after a scrambling AdU stop, while Nic Cabañero, who had 22 points with six rebounds, was seen to be irate at the end of the regulation after being scoreless in the final quarter. UST was only held to five points to AdU’s 16 points. UST was up big, 48-27, in the third q...

Oct162022 by Editor in ChiefNo Comments

UST loses to UE for the first time in five years

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by SHAYNE LEE MACARAEG The UST Growling Tigers are now on a four-game losing streak as they are outgunned by the UE Red Warriors, 78-68, in the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball eliminations at the Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, Oct. 16. UE defeated UST for the first time since UAAP season 80 dating back to October 7, 2017. Things got physical at the 2:01 minute mark of the third quarter, causing Tigers’ big man Adama Faye to be thrown out of the game due to a disqualifying foul on Red Warriors’ Harvey Pagsanjan. It was anyone’s game in the first half that featured fast-paced action from both teams, as UST’s Nic Cabanero finished through contact with 38.3 left to take the first-half lead, 29-28. But UE managed to convert five triples in the third quarter, led by its team ca...

Oct12022 by Editor in ChiefNo Comments

UST outclasses Adamson in UAAP Season 85 opener

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By SHAYNE LEE MACARAEG and PRINCE RONSON SABADO The UST Growling Tigers kicked off UAAP Season 85 with a convincing victory over host Adamson Soaring Falcons in the men’s basketball opener, 69-60. The Growling Tigers' win was led by forward Nic Cabañero, delivering a career-high 33 points in an efficient 13/18 shooting, with four assists and two rebounds on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Mall of Asia Arena. It was the first time in four years that a single player scored at least 30 points to secure a win, the last time being UST point guard Marvin Lee's 30-point explosion over the University of the East Red Warriors in 2018. UST trailed behind Adamson in the first minutes of the game, with Soaring Falcons' Joshua Yerro, Jerom Lastimosa, and Vince Magbuhos leading the host team...

May12022 by Scenes EditorNo Comments

F3 – May 1, 2022

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F3: These are the facts and figures you need to know this week (May 1, 2022). Written by Vanessa Noriko Yap Infographic by Julia Dominique Yancha

Sep32016 by Associate EditorNo Comments

The King Tiger’s Last Chance

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HE WILL not be another King Tiger clutching his soaked jersey at the end of the season, wondering why the championship would only let them get close—but never close enough. Not on his last year. Louie Philippe Vigil had his fair share of court heartbreaks when the Growling Tigers succumbed to the Far Eastern University Tamaraws last year, and the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles last 2012. Both championship games ended with a bridesmaid finish for UST, worsened by several allegations that marred the team as they tried to bounce back. “Naramdaman ko na para akong namatay,” Vigil says with a sullen look. “Ang sakit na ayoko na mag-basketball or kung maglalaro ako, dapat laging panalo. Ayoko na ma-feel ang gano’ng pakiramdam.” As the reigning King Tiger this season,...

Aug302016 by Associate EditorNo Comments

Artlet is the new King Tiger

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THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers will return to the courts of the country's premiere intercollegiate sporting event as a hungrier team under its new captain—Faculty of Arts and Letters' Louie Philippe Vigil. Coming from a heartbreaking loss last season, the newly-crowned King Tiger said the team is more eager to bring the elusive championship back to the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 79 host—UST. "Ang goal namin [is] to win as many games as possible. Syempre kapag marami kaming mapapanalunan, makaka-final four kami. Tapos syempre, gusto naming manalo," Vigil, who is an Asian Studies senior, told the Flame. The Tigers' shooting guard added, "Marami na ring nagsasabing galing kami sa finals pero mahina na ngayon. Sinasabi ko ...