2015 FEU Tamaraws basketball team

2015 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball
PCCL National Champions
ConferenceUAAP
Record14–4 (11–3 Elimination Round)
Head coach
  • Nash Racela (3rd year)
Assistant coachEric Gonzales, Josh Reyes, Gilbert Lao, and Johnny Abarrientos
CaptainRey Mark Belo
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →

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

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 was 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

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Carl Bryan Cruz 4 PF 6'3" 185 5th Quezon City Graduated
Aurel Jason David 11 PG 5'8" 145 1st Vancouver Returned to Vancouver
Jeson Delfinado 9 SG 5'11" 155 2nd Davao City Relegated to Team B
Augus Denila 11 PG 1st Iloilo City Relegated to Team B
Anthony Hargrove 15 C 6'5" 210 3rd Newark, New Jersey Graduated
Joel Christian Lee Yu 20 SG 5'9" 155 2nd Cebu City Relegated to Team B
Reeve Ugsang 21 PF 6'4" 180 1st Baybay, Leyte Transferred to SWU

Roster

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) 1st Orange Coast
SG 5 Philippines Tamsi, Francis M. 6'0" (1.83m) 4th Bohol Institute of Technology - Jagna
F/C 6 Philippines Jose, Raymar A. 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Arellano
SG 7 Philippines Dennison, Ron Marvis C. 5'9" (1.75m) 3rd UV
PF 8 Philippines Escoto, Russel 6'5" (1.96m) 4th FEU Diliman
PF 9 Philippines Ebona, Kevin Barkley C. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Cebu-IT
PG 10 Philippines Comboy III, Wendelino T. 6'0" (1.83m) 1st FEU Diliman
SF 11 Norway Holmqvist, Steve S. 6'3" (1.91m) 1st –
F 12 Philippines Belo, Rey Mark G. (C) 6'4" (1.93m) 4th SMA-Midsayap
SG 13 Philippines Tolomia, Mike S. 5'11" (1.8m) 5th FEU Diliman
SG 15 Philippines Arong, Monbert D. 5'11" (1.8m) 1st USP
SF 16 Philippines Pogoy, Roger Ray 6'2" (1.88m) 5th Cebu
C 17 Nigeria Orizu, Prince I. 6'8" (2.03m) 2nd Ikeja HS
PG 18 Philippines Iñigo, Achie 5'9" (1.75m) 4th Letran
C 20 Norway Holmqvist, Ken S. 6'10" (2.08m) 1st –
F 21 Philippines Escoto, Richard D. 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd FEU Diliman
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Mark Molina
  • Philippines Anton Montinola
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured 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

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

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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 W 75-58  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 W 67-62[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.
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