2016 FEU Tamaraws basketball team

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.

2016 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball
Conference	UAAP
Record	10–6 (9–5 Elimination Round)
Head coach	Nash Racela (4th season)
Assistant coach	Eric Gonzales, Ryan Betia, Gilbert Lao, and Johnny Abarrientos
Captain	Raymar Jose
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

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

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

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

Team depth chart

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

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

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

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