1991 UST Glowing Goldies basketball team

The 1991 UST Glowing Goldies men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 54th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 1991–92 began on July 20, 1991, and the host school for the season was the University of the Philippines.^[1]

1991 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
UAAP Season 54 semifinalist
Record
Elims rank	#T–2
Final rank	#3
1991 record	11–4 (11–3 elims)
Head coach	Aric del Rosario (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Mady Tabora
Captain	Billy Reyes (3rd season)
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

Despite the 7-foot EJ Feihl's departure from the team, the Goldies began their season on a five-game winning streak. They ended the double round-robin eliminations tied with the FEU Tamaraws at second place in the standings with 11 wins against three losses. They lost against the Tamaraws in the playoff for the second Finals berth, 89–95. UST had trailed FEU by as much as 23 points in the first half and were outrebounded, 23–35.^[2][3][4]

Second-year forward Dennis Espino was selected to Mythical team at the tournament's presentation of awards.^[5]

Roster

UST Glowing Goldies roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School PF 5 Edmund Reyes 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd Good Shepherd Academy SG 8 Patrick Roy Fran 6'0" (1.83m) 3rd Aquinas School SG 9 Rudolf Belmonte 5'11" (1.8m) 3rd San Beda College PG 10 Beltran Reyes (C) 5'10" (1.78m) 4th Ateneo de Manila SG 13 Danilo Abugan 6'1" (1.85m) 1st – PG 14 Bethune Tanquingcen 5'9" (1.75m) 2nd Philippine Cultural High School C 16 Dennis Espino 6'6" (1.98m) 2nd Holy Angel University SF 17 Generoso Tengco, Jr. 6'0" (1.83m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas PG 18 Vincent Kenneth Favis 5'11" (1.8m) 3rd La Salle Greenhills SG James Sichon 5'10" (1.78m) 4th University of St. La Salle C Joaquin Dindo Torres 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas PF Renato Cabaluna 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas PF Reynaldo Evangelista 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd St. Peter’s College of Ormoc SF Norman Loyao – 1st –	Head coach Januario del Rosario Assistant coach(es) Amadito Tabora Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Espino	Torres
PF	E. Reyes	Cabaluna	Evangelista
SF	Tengco	Loyao
SG	Belmonte	Fran
PG	B. Reyes	Favis	Tanquingcen

Roster changes

Subtractions

Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
C	11		Edward Joseph Feihl	7' 0"	2nd	University of Santo Tomas	Transferred to Adamson University
C			Peter Tioseco	6' 7"	2nd	Lourdes School of Mandaluyong	Transferred to Mapúa Institute of Technology
C			Benjie Bendillo				Transferred to De La Salle University

Additions

Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
PF	5		Edmund Reyes	6' 3"	2nd	Good Shepherd Academy	Returning from Season 52
SG	13		Danilo Abugan	6' 1"	1st		Rookie
PF			Reynaldo Evangelista	6' 4"	3rd	St. Peter’s College of Ormoc	Transferred from the Visayas State College of Agriculture
SF			Norman Loyao		1st		Rookie

Schedule and results

UAAP games

Further information: UAAP Season 54 men's basketball tournament

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on RPN 9 by Silverstar Sports.

UAAP Season 54 game log
Elimination round: 11–3 Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location 1 Jul 20 • 1:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 114–84 1–0 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City 2 Jul 27 • 4:30 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles W 80–60 2–0 E. Reyes (15) Loyola Center Quezon City 3 Jul 31 • 4:30 pm NU Bulldogs W 87–64 3–0 4 Aug 3 Adamson Soaring Falcons W 103–101 4–0 5 Aug 10 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 74–72 5–0 Belmonte (18) 6 Aug 14 De La Salle Green Archers L 83–100 5–1 Loyola Center Quezon City 7 Aug 17 UP Fighting Maroons End of R1 of eliminations L 5–2 8 Aug 24 FEU Tamaraws W 6–2 9 Aug 28 Adamson Falcons W 7–2 10 Aug 31 De La Salle Green Archers L 80–85 7–3 Loyola Center Quezon City 11 Sep 7 NU Bulldogs W 8–3 12 Sep 11 Ateneo Blue Eagles W 9–3 13 Sep 14 UE Red Warriors W 10–3 14 Sep 21 UP Fighting Maroons End of R2 of eliminations W 11–3
Playoff for second seed: 0–1 Game Date • Time Seed Opponent Result Series High points High rebounds High assists Location 1 Oct 2 FEU Tamaraws L 89–95 0–1 (11–4) Espino (23) Loyola Center Quezon City
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00. Source: Google News Archives

Postseason tournaments

Postseason game log
PRISAA Basketball Championship—Northern NCR leg: 7–0 Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location 1 Dec 16 CCP Bobcats W 71–52 1–0 Espino (20) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 2 Dec 17 NCBA Wildcats W 88–67 2–0 Tied (14) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 3 Dec 18 MMC Bisons W 81–71 3–0 Fran (22) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 4 Dec 19 EARIST Red Fox W 93–65 4–0 Cabaluna (18) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 5 Dec 20 Perpetual Altas W 87–73 5–0 B. Reyes (24) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 6 Dec 22 PUP Mighty Maroons W 100–85 6–0 Espino (30) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 7 Dec 23 FEU Tamaraws Championship game W 88–81 7–0 Espino (29) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
National Students Basketball Championships—NCR leg: 8–0 Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location 1 Jan 12 MMC Bisons W 109–94 1–0 Belmonte (23) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 2 Jan 16 UE Red Warriors W 96–80 2–0 Belmonte (16) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 3 Jan 19 San Sebastian Stags W 86–62 3–0 Espino (21) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 4 Jan 20 UP Fighting Maroons W 89–75 4–0 Loyao (18) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 5[a] Jan 21 DOMC Cobras W 123–52 5–0 David (25) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 6 Jan 26 Mapúa Cardinals W 105–96 6–0 Cabaluna (22) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila 7 Jan 30 Adamson Soaring Falcons Semifinal round W 90–78 7–0 E. Reyes (20) Arellano Taft Gym Pasay 8 Jan 31 FEU Tamaraws Championship game W 8–0 Arellano Taft Gym Pasay
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00. Romel David is with the Team B training pool

Awards

Name	Award	Date	Ref.
Team	PRISAA North NCR champions	23 Dec 1991	[6]
	National Students NCR champions	31 Jan 1992	[7]
	UAAP 2nd runners-up	3 Oct 1991	[5]
Dennis Espino	Mythical team

Players drafted into the PBA

Billy Reyes was drafted 20th overall in the third round of the 1994 PBA draft by the Chot Reyes-led Coney Island Ice Cream Stars on January 16, 1994.^[8]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	PBA team
1994	3	4	20	Billy Reyes	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars