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UST Growling Tigers point guard Forth Padrigao. UAAP Media

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Romwel Anzures

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<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span></span><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1728132567415UAAP 87 MBB FEU vs. UST - Forthsky Padrigao-2126.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="UST Growling Tigers point guard Forth Padrigao. UAAP Media"/><span class="fr-inner"><span id="isPasted" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;caret-color:rgb(104, 104, 104);color:rgb(104, 104, 104);-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:left">UST Growling Tigers point guard Forth Padrigao. </span><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;caret-color:rgb(104, 104, 104);color:rgb(104, 104, 104);-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">UAAP Media</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — University of Santo Tomas ended the first round of the UAAP Season 87 men&#x27;s basketball tournament with a victory.</p><p>Now sitting at 4-3 in the team standings, the Growling Tigers will enter the second round on a high note and in a good spot to push for a Final Four slot, and heading them in this run so far is Forth Padrigao.</p><p>&quot;Galing kami sa dalawang talo eh, so I think that&#x27;s enough motivation for us to get the win,&quot; said the 5-foot-11 ace who delivered 14 points, 11 assists, and four rebounds en route to an 83-72 win over Far Eastern University on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/5/uaap-ust-regains-winning-ways-at-feus-expense-1825">READ: Padrigao, Tounkara lead way as UST regains winning ways at FEU&#x27;s expense</a></div><p>Entering this game, the former Ateneo de Manila University point guard was averaging 8.3 points, 6.5 assists, 3.8 rebounds, and a steal, but Padrigao downplayed this and said that this was a matter of staying patient and not forcing his way in his new team.</p><p>&quot;Hinanantay ko lang na I&#x27;m letting the game come to me,&quot; he shared. &quot;Yung distributing ko, it&#x27;s really part of me. Yung shooting naman, yung scoring, I just do my best din lang naman.&quot;</p><p>Aside from this, Padrigao&#x27;s main focus is to embrace his role as one of the España-based team&#x27;s leaders on-and-off the court. </p><p>&quot;I think [being a leader] is what is expected of me kasi I came here with the experience na,&quot; insisted Padrigao. &quot;But at the end of the day, collective effort pa rin ang pagli-lead eh. Apat kami diyan, ako, si Migs Pangilinan, si Christian Manaytay, and si Nic Cabañero.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Tinutulungan din nila ako sa ibang aspects kung saan sila pwedeng makatulong. But then, masaya lang ako na nagagawa ko yung role na dapat kong gawin,&quot; he added.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1728132614869UAAP 87 MBB FEU vs. UST - Forthsky Padrigao-1876.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="UST Growling Tigers point guard Forth Padrigao. UAAP Media"/><span class="fr-inner"><span id="isPasted" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);text-size-adjust:auto;caret-color:rgb(104, 104, 104);color:rgb(104, 104, 104);-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-align:left">UST Growling Tigers point guard Forth Padrigao. </span><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3);-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto;caret-color:rgb(104, 104, 104);color:rgb(104, 104, 104);-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">UAAP Media</em></span></span></span></span></div><p style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span></span>While he has been as good as advertised, Padrigao insists that what matters most for him is translating his numbers into wins for UST -- especially with Season 87 shaping up to be an unpredictable tournament.</p><p>&quot;Masaya ako kasi nakukuha namin yung mga panalo. Alam kong kailangan namin yung panalo na ito for our second round eh, lalo na yung momentum,&quot; he said. &quot;You also have teams like [University of the East], you have Adamson [University], sa standings. You know, we&#x27;re just trying to focus lang sa things na we can control.&quot;</p><p>To maintain this, Padrigao said that maturity must be shown not only by him but by the whole team as they enter the final half of the season </p><p>&quot;Sa second round, we&#x27;re expecting na the games are gonna be tougher kasi nagka-laban na lahat ng teams, nakita namin yung strength and weaknesses ng isa&#x27;t isa. Come the second round, may mga adjustments na mangyayari, so we&#x27;re just expecting na talagang mas mahirap yung mga magiging panalo namin this coming second round,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;So I think yung maturity lang namin dapat mas mataas pa sa second round,&quot; added Padrigao. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABNvl08PYNTyWrOU&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><div><br/></div>

<p>University of Santo Tomas ended the first round of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament with a victory.</p>

University of Santo Tomas ended the first round of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament with a victory.

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UAAP: Amid unpredictable season, UST's Padrigao stays focused on winning

Romwel Anzures,

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Published October 05, 2024 09:27 PM PHT

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