UAAP Season 85 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 85
Rise as One
Host school	Adamson University
Duration	December 11–19, 2022
Arena(s)	SM Mall of Asia Arena (Game 1); Araneta Coliseum (Games 2 & 3);
Finals MVP	Ange Kouame
Winning coach	Tab Baldwin (4th title)
Semifinalists	NU Bulldogs; Adamson Soaring Falcons;
TV network(s)	One Sports, UAAP Varsity Channel
Duration	December 7–11, 2022
Arena(s)	Araneta Coliseum (Game 1); SM Mall of Asia Arena (Game 2);
Finals MVP	Kristine Cayabyab
Winning coach	Aries Dimaunahan (1st title)
Semifinalists	UST Tigresses; Ateneo Blue Eagles;
TV network(s)	One Sports, UAAP Varsity Channel
Duration	March 14–17, 2023
Arena(s)	Filoil EcoOil Centre
Finals MVP	Kirby Mongcopa
Winning coach	Allan Albano (3rd title)
Semifinalists	NUNS Bullpups; UST Tiger Cubs;
TV network(s)	One Sports, UAAP Varsity Channel

The UAAP Season 85 basketball tournaments are the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2022–23 school year.

The collegiate men's and women's tournaments began on October 1, 2022.^[1]^[2] The Ateneo Blue Eagles reclaimed the men's title from their Finals opponents UP Fighting Maroons. The NU Lady Bulldogs 108-game winning streak was snapped in the elimination round by the De La Salle Lady Archers, but NU still won in the Finals against La Salle to win their 7th consecutive title.

The high school boys' tournament began on January 15, 2023, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]^[4] The FEU Diliman Baby Tamaraws defeated the Adamson Baby Falcons for their ninth title.

Tournament format

The UAAP continued to use the UAAP Final Four format.

In cases where a team won all elimination round games, the UAAP has removed the twice-to-beat advantage for the second-seeded team in the second round of the stepladder semifinals.^[5]

Fr. Aldrin Suan, UAAP president, said that the league reverted to its pre-pandemic Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday schedule.^[6]

The league also included a "head coaches' challenge" based on the FIBA challenge system. This gives each team one challenge per game to review questionable calls by the officials.^[7]

Dickie Bachmann, former Alaska Aces governor in the Philippine Basketball Association, was appointed as the UAAP basketball commissioner for this season. Bachmann's term as basketball commissioner was supposed to last until the league's 86th season^[8] but he foregone the position as he was appointed as the new Philippine Sports Commission chairman.^[9]^[10] Ronnie Magsanoc was initially named commissioner to replace Bachmann.^[11] Xaxy Nunag was eventually named Bachmann's permanent replacement.^[12]

Teams

Collegiate division
University	Men		Women		Uniform manufacturer
University	Team	Coach	Team	Coach	Uniform manufacturer
Adamson University (AdU)	Soaring Falcons	Nash Racela	Lady Falcons	Brian Gorospe	Anta
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)	Blue Eagles	Tab Baldwin	Blue Eagles	LA Mumar	Jordan Brand (Nike)
De La Salle University (DLSU)	Green Archers	Derrick Pumaren	Lady Archers	Pocholo Villanueva	Nike
Far Eastern University (FEU)	Tamaraws	Olsen Racela	Lady Tamaraws	Bert Flores	Puma
National University (NU)	Bulldogs	Jeff Napa	Lady Bulldogs	Aries Dimaunahan
University of the East (UE)	Red Warriors	Jack Santiago	Lady Warriors	Aileen Lebornio
University of the Philippines Diliman (UP)	Fighting Maroons	Goldwin Monteverde	Fighting Maroons	Paul Ramos	STATS
University of Santo Tomas (UST)	Growling Tigers	Bal David	Tigresses	Haydee Ong	Anta

High School division
High school	Boys' team
Adamson University (AdU)	Baby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)	Blue Eagles
De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ)	Junior Archers
Far Eastern University Diliman (FEU-D)	Baby Tamaraws
Nazareth School of National University (NSNU)	Bullpups
University of the East (UE)	Junior Warriors
University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS)	Junior Fighting Maroons
University of Santo Tomas Senior High School (UST)	Tiger Cubs

Name changes

Ateneo Lady Eagles and Ateneo Blue Eaglets: On May 5, 2022, Ateneo announced that all of its UAAP teams, regardless of gender, sport or division will now be called the "Blue Eagles".^[13]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date	Replaced by	Date
Ateneo Blue Eagles (women)	Katrina Quimpo	End of contract	March 23, 2020^[14]	LA Mumar	March 23, 2020^[14]
NU Lady Bulldogs	Patrick Aquino	Signed with Philippines women national team	May 22, 2022^[15]	Aries Dimaunahan	May 22, 2022^[15]
UST Growling Tigers	Jinino Manansala	Signed with UST Tiger Cubs	July 5, 2022^[16]	Bal David	July 23, 2022^[17]

Venues

10km
6miles

Paco Arena

San Andres Gym

Filoil EcoOil Centre

Mall of Asia
Arena

Ynares
Center

Araneta Coliseum

PhilSports
Arena

Quadricentennial
Pavillon

Basketball venues

The UAAP released its schedule on September 28. Opening weekend was at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, with games at PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and at the Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal.^[18]

For Wednesday quadrupleheaders, the women's tournament will play at the Quadricentennial Pavilion in UST's Manila campus; on all other game days, the women's teams will play on the same venue and day as their corresponding men's team.^[19]

For the boys' tournament, the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan was scheduled to host all but one gamedays, with the San Andres Sports Complex in Manila hosting one gameday.^[20] Eventually, Paco Arena, also in Manila, hosted several elimination round gamedays.^[21]

Arena		Location	Tournament			Capacity
Arena		Location	M	W	B	Capacity
3	Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Y	Y		14,429
6	Filoil EcoOil Centre	San Juan			Y	6,000
8	Paco Arena	Manila			Y	1,000
2	PhilSports Arena	Pasig	Y	Y		10,000
1	Quadricentennial Pavilion	Manila		Y		5,792
7	San Andres Sports Complex	Manila			Y	1,000
5	SM Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Y	Y		15,000
4	Ynares Center	Antipolo, Rizal	Y	Y		7,400

Squads

Each team has a 20-player roster, of which four are reserves. Only one foreigner, an import, or foreign student-athlete (FSA) as called by the UAAP. can be on the active roster.

Imports

Men's FSAs
Team	Student-Athlete	Nationality
Adamson Soaring Falcons	Lenda Douanga^[22]	Congo
Ateneo Blue Eagles	none^[a]
De La Salle Green Archers	Bright Nwankwo^[22]	Nigeria
FEU Tamaraws	Patrick Tchuente^[22]	Cameroon
NU Bulldogs	Omar John^[22]	Senegal
UE Red Warriors	none^[24]
UP Fighting Maroons	Malick Diouf^[22]	Senegal
UST Growling Tigers	Adama Faye^[25]	Senegal

Note

^ Ange Kouame, an Ivorian by birth, was naturalized as a Filipino citizen in 2021 and is no longer classified as an FSA by the UAAP.^[23]

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UP Fighting Maroons	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	NU Bulldogs	9	5	.643	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons (H)	7	7	.500^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	De La Salle Green Archers	7	7	.500^[b]	4
6	UE Red Warriors	5	9	.357^[c]	6
7	FEU Tamaraws	5	9	.357^[c]	6
8	UST Growling Tigers	1	13	.071	10

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head record: Ateneo 1–1 UP (Ateneo +3)
^ ^a ^b Fourth seed playoff: Adamson 80–76 La Salle
^ ^a ^b Head to head record: UE 1–1 FEU (UE +3)

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: UAAP on Livestats
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Scores

Results on top and to the right of the grey cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons		55–76	86–84*	76–65	54–58	74–61	78–87*	60–69
Ateneo Blue Eagles	66–61		78–83	79–70	77–60	91–76	71–76*	79–52
De La Salle Green Archers	81–78	54–68		87–70	76–80	74–81	69–72	83–63
FEU Tamaraws	70–75	65–71	57–53		47–44	66–76	67–73	75–60
NU Bulldogs	63–64	78–74	58–63	71–60		77–70	80–75	69–63
UE Red Warriors	64–74	66–69*	80–72*	68–75	61–70		77–84	78–68
UP Fighting Maroons	91–70	67–75	80–82	73–59	75–63	83–69		76–51
UST Growling Tigers	55–56	55–72	72–77	62–77	57–67	51–81	60–78

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Postponed games:

October 29 men's games (UST vs. La Salle, Ateneo vs. Adamson) were postponed due to Tropical Storm Paeng.^[26]

Fourth seed playoff

La Salle and Adamson finished the elimination round tied for fourth. This was a one-game playoff to determine the No. 4 seed.^[27]

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 4
6:00 p.m.

Box score

De La Salle Green Archers	76–80	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 12–21, 16–21
Pts: Evan Nelle 22 Rebs: Raven Cortez 8 Asts: Evan Nelle 7		Pts: Jerom Lastimosa 22 Rebs: Cedrick Manzano 12 Asts: Jerom Lastimosa 6
Adamson advances to the Final Four

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Final (Best-of-three series)



1	Ateneo	81

4	Adamson	60
			1	Ateneo	66	65	75

			2	UP	72	55	68
2	UP	69

3	NU	61

Semifinals

Ateneo and UP had the twice-to-beat advantage which means they have to win only once, and their opponents twice in the semifinals to advance to the Finals.^[28]

(1) Ateneo vs. (4) Adamson

The Ateneo Blue Eagles qualified for their eighth consecutive Final Four appearance, and their sixth consecutive tournament with the twice-to-beat advantage – the longest active streak in the Final Four era of UAAP men's basketball.^[29] Adamson returns to the Final Four for the first time since 2018.^[30]

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 7, 2022
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

Ateneo Blue Eagles	81–60	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–16, 24–7, 18–24
Pts: Rence Padrigao 16 Rebs: Ange Kouame 10 Asts: Padrigao, Koon 5 each		Pts: Jerom Lastimosa 10 Rebs: Cedrick Manzano 12 Asts: Lastimosa, Colonia 3 each
Ateneo wins series in one game

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) UP vs. (3) NU

This was the first meeting between UP and NU in the semifinals in UAAP men's basketball history. UP was in its fourth straight playoffs appearance, and its third consecutive tournament with the twice-to-beat advantage.^[31] The NU Bulldogs returned to the semifinals for the first time since 2015 after missing out the past 5 seasons.^[32]

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 7, 2022
2:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

UP Fighting Maroons	69–61	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 18–19, 19–7, 15–16
Pts: Malick Diouf 17 Rebs: Malick Diouf 21 Asts: JD Cagulangan 6		Pts: John Figueroa 16 Rebs: John Figueroa 14 Asts: Kean Baclaan 5
UP wins series in one game

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 8,724

Finals

The Finals was a best-of-three series.

This was the second consecutive (and third overall) Battle of Katipunan finals. For the first time in the Final Four era of UAAP men's basketball. Ateneo clinched their sixth consecutive finals appearance – the school's longest overall championship appearance streak in UAAP men's basketball.^[33] UP clinched their second consecutive finals appearance.^[34]

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 11, 2022
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

Ateneo Blue Eagles	66–72	UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 16–14, 15–12, 16–18
Pts: Rence Padrigao 16 Rebs: Ange Kouame 10 Asts: Vince Gomez 5		Pts: Zavier Lucero 14 Rebs: Zavier Lucero 11 Asts: JD Cagulangan 5

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 18,211

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 14, 2022
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

Ateneo Blue Eagles	65–55	UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 21–14, 16–11, 8–11
Pts: Ange Kouame 19 Rebs: Ange Kouame 11 Asts: Vince Gomez 4		Pts: Carl Tamayo 15 Rebs: Lucero, Diouf 11 each Asts: Terrence Fortea 4

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 20,616

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 19, 2022
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

Ateneo Blue Eagles	75–68	UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 17–18, 13–20, 15–16
Pts: Ange Kouame 19 Rebs: Ange Kouame 12 Asts: Padrigao, Koon 3 each		Pts: James Spencer 14 Rebs: Malick Diouf 19 Asts: JD Cagulangan 3
Ateneo wins series, 2–1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 21,814

Finals Most Valuable Player: Ange Kouame (Ateneo Blue Eagles)^[35]

Awards

UAAP Season 85 men's basketball champions
Ateneo Blue Eagles 12th title

The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the Araneta Coliseum.^[36]

Most Valuable Player: Malick Diouf (UP Fighting Maroons)
Rookie of the Year: Kevin Quiambao (De La Salle Green Archers)
Mythical Five:
- Malick Diouf (UP Fighting Maroons)
- Carl Tamayo (UP Fighting Maroons)
- Rence Padrigao (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Dave Ildefonso (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Luis Villegas (UE Red Warriors)
Lazada Swag Player of the Season: Carl Tamayo (UP Fighting Maroons)
PSBankable Player of the Season: Jerom Lastimosa (Adamson Soaring Falcons)

Players of the Week

The Collegiate Press Corps awards a "player of the week" on Tuesdays for performances on the preceding week.


Week	Player	Team
Week 1^[37]	Terrence Fortea	UP Fighting Maroons
Week 2^[38]	Luis Villegas	UE Red Warriors
Week 3^[39]	John Bryan Sajonia	FEU Tamaraws
Week 4^[40]	Malick Diouf	UP Fighting Maroons
Week 5^[41]	Kevin Quiambao	De La Salle Green Archers
Week 6^[42]	Jerom Lastimosa	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Week 7^[43]	Jerom Lastimosa	Adamson Soaring Falcons

Player suspensions

Adama Faye of the UST Growling Tigers for an unsportsmanlike foul against Luis Villegas of the UE Red Warriors. He served his one-game suspension in the game of UST versus FEU Tamaraws.^[44]
CJ Austria of the De La Salle Green Archers for an unsportsmanlike foul against Patrick Sleat of the FEU Tamaraws. He served his one-game suspension in the game of La Salle versus NU Bulldogs.^[44]
Evan Nelle of the De La Salle Green Archers for an unsportsmanlike foul against Jerom Lastimosa of the Adamson Soaring Falcons. He served his one-game suspension in the game of La Salle versus FEU Tamaraws.^[45]
Kean Baclaan of the NU Bulldogs for faking a foul against De La Salle Green Archers. He served his one-game suspension in the game of NU versus Adamson Soaring Falcons.^[46]

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders' averages after the elimination round.^[47]

Statistical points leaders

#	Player	Team	SP
1	Malick Diouf	UP Fighting Maroons	73.857
2	Rence Padrigao	Ateneo Blue Eagles	71.571
3	Ange Kouame	Ateneo Blue Eagles	70.786
4	Luis Villegas	UE Red Warriors	69.857
5	Evan Nelle	De La Salle Green Archers	68.091

Player game highs

Category	Player	Team	Total	Opponent
Points	Nic Cabanero	UST Growling Tigers	33	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Rebounds	Malick Diouf	UP Fighting Maroons	20	FEU Tamaraws
Rebounds	Michael Phillips	De La Salle Green Archers	20	UP Fighting Maroons
Assists	Evan Nelle	De La Salle Green Archers	12	FEU Tamaraws
Steals	Rence Padrigao	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7^[a]	UE Red Warriors
Steals	Evan Nelle	De La Salle Green Archers	6^[b]	FEU Tamaraws
Blocks	Raven Cortez	De La Salle Green Archers	6	FEU Tamaraws
Turnovers	Nic Cabanero	UST Growling Tigers	9	Adamson Soaring Falcons

^ Game went into overtime.
^ Game ended in regulation time.

Player season highs

Category	Player	Team	Average
Points per game	Nic Cabanero	UST Growling Tigers	17.62
Rebounds per game	Adama Faye	UST Growling Tigers	12.23
Assists per game	Evan Nelle	De La Salle Green Archers	5.91
Steals per game	Mark Nonoy	De La Salle Green Archers	2.36
Blocks per game	Ange Kouame	Ateneo Blue Eagles	4.43
Field goal percentage	Jalen Stevens	UE Red Warriors	61.22%
Three point field goal percentage	Terrence Fortea	UP Fighting Maroons	41.27%
Free throw percentage	Evan Nelle	De La Salle Green Archers	95.65%
Turnovers per game	Adama Faye	UST Growling Tigers	3.85

Team game highs

Category	Team	Total	Opponent
Points	UP Fighting Maroons	91	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Rebounds	Ateneo Blue Eagles	63	De La Salle Green Archers
Assists	De La Salle Green Archers	29	FEU Tamaraws
Steals	De La Salle Green Archers	19	UP Fighting Maroons
Blocks	De La Salle Green Archers	8	FEU Tamaraws
Field goal percentage	UP Fighting Maroons	55.0%	UE Red Warriors
Three point field goal percentage	UP Fighting Maroons	45.0%	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Free throw percentage	Ateneo Blue Eagles	100%	UST Growling Tigers
Free throw percentage	UE Red Warriors	100%	De La Salle Green Archers
Turnovers	UST Growling Tigers	29	UP Fighting Maroons

Team season highs


Category	Team	Average
Points per game	UP Fighting Maroons	77.86
Rebounds per game	Ateneo Blue Eagles	49.36
Assists per game	De La Salle Green Archers	20.21
Steals per game	De La Salle Green Archers	11.14
Blocks per game	De La Salle Green Archers	4.43
Field goal percentage	UP Fighting Maroons	40.51%
Three point field goal percentage	UP Fighting Maroons	30.93%
Free throw percentage	UP Fighting Maroons	69.93%
Turnovers per game	FEU Tamaraws	13.29

Women's tournament

Elimination round

The NU Lady Bulldogs' 108-game winning streak – the longest by any sporting team in UAAP history – was snapped by the De La Salle Lady Archers on November 24, when the Lady Archers won in overtime, 61–57. NU's last defeat was in the 2013 Finals also against La Salle.^[48]

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	12	2	.857	1	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UST Tigresses	11	3	.786	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	7	.500	6	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UP Fighting Maroons	6	8	.429	7
6	Adamson Lady Falcons (H)	5	9	.357	8
7	FEU Lady Tamaraws	2	12	.143	11
8	UE Lady Warriors	0	14	.000	13

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: UAAP on Livestats
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Scores

Results on top and to the right of the grey cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson Lady Falcons		58–66	65–75	95–61	66–100	97–69	56–64	70–106
Ateneo Blue Eagles	76–72		67–75	67–64	52–89	73–62	67–61	68–69
De La Salle Lady Archers	54–48	56–55		65–58	72–93	76–53	73–51	57–71
FEU Lady Tamaraws	42–62	50–67	42–56		44–67	62–50	56–73	49–83
NU Lady Bulldogs	101–55	74–60	57–61*	80–53		131–47	79–44	78–75
UE Lady Warriors	59–82	51–65	41–66	56–62	31–92		42–66	44–107
UP Fighting Maroons	61–62	84–57	67–86	73–56	68–95	67–32		61–82
UST Tigresses	73–66	63–53	60–67	77–65	64–87	76–36	85–52

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	NU		83

4	Ateneo		64
				1	NU	93	76

				2	La Salle	61	64
2	La Salle	57	74

3	UST	68	69

Semifinals

NU^[49] and La Salle^[50] have the twice-to-beat advantage, which means they have to win only once, and their opponents twice in the semifinals to advance to the Finals.

(1) NU vs. (4) Ateneo

The NU Lady Bulldogs have qualified for the Final Four anew.^[51] Their second round loss to La Salle meant that the Final Four will be played in the usual format for first time since 2013.^[52] The Ateneo Blue Eagles booked the last ticket to the Final Four. This was their first playoff appearance since 2015.^[53]

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

November 30, 2022
9:00 a.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

NU Lady Bulldogs	83–64	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 25–19, 10–11, 21–14
Pts: Camille Clarin 19 Rebs: Karl Pingol 9 Asts: Gypsy Canuto 10		Pts: Kacey Dela Rosa 22 Rebs: Kacey Dela Rosa 18 Asts: Sandra Villacruz 5
NU wins series in one game

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) La Salle vs. (3) UST

The De La Salle Lady Archers and UST Tigresses have qualified for the Final Four.^[54]

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

November 30, 2022
11:00 a.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

De La Salle Lady Archers	57–68	UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 11–24, 14–15, 20–15
Pts: Charmaine Torres 16 Rebs: Fina Tchuido 13 Asts: Marga Jimenez 3		Pts: Eka Soriano 23 Rebs: Eka Soriano, Rocel Dionisio 11 Asts: Eka Soriano 5

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 4, 2022
3:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

De La Salle Lady Archers	74–69	UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 17–16, 19–16, 17–19
Pts: Fina Tchuido 18 Rebs: Fina Tchuido 12 Asts: 4 players, 4 each		Pts: Agatha Bron 13 Rebs: Eka Soriano 9 Asts: Eka Soriano 6
La Salle wins series in two games

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

The Finals was a best-of-three series. NU qualified for its eighth consecutive Finals.^[55] La Salle, meanwhile, enters the Finals for the first time since UAAP Season 79.^[56]

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 7, 2022
11:00 a.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

NU Lady Bulldogs	93–61	De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–17, 23–15, 24–14
Pts: Mikka Cacho 16 Rebs: Surada, Tiky 7 each Asts: Gypsy Canuto 8		Pts: Fina Tchuido 18 Rebs: Fina Tchuido 15 Asts: Bettina Binaohan 6

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

One Sports
UAAP Varsity Channel

December 11, 2022
2:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)

Box score

NU Lady Bulldogs	76–64	De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 15–16, 19–13, 15–24
Pts: Kristine Cayabyab 18 Rebs: Angel Surada 9 Asts: Gypsy Canuto 7		Pts: Charmine Torres 29 Rebs: Fina Tchuido 22 Asts: Marga Jimenez 5
NU wins series 2–0

SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals Most Valuable Player: Kristine Cayabyab (NU Lady Bulldogs)^[57]

Awards

UAAP Season 85 women's basketball champions
NU Lady Bulldogs Seventh title, seventh consecutive title

The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.^[58]

Most Valuable Player: Eka Soriano (UST Tigresses)
Rookie of the Year: Kacey Dela Rosa (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Mythical Five:
- Eka Soriano (UST Tigresses)
- Kacey Dela Rosa (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Jhazmin Joson (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Tacky Tacatac (UST Tigresses)
- Victoria Adeshina (Adamson Lady Falcons)

Players of the Week

The Collegiate Press Corps awards a "player of the week" on Tuesdays for performances on the preceding week.


Week	Player	Team
Week 2^[38]	Kacey Dela Rosa	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Week 6^[42]	Bettina Binaohan	De La Salle Lady Archers

Player suspensions

Fina Niantcho Tchuido of the De La Salle Lady Archers for an unsportsmanlike foul against Kristine Cayabyab of NU Lady Bulldogs. She served her one-game suspension in the game of La Salle versus UE Lady Red Warriors.^[46]
Sarah Makanjuola of the Ateneo Blue Eagles for an unsportsmanlike foul against Kamba Kone of UE Lady Red Warriors. She served her one-game suspension in the game of Ateneo versus UP Fighting Maroons.^[46]

Statistical leaders

Statistical leaders' averages after the elimination round.^[47]

Statistical points leaders

#	Player	Team	SP
1	Eka Soriano	UST Tigresses	92.286
2	Kacey Dela Rosa	Ateneo Blue Eagles	77.0
3	Jasmin Joson	Ateneo Blue Eagles	74.714
4	Tacky Tacatac	UST Tigresses	73.429
5	Victoria Adeshina	Adamson Lady Falcons	72.214

Player game highs

Category	Player	Team	Total	Opponent
Points	Kacey Dela Rosa	Ateneo Blue Eagles	30	UP Fighting Maroons
Rebounds	Kacey Dela Rosa	Ateneo Blue Eagles	23	Adamson Lady Falcons
Assists	Eka Soriano	UST Tigresses	11	UP Fighting Maroons
Steals	Rachel Ambos	UST Tigresses	8	UE Lady Warriors
Blocks	Sarah Makanjuola	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	UE Lady Warriors
Blocks	Kacey Dela Rosa	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	UP Fighting Maroons
Turnovers	Joyce Terrinal	UE Lady Warriors	13	UP Fighting Maroons

Player season highs

Category	Player	Team	Average
Points per game	Dindy Medina	Adamson Lady Falcons	20.83
Rebounds per game	Kacey Dela Rosa	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14.08
Assists per game	Eka Soriano	UST Tigresses	7.14
Steals per game	Eka Soriano	UST Tigresses	3.71
Blocks per game	Kacey Dela Rosa	Ateneo Blue Eagles	3.08
Field goal percentage	Rocel Dionisio	UST Tigresses	60.56%
Three point field goal percentage	Kaye Pesquera	UP Fighting Maroons	36.96%
Free throw percentage	Camille Clarin	NU Lady Bulldogs	81.82%
Turnovers per game	Joyce Terrinal	UE Lady Warriors	6.29

Team game highs

Category	Team	Total	Opponent
Points	NU Lady Bulldogs	131	UE Lady Warriors
Rebounds	UP Fighting Maroons	72	UE Lady Warriors
Assists	NU Lady Bulldogs	39	UE Lady Warriors
Steals	UST Tigresses	28	UE Lady Warriors
Blocks	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	Adamson Lady Falcons
Field goal percentage	NU Lady Bulldogs	54.0%	UE Lady Warriors
Three point field goal percentage	UST Tigresses	60.0%	Adamson Lady Falcons
Free throw percentage	UST Tigresses	90.0%	Adamson Lady Falcons
Turnovers	UE Lady Warriors	9	Adamson Lady Falcons

Team season highs


Category	Team	Average
Points per game	NU Lady Bulldogs	87.36
Rebounds per game	NU Lady Bulldogs	53.46
Assists per game	NU Lady Bulldogs	23.57
Steals per game	NU Lady Bulldogs	15.64
Blocks per game	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5.07
Field goal percentage	NU Lady Bulldogs	42.58%
Three point field goal percentage	UST Tigresses	29.27%
Free throw percentage	Ateneo Blue Eagles	55.40%
Turnovers per game	NU Lady Bulldogs	18.29

Boys' tournament

The juniors' tournament will also be a qualifying tournament for the 2023 National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) championship, with the champions qualifying.^[59] However, with the UAAP championship series being held in the same week as the NBTC championship, the NBTC decided to give the berths given to the UAAP to its losing semifinalists.^[60]

De La Salle University is the sub-host for this tournament.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Adamson Baby Falcons	12	2	.857^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	12	2	.857^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	NUNS Bullpups	11	3	.786	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Tiger Cubs	7	7	.500	5	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5	9	.357	7
6	DLSZ Junior Archers (H)	5	9	.357	7
7	UE Junior Warriors	3	11	.214	9
8	UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons	1	13	.071	11

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head record: Adamson 2–0 FEU Diliman

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
DLSZ
FEU–D
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[24] Ange Kouame, an Ivorian by birth, was naturalized as a Filipino citizen in 2021 and is no longer classified as an FSA by the UAAP.^[23]

[table_hth_ADMU0.96453848386395-27] Head to head record: Ateneo 1–1 UP (Ateneo +3)

[table_hth_AdU0.96453848386395-28] Fourth seed playoff: Adamson 80–76 La Salle

[table_hth_UE0.96453848386395-29] Head to head record: UE 1–1 FEU (UE +3)

[OT-52] Game went into overtime.

[reg-53] Game ended in regulation time.

[table_hth_AdU0.12442997755689-67] Head to head record: Adamson 2–0 FEU Diliman

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