Clark Bautista

Clark Bautista

No. 9 – UST Growling Tigers
Shooting Guard
Personal information
Born	(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
Nationality	Philippines
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Listed weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High school	Benedictine International School
College	University of Santo Tomas
Career history
Black Water Sports (2012) Cebuana Lhuillier Gems (2012-13) EA Regen Med (2013-present)
Career highlights and awards
UAAP Season 71 All-Rookie Team 2008 UAAP NCAA All-Star Three Point Shooutout Champion

Clark "Tata" Oliver Daniel Bautista (born September 1, 1990 from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental) is a collegiate basketball player from the Philippines. He is currently playing for the UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team in the UAAP.

UST Growling Tigers

Rookie season

Bautista joined the Tigers in 2008. In his rookie season, Bautista averaged 6.9 points per game, 1.7 rebounds per game, and 1.4 assists per game.^[1] He was also named to the All-Rookie Team for the season and won the UAAP NCAA All-Star Three Point Contest.

Second season

In his second season, Bautista got more playing time for the Tigers replacing. The Tigers finished the season 6-8 and made it to the Final Four, but were defeated by the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the Final Four 64-81.^[2] Bautista finished the season averaging 7.3 points per game, 1.9 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game.^[3]

Third season

In his third season, Bautista became a starter for the Tigers while averaging 11.1 points per game, 1.3 rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game and shooting 36% from 3 point range.^[4] Unfortunately, the inexperienced Tigers failed to return to the Final Four and finished 7th in the standings at 4-10 ahead of the UP Fighting Maroons.

Fourth season

In UAAP Season 74, Bautista sat out for the Tigers due to academic problems which kept him from playing during the season.

However in UAAP Season 75, Bautista returned to the Tigers after clearing up his academic deficiencies and is back in the rotation for the Tigers. Bautista scored a career high 21 points, while shooting 6-9 from 3 point range in a double-overtime victory against the De La Salle Green Archers 84-82.^[5] The Tigers were able to advance to the UAAP Final Four as the #2 seed with a 10-4 record in the elimination round, they were able to defeat the NU Bulldogs to advance to the UAAP Finals and faced off against the Ateneo Blue Eagles but were swept in the Finals 2-0 as the Blue Eagles completed their five-peat.^[6] Bautista finished the season averaging 7.5 points per game, 2.7 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game on 75% free throw shooting.^[7]

In the Philippine Collegiate Champions League later that year, Bautista would play a key part in the Tigers run in the tournament as they first won the Metro Manila-Luzon tournament by defeating both the Letran Knights and the Adamson Soaring Falcons to enter into the PCCL Final Four with the Ateneo Blue Eagles, San Beda Red Lions and the Southwestern U Cobras. The Tigers would finish with a 2-1 record in the Final Four to set up a rematch with the Blue Eagles in the Finals, where the Tigers exacted their revenge against the Eagles as they were crowned the National Champions after winning the title in a tightly contested three game series.^[8]

Final season

In his final season with the Tigers, Bautista was named the co-captain of the team with Jeric Teng named the captain. Bautista would alternate starting at the point guard position with Ed Daquioag moving him out of his natural position as a shooting guard for most of the season until the rise of Jamil Sheriff later in the season. The Tigers would eventually make their return to the UAAP Finals where they battled the De La Salle Green Archers. However, after their Game 1 win, the Archers won the next two games giving them their first title since 2007.^[9] Bautista ended his final season with the Tigers averaging 7.7 points per game, 3.3 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game on 76% shooting from the free throw line.^[10]

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