Sarangani Marlins

The Sarangani Marlins, also known as the Sarangani Marlins-Armor On Philippines and previously as the Taguig Marlins, are a professional basketball team in the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998-2001 and Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League since 2019.

Sarangani Marlins
2019–20 Sarangani Marlins season
Leagues	MBA (1998-2001) MPBL (2019-present)
Founded	1998
History	SocSarGen Marlins 1998-2001 Taguig Marlins 2001 Soccsksargen Marlins-Armor On Philippines 2019 Sarangani Marlins-Armor On Philippines 2019-present
Arena	South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center Lagao Gymnasium Sarangani Capitol Gymnasium
Location	Sarangani Province General Santos City South Cotabato Taguig City
Team colors
Main sponsor	Armor On Philippines
Head coach	Bong Melocoton

The Marlins represents South Cotabato Sarangani and General Santos. Their team owner in Metroball's inaugural season was Ruben Solon.[1]

History

Metropolitan Basketball Association (1998-2001)

As one of the most talented teams in the South, the SocSarGen Marlins were able to reach the quarterfinals in the MBA's inaugural season. The Marlins were bannered by veteran PBA campaigners Maximo Delantes and Teroy Albarillo. SocSarGen finished its regular season record with 11 wins as against 11 losses, good for fourth spot in the Southern Conference. The Marlins' hardworking cager Maximo Delantes figured prominently in the MVP race but couldn't make it to the MBA mythical five due to his team's disastrous stints in each of the playoffs.

Coach Biboy Ravanes was replaced by fellow ex-pro Willie Generalao at the Marlins' bench at the start of the 2000 MBA season. SocSarGen was fifth in the standings in the Southern Conference with four wins and eight losses.

In 2001, the team was renamed as Taguig Marlins in the second phase conference. The Marlins finished last in both phases of the 2001 MBA season with a combined record of five wins and 23 losses.

Current roster

Head coaches

Sarangani Marlins head coaches
2019–present # Name Start End Regular Season Playoffs Best Finish Achievements GC W L Win% GC W L Win% 1 Biboy Simon July 2019 August 2019 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 1 Bong Melocoton 2019 present 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 –

All-time Roster

(A-F) Joel Victor Jariel

(G-L) Johnny Galavin Norman Gonzales

(M-R) Ryan Regalado Ramon Retaga Jr.

(S-Z) Abraham Santos Froilan Saquillo

Notable players

Teroy Albarillo Orly Alvarado Christopher Corbin Max Delantes Chandler Donaldson Hyon Mike Torres Alwyn Flores Nap Hatton Malai Malabanan Cisco Pacheco Mikko Santos Anthony Bernard Basona Arnold Rodriguez Jessie Lumantas Michael Almonte Edwin Pimentel Arnel Mañalac Aldrich Reyes Edgar Echavez Ariel Tizon Joel Co

Paeng Santos Cris Bade Ricky Natividad Paul Alvarez Dindo Pastor Lowell Briones Godfrey Cosio Angelo Velasco Joselito Celiz Lito Aguilar Neil Quirante

Coaches

• Melchor Ravanes
• Willie Generalao
• David Zamar
• Francis Rodriguez

Win-Loss record (MBA)

Season	GP	Win	Lost	Pct.
1998	22	11	11	.500
1999	30	10	20	.333
2000
2001

Season-by-season records (MPBL)

Records from the 2019–20 MPBL season:

Conf.	Team name	Elimination round				Playoffs
		Finish	W	L	PCT	Stage	Results
Lakan Cup	Sarangani Marlins	31st/31	1	29	.033	First Round Division Semifinals Division Finals National Finals	Did not qualify
Total elimination round			1	29	.033	0 semifinals appearances
Total playoffs			0	0	–	0 finals appearance
Total 2018			0	0	–	0 championship
Total franchise			1	29	.033	0 championships

References

1. Ben and [e-mail]

External links

• basketball.asia-basket.com