SEA Games: Hot-shooting Gilas Women drubs Thailand, go 2-0
Gilas Pilipinas Women’s quest for a second straight gold medal in SEA Games women’s 5-on-5 basketball continues to look promising.
Gilas Pilipinas Women’s quest for a second straight gold medal in SEA Games women’s 5-on-5 basketball continues to look promising.
Gilas Pilipinas bucked off a slow start, banked on June Mar Fajardo’s dominance, and repulsed a scare from a gritty Thailand squad, 76-73 in their 31st Southeast Asian Games Vietnam 2021 men’s 5-on-5 basketball opener on Monday at the Thanh Tri Gymnasium in Hanoi.
Determined to defend their gold medal, the Gilas Pilipinas women’s national 5-on-5 basketball team used a strong second half to drub Indonesia, 93-77 in their 31st Southeast Asian Games Vietnam 2021 opener Monday at the Thanh Trì Gymnasium in Hanoi.
The Vietnamese men’s national basketball team means business. Eager to change their medal color when the 31st Southeast Asian Games tips off in its capital city of Hanoi next month, Vietnam walloped the Zamboanga Valientes, 94-47 to jumpstart its 2022 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Pre SEA Games Challenge campaign on Tuesday at the Liga Bali Arena in Indonesia.
At 19 years old and making steady progress as a pro, Kai Sotto is projected to make the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster for Gilas Pilipinas.
Back in 2016, FIBA decided to include Australia and New Zealand under FIBA Asia ahead of the 2017 to 2020 basketball cycle. This included their participation in the continental championship, the FIBA Asia Cup, as well as the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers when it drastically tweaked its qualification systems for the top international competitions.
Gilas Pilipinas dropped its last assignment to New Zealand, 88-63 on Sunday, February 27 in the second window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
New Zealand put on the defensive clamps while Tom Vodanovich put on an offensive show as they shut Gilas Pilipinas, 88-63 in a slugfest on Sunday, February 27, in front of a sold-out crowd inside the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Metro Manila.
Second generation Filipino-Japanese basketball player Matthew Aquino made a successful debut for the Japanese national basketball team as they picked up a close 76-71 win over Chinese-Taipei in Group B of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers second window on Saturday at the Okinawa Arena in Japan.
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