Gilas Pilipinas Women averted a late-game meltdown, relying on key baskets from its main guns to oust Syria, 92-86 on Saturday in the 2022 FIBA Asia U16 Women’s Championship Division B at the Prince Hamza Sporting Hall in Amman, Jordan.
With a scintillating 27-point, 20-rebound double-double in her very first game for the national team, forward Gabriella Ramos surely captured the attention of an entire basketball nation overnight.
Kristan Yumul made sure her first ever game donning a Pilipinas jersey would be special. The 5-foot-9 shooter did not only play a large part in Gilas Pilipinas Women’s 104-68 trouncing of Indonesia on Friday to jumpstart their FIBA Asia U16 Women’s Championship Division B campaign; the game day apparently coincided with her 17th birthday too, so she was able to celebrate in style.
Gilas Pilipinas Women got off to sterling start in the 2022 FIBA Asia U16 Women’s Championship Division B on Friday, pulling away to dominate Indonesia, 104-68 at the Prince Hamza Sporting Hall in Amman, Jordan.
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The nightmares in Vietnam will continue to become a sizzling hot topic in the months to come. But we must not forget that it wasn’t just Gilas Pilipinas that flopped in the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games.
For Gilas Pilipinas Women small forward Katrina Guytingco, the past weekend capped a year full of firsts for her basketball career.
As the final buzzer sounded inside the Thanh Tri Gymnasium in Hanoi, Vietnam and Indonesia erupted into celebration at center court to celebrate a historic Southeast Asian (SEA) Games basketball title, Filipino sports fans back home knew something felt wrong.
For the first time since 1989, the Philippine men’s national 5-on-5 basketball team will not take home the gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games.
Gilas Pilipinas moved one win away from the gold medal in men’s 5-on-5 basketball after trouncing Malaysia, 87-44 in 31st Southeast Asian Games Vietnam 2021 on Saturday at the Thanh Tri Gynasium in Hanoi.
Gilas Pilipinas Women moved one win away from a gold medal repeat after conquering Singapore, 88-61 on Saturday in the 31st Southeast Asian Games Vietnam 2021 women’s 5-on-5 basketball tournament at the Thanh Tri Gymnasium.
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