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Awaiting the Filipina cagebelles in its opening game in the 19th edition of the meet is Kazakhstan, a perennial contender which made the quarterfinals of the quadrennial showpiece’s last two staging.
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The 3×3 men and women’s teams kick off the Philippines’ campaign in the 19th Asian Games basketball competitions when they play their first game on Monday, September 25, at the Deqing Geographic Information Park Basketball Court.
Pitted against a team slowly becoming its regional rival in the youth level, the Gilas Pilipinas U18 women’s national team leaned on the exploits of Sumayah Sugapong to seal a hard-earned win.
The Gilas Pilipinas U18 women’s national team banked on a strong fourth quarter closer to pull away and beat regional rival Thailand, 65-50 in the FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship 2022 Division B group phase on Monday at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, India.
The upcoming FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2022 in Singapore will not be the first rodeo for both Gilas Pilipinas Women mainstays Camille Clarin and Katrina Guytingco in an organized 3×3 event.
Gilas Pilipinas Women took home the third place consolation in the 2022 FIBA Asia U16 Women’s Championship Division B, outclassing Lebanon in the final day of competition, 90-68 at the Prince Hamza Sporting Hall in Amman, Jordan.
Proving it was more than a two-woman show, the Gilas Pilipinas Women drew a big spark from its reserves in their big win over Samoa on Sunday allowing it to sweep the group stage of the FIBA Asia U16 Women’s Championship Division B in Amman, Jordan in the process.
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.
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