The Philippine nationwide ladies’s basketball crew gave New Zealand a tricky problem however ran out of steam late to undergo an 83-78 loss and bow out of competition within the 2023 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup on Friday.
Gilas Pilipinas Women will play within the classification rounds whereas the Tall Ferns superior to the semifinals reverse five-time defending champion Japan.
After falling behind by as a lot as 10 early on, Gilas Women stepped on the fuel within the second interval with Khate Castillo and Jhazmin Joson drilling 5 triples mixed as got here again to inside simply 4 on the half, 45-41.
A 9-0 run to open the third then allowed Gilas to achieve a 50-45 lead, however Charlisse Leger-Walker single-handedly carried the Tall Ferns in the identical body, scoring the subsequent 14 factors for New Zealand to counter Afril Bernardino, whose back-to-back buckets made it a 69-66 lead.
Leger-Walker’s buzzer-beater basket reduce the Philippines’ cushion to a slim 69-68 earlier than the fourth.
But foul bother received in the way in which of the Filipinas within the payoff interval with Jack Animam and Bernardino each getting their fourth fouls earlier than the 4th minute mark.
The two veterans nonetheless tried to rally the Philippines, conserving inside putting distance, 83-78, with 1:28 left earlier than they dedicated an important turnover within the remaining 47 seconds en path to the loss.
Joson and Bernardino every completed with 15 factors whereas Animam poured in a double-double outing of 14 markers and 11 rebounds alongside one block.
Leger-Walker led New Zealand with a whopping 34 factors along with six assists, three rebounds, and three steals.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
