The Philippine nationwide girls’s basketball group settled for sixth place within the 2023 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, their finest end becoming a member of Division A in 2015, after falling to South Korea, 80-71, within the classification match on Saturday in Sydney.
The Koreans have been main by 11, 66-55, on the opening of the fourth interval earlier than Gilas Pilipinas Women minimize their deficit to simply 5, 76-71, with round three minutes left. However, the nationals have been held scoreless within the dying minutes of the sport, which ultimately resulted within the loss.
Afril Bernardino led Gilas Women with 16 factors whereas Jack Animam and Khate Castillo chipped in 12 factors apiece. Vanessa de Jesus was restricted to 5 factors.
Meanwhile, Jihyun Park had 24 factors for the Koreans.
The Philippines absorbed losses towards Australia and Japan of their first two matches earlier than getting a breakthrough win towards Chinese Taipei. New Zealand escaped the Philippines, 83-78, within the semis qualification earlier than Gilas wrapped up its marketing campaign towards Korea.
The Philippines completed seventh general within the 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 editions of the Women’s Asia Cup.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
