PHNOM PENH — Gilas Pilipinas Women’s bid for his or her third consecutive gold medal took an enormous hit when the Filipina ballers fell to Indonesia on Friday to take its first loss within the ongoing thirty second SEA Games right here.
But no matter the place they will find yourself ending within the competitors, the nationals vowed that they might preserve the battle.
“We came here to play games. Whatever the result is, they have purpose in it. So until the game is over, we’ll keep fighting,” mentioned head coach Patrick Aquino on Saturday.
“Laban lang ng laban.”
That was confirmed true when Gilas Women bounced again with a convincing 116-58 victory towards Vietnam on Saturday.
Khate Castillo led a balanced assault for the Philippines, ending with 22 factors off the bench alongside three rebounds and one steal whereas 5 others reached double digit scoring to steer the nation.
Even Aquino himself was shocked by how strongly his gamers rebounded from the defeat.
“I couldn’t believe it myself also. I told them it’s not just a good bounce-back (win) but it was the greatest bounce-back that I’ve ever had in my career,” Aquino added.
The Philippines, with wins over Cambodia, Singapore, and now, Vietnam, sit in solo third within the crew standings behind Indonesia (4-0) and Malaysia (4-1).
Mathematically, Gilas nonetheless has an opportunity to win the gold, however they will want some unlikely breaks to go their approach to have the ability to pull it off.
The crew will face Thailand subsequent on Sunday, at 11 a.m., earlier than taking up the Malaysians on Monday.
“I couldn’t afford (to lose). Even if Thailand hasn’t won yet, I think they’re still a strong team. They’re preparing on the next SEA Games and we need to also focus.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
