The Philippine nationwide girls’s basketball group on Wednesday made some historical past, taking down Chinese Taipei, 92-81, as Gilas Pilipinas Women bagged its breakthrough win within the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, the primary since being promoted to Division A in 2015.
The victory was made much more particular because it allowed Gilas Women to e book a spot within the play-in stage and keep away from relegation. They will subsequent face the second seed in Group A for a semifinals slot.
It was a complete group effort for the Filipina ballers with newcomer Vanessa De Jesus once more proudly owning the highlight with 25 factors and 4 assists.
Veterans Afril Bernardino and Jack Animam churned out double-double efforts with the seasoned Bernardino pouring in 18 factors and 10 rebounds and Animam registering 16 markers and 15 boards.
De Jesus’ buzzer-beater triple to finish the second interval noticed Gilas Women having fun with a 51-38 halftime lead earlier than Chinese Taipei trimmed that down to only six within the third, 58-64.
Jhazmin Joson and Bernardino then opened the payoff interval with back-to-back buckets for a 14-point lead, 76-62, however a fast 8-0 run allowed Chinese Taipei to chop the lead down to only 76-70 unfold for the Filipinas.
Cheng I-Shiu made it a 78-74 deficit for Chinese Taipei however the Philippines held on, uncorking a 14-3 closing run to clinch the historic win.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
