Gilas Pilipinas Women just lately climbed 5 spots within the FIBA world rankings and head coach Pat Aquino mentioned this can be a testomony to their program.
The ladies’s group is now at no. 37 within the newest rankings launched by FIBA on Wednesday.
“We’ve gotten a long way, we went through a long road but we are getting there. Just happy to continue what we are doing,” Aquino mentioned after their joint open observe with Gilas Pilipinas males on Thursday.
“It is a testament of our program, all the support and the people that are praying for us. Sana tuloy-tuloy (Hopefully it continues),” he added.
The rankings got here after the group completed sixth within the 2023 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup the place that they had their first win since being promoted to Division A in 2015 on the expense of Chinese Taipei.
Gilas Women, which can see motion within the Asian Games for the primary time since 1998, will open their marketing campaign in opposition to Kazakhstan on September 28.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
