PHNOM PENH — The Philippine nationwide ladies’s basketball staff kicked off their three-peat marketing campaign within the biennial meet in model, treating host Cambodia to a capturing get together in a 114-54 win within the opening day of the ladies’s basketball match of the thirty second SEA Games in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.
The lopsided win got here regardless of the hype surrounding the Cambodian squad, which fielded 4 naturalized gamers in Meighan Simmons, a former twenty sixth general decide within the WNBA, Brittany Dinkins, Mariah Cooks, and Kim Hanlon.
And Gilas Pilipinas Women head coach Patrick Aquino is hoping that his wards might maintain the identical quantity of depth and power as they face a grueling schedule forward.
“I think the coaching staff scouted well yesterday. We really stayed here until the game [of Cambodia] was over against Malaysia. Mga 5 or 6 or 7 lang rotation niya. And they got injured already,” Aquino mentioned.
“I grabbed that opportunity. As far as we’re concerned, I hope we could sustain what we’re doing for the next five more games kasi straight na kami, wala nang pahinga.”
(“I think the coaching staff scouted well yesterday. We really stayed here until the game was over against Malaysia. They only have 5 or 6 or 7 in their rotation. And they got injured already…. I grabbed that opportunity. As far as we’re concerned. I hope we could sustain what we’re doing for the next five more games because we’re going straight, no more rest.”)
It was a balanced offensive assault for the Filipina cagers with Ella Fajardo dropping 17 factors off the bench whereas Jack Animam collected 16 markers alongside 9 rebounds to mark her return to the SEAG 5-on-5 stage.
Three others have been additionally in double digit scoring as Gilas dealt Cambodia a stinging loss in entrance of its house staff. They will look to repeat this efficiency once they tackle Singapore on Thursday at 3 p.m. (4 p.m. Manila time).
“That was the game plan, to have fresher legs. We tried to have fresher legs than them. I think they had a hard time in last night’s game against Malaysia,” Aquino mentioned.
“It was our advantage and we just took it. It was successful. And I think even if we were pressing all the time, we still had fresher legs at the end of the game.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
