The Gilas Pilipinas Women nationwide group was unable to finish a comeback try as they fell to South Korea, 65-59, within the 2023 William Jones Cup on Tuesday in Taiwan.
Gilas Women dropped to 1-3 within the single spherical match after additionally absorbing a loss to Chinese Taipei B on Monday. Korea notched its first win of the match, bettering to 1-3.
Down by 16, 40-24, on the finish of the primary half, the Filipinas have been in a position to get their offense going within the third quarter. But they have been unable to place a cease to the Koreans, who additionally occurred to be the group with essentially the most titles within the Jones Cup, as Gilas Women’s opponents nonetheless held the higher hand, 57-41, forward of the fourth body.
In the payoff interval, Gilas placed on the clamps because it restricted Korea to only eight factors whereas changing 18 on the opposite finish. Despite the rally, Korea’s cushion proved large enough because the Philippines’ comeback in the end fell brief.
Kacey Dela Rosa led the way in which with 14 factors whereas veteran Janine Pontejos chipped in 12.
Jack Animam and Afril Bernardino, who each had big video games final evening, have been held to only 4 and two markers, respectively. Bernardino scored 22 factors within the sport versus Chinese Taipei B whereas Animam posted 18 factors and 9 rebounds within the earlier contest.
The Philippines and South Korea additionally lately met within the 2023 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup final July 1 in Sydney, Australia, with the Koreans additionally popping out on high, 80-71, in a Fifth-Sixth classification spherical match.
Gilas will subsequent face Japan on Wednesday in bid to finish their marketing campaign on a successful observe.
Their lone win within the match to this point got here in opposition to Iran, 64-60, final Sunday.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
