Gilas Women settle for 3×3 silver after falling short in finals against Vietnam

Southeast Asia Games – Basketball – Final – Vietnam v Philippines – Morodok Techo Elephant Hall 2, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – May 7, 2023 Philippines’ Jack Danielle Animam in motion with Vietnam’s Kaylynne Truong REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

The Philippine nationwide girls’s basketball crew fell quick in opposition to Vietnam, 21-16, within the closing match of the ladies’s 3×3 basketball occasion on Sunday within the thirty second Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.

Gilas Women trailed, 16-15, with 1:28 left earlier than the Vietnamese managed the endgame to clinch the gold medal.

Prior to the ultimate, the squad composed of Jack Animam, Afril Bernardino, Janine Pontejos, and Mikka Cacho defeated Cambodia within the semifinals, 21-20.

The Philippines missed the rostrum within the final version of the biennial meet. They gained the gold medal again in 2019.

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News