The Gilas Piipinas Girls are again within the nation following a flawless run within the FIBA Under-16 Women’s Asian Championship Division B in Amman, Jordan that noticed the nationals sweep their manner by the competitors en path to incomes promotion to Division A.
Gilas Girls might be competing in opposition to Asia’s finest led by Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, and New Zealand, amongst others once they see motion within the 2025 FIBA Under-16 Women’s Asian Championship Division A.
Gilas was bannered by 15-year-old Ava Fajardo, who led the workforce in scoring and assists with 16.2 factors and 5.4 assists per recreation, in addition to Nevaeh Smith with a 13.2 factors per recreation common. Ariel Star De La O additionally logged 8.6 factors and a team-best 10.0 rebounds per contest.
Also serving to the workforce had been Sophia Anne Canindo, Ryan Kelly Nair, and Alyssa Rylee Palma.
The wards of head coach Patrick Aquino defeated all their opponents within the pool stage, beating Hong Kong, Maldives, and host Jordan earlier than ripping Malaysia within the semifinals to rearrange a finals date with Iran.
Against Iran, it was just about the identical for the younger Filipinas after carving out an 83-60 victory to assert the title and promotion.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
