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Women's Asia Cup: Gilas crashes out of semis contention
Women's Asia Cup: Gilas crashes out of semis contention
ABS-CBN News
Published Jun 30, 2023 05:08 PM PHT
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Updated Jun 30, 2023 07:45 PM PHT
Gilas Women's Jack Animam. FIBA Basketball
(UPDATED) The Philippine women's basketball team put up a valiant fight but still fell short against the New Zealand Tall Ferns, 83-78, in the playoffs of the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup.
Playing catch up for most part, the Pinays dished out everything the Tall Ferns can handle, fighting to within a point, 69-68, going to the payoff period.
But New Zealand managed to hang on and fend off the Filipinas at their Division A clash at the Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia.
Jhazmin Joson and Afril Bernardino led Gilas with 15 points apiece, while Jack Animam contributed 14.
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Charlisse Leger-Walker paced the New Zealanders, top-scoring with 34 points to go with her 6 assists. Tera Reed added 23 points, while Penina Davidson harvested a double-double of 10 points and 11 boards.
Prior the game, Gilas was coming off a historic 92-81 win against Chinese Taipei.
A victory by the Filipinas over New Zealand could have set up a semis duel against five-time reigning champion Japan.
With the loss, Gilas missed a trip to the qualifying tournaments for the Paris Olympics.
The Filipinas will next battle the loser between Australia and South Korea for a fifth-place finish.
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