Gilas Youth survives Indonesia for 1st win in FIBA U16 Asia Cup

Prince Cariño comes up clutch for Gilas Pilipinas Youth because it places itself in a good place to advance to the knockout rounds of the FIBA U16 Asia Cup following an in depth win over Indonesia

MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas Youth bounced again from its powerful opening-day loss within the FIBA U16 Asia Cup with a hard-earned 65-60 win in opposition to Indonesia on the MBank Enviornment in Mongolia on Monday, September 1. 

Prince Cariño, the lone vivid spot for the Philippines in its 106-82 defeat by the hands of Chinese language Taipei the day prior, got here by means of the clutch and sealed the victory for the Filipinos with a putback layup with simply eight seconds left as they improved their document to 1-1 in Group B motion. 

The win put Gilas Youth in a good place to advance to the knockout rounds, with the No. 1 workforce within the group incomes an outright final eight spot and the No. 2 and three squads eligible for the qualification to the quarterfinals.

Undefeated New Zealand leads Group B with a 2-0 document, Chinese language Taipei totes a 1-1 card, whereas Indonesia dropped to 0-2 after the loss.

The LA Tenorio-mentored Gilas Youth was already forward by two possessions, 63-57, after a nook triple by Joel Pascual with 35.7 ticks remaining earlier than Indonesia acquired again to inside simply 3 factors off an and-one play by Galih Putra Kharisma following a turnover by Ethan Tan-Chi. 

Tan-Chi had a chance to make up for his expensive error with two free throws with 10.7 seconds to play, however the second-generation guard missed each his foul pictures.

Fortunately for the Philippines, Cariño was in the fitting place on the proper time for the offensive rebound and the game-sealing basket that put Indonesia away for good. 

Tan-Chi led Gilas Youth’s balanced scoring with 12 factors, whereas Pascual and Andwele Cabañero scattered 11 and 10, respectively. 

Jhello Lumague added 9 factors and Cariño adopted up his 23-point efficiency on Sunday, August 31, with 6 factors.

Brian Orca additionally got here up enormous for the Philippines together with his 13 rebounds and 4 assists because the Filipinos managed the rebounding division, 52-42, and tallied 15 assists in comparison with Indonesia’s 6. 

Muhamad Fakhrial Firdaus and Miracle Christiano paced Indonesia with 13 factors every. 

A tricky problem awaits Gilas Youth because it faces New Zealand, which coasted to a 101-82 rout of Chinese language Taipei earlier within the day, on Tuesday, September 2. – Rappler.com