Pilipinas beats Thailand at home, 137-74
A hot shooting first half lifted the team into a 34-pt lead at the break. Jiffrey Sumalapao led the team with a blistering 29pts on 8 of 11 shooting and 9-9 from the line. He finished the game with 32pts (5 of 7 threes), 5rebs & 4asts. Benson Villarivera (17pts, 5rebs & 2asts) and Sixto Nical (14pts & 2rebs) also contributed as starters with our two bigmen, Alan Adrian Marquese (8pts, 7rebs & 2stls) and Fortunato Arcega (2pts, 6rebs, 6asts & 3blks) also chipping in on their own.
Off the bench, the team was led by Bill Leon del Prado with 29pts on 11 of 14 shooting (4-5 from threes) in just 20 minutes of play.
Next week, last game na ng group phase at yun ay away against Peru. Tatlong puntos lang ang pagkatalo nila against Singapore kaya naman maghahanap yan sila ng panalo sa susunod na linggo. Sana ay mas maganda na ang condition ng ating mga manlalaro sa susunod na linggo to close and finish the group phase in a winning note.
Laban Pilipinas!
Points:
Jiffrey Sumalapao - 32pts
Bill Leon del Prado - 29pts
Benson Villarivera - 17pts
Rebounds:
Alan Adrian Marquese - 11rebs
Augustus Moleno - 10rebs
Leandro Toledanes - 7rebs
Assists:
Alan Adrian Marquese - 7asts
Fortunato Arcega - 6asts
Leandro Toledanes - 6asts