Gilas Pilipinas Girls vs Cambodia within the SEA Video games 2023. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Ariya Kurniawan | Instagram @ariyakurniawan16
The Philippines noticed Cambodia get roughened up by Malaysia the day earlier than, and that turned out to be opening it wanted when Gilas Pilipinas had its flip in opposition to the host within the Southeast Asian Video games girls’s basketball competitors on Wednesday night time.
“That was the gameplan—we tried to have brisker legs than them,” nationwide coach Pat Aquino instructed reporters on the heels of Gilas Girls’s 114-54 blowout win at Morodok Techo Nationwide Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, that bought their title-retention bid off on the precise foot.
“It was to our benefit. We simply took it. We have been profitable. And I feel even once we have been urgent on a regular basis, we nonetheless had brisker legs [by] the top of the sport,” he added.
The Philippines performed with out let up all night time lengthy and even held a naturalized-laden Cambodia to only 9 factors within the fourth quarter.
Gilas Pilipinas Girls’s Jack Animam within the SEA Video games 2023. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Ariya Kurniawan | Instagram @ariyakurniawan16
Ella Fajardo starred with 17 factors, whereas Jack Animam delivered 16 extra to indicate that enjoying in opposition to a squad backstopped by a WNBA-caliber expertise was hardly a difficulty for the back-to-back champions.
Chack Cabinbin, Afril Bernardino and Camille Clarin all completed with twin-digit scores to assist this proud Gilas group set an instance for the lads’s group that can play the hosts on Thursday night time.
“I feel the teaching employees scouted nicely [on Tuesday]. We actually stayed right here till the sport was over in opposition to Malaysia,” Aquino mentioned.
“Cambodia’s coach solely has 5 or 6 or 7 [players] for his rotation. And a few bought injured already. [We just] grabbed that chance.”
“So far as we’re involved, I hope we may maintain what we’re doing for the subsequent 5 extra video games as a result of we’re enjoying straight from right here on out. No relaxation,” Aquino mentioned.
The Philippines will plunge again into motion in opposition to Singapore this Thursday 4 p.m. (Manila time).
“I feel, once more, the teaching employees has a recreation plan for tomorrow. Hopefully, we may tackle additionally—the warmth and the enjoying time of an important gamers. Everyone’s necessary however we’re making an attempt to keep up the freshness of everyone,” Aquino mentioned.
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