September 3, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas Youth bowed to unbeaten New Zealand, 85-54, to accept Group B third-place end getting into the following spherical of the 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup yesterday on the Buyant Ukhaa Sport Advanced in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Up towards the world No. 15 squad, the Thirty fifth-ranked Filipinos stared at a dismal 1-15 begin and hardly obtained into the struggle within the 31-point defeat.
Gilas completed with a 1-2 slate of their group and can face No. 94 Bahrain (second in Group A) within the qualification to the quarterfinals right now.
Coach LA Tenorio’s group chalked up a lone win on the expense of Indonesia, 65-60, late Monday – sufficient to get them to the knockout spherical.
The Gilas boys and the Bahrainis conflict within the kickoff of the playoffs, with the winner attending to face the highest group from Group C, which might both be China or South Korea.
Jhustin Hallare and Mark Jhello Lumagub fired 13 and 11 factors, respectively, to steer the Gilas scorers versus the Kiwis.
Liam Anthony Keogh scored 17 factors for New Zealand (3-0), which additionally beat Chinese language Taipei (2-1), to high Group B and advance straight to the High 8. Lawson Pryor (15) and Marco Sula (11) have been additionally instrumental whereas Noah Duncan and Lincoln Wilson chipped in 10 every.
Second-seeded and world No. 51 Chinese language Taipei, which scored a 106-82 win towards Gilas within the opener, will duel towards Lebanon within the different qualification as winless Indonesia obtained the boot.
