Gilas Pilipinas Youth fell to Chinese language Taipei, 106-82, to open its FIBA U16 Asia Cup marketing campaign on Sunday in Mongolia.
After Prince Cariño’s basket which gave the Philippines a 2-0 lead, it was all Chinese language Taipei from there, because the latter pulled away and led by as a lot as 27, 81-54, following Shu-Wei Lu’s triple on the 2:15 mark of the third interval.
The Philippines outscored Chinese language Taipei, 20-19, within the fourth quarter, however it wasn’t sufficient, as Gilas was already trailing 87-62 getting into the ultimate body.
I-Le Wang led Chinese language Taipei with 24 factors, whereas Cheng-Che Hsiao added 13.
Cariño paced the younger Gilas squad with 23 factors and 6 rebounds, whereas Jeremiah Antolin Jr. chipped in 11 factors.
Gilas will face Indonesia subsequent on Monday.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information