Luisito Pascual and Prince Cariño connived within the endgame to energy Gilas Pilipinas Youth to a 65-60 win towards Indonesia within the 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup on Monday on the MBank Enviornment in Mongolia.
Cariño sank a pair of free throws earlier than Pascual knocked down a booming nook triple off a bounce cross from Travis Pascual as they turned a slim 58-57 result in a 63-57 cushion with 35 seconds left within the recreation.
Galih Putra Kharisma then accomplished a three-point play to chop the deficit to a few within the remaining 14.8 seconds, 63-60.
Indonesia almost discovered a lifeline after Ethan Tan-Chi missed a pair of free throws, however Cariño grabbed the offensive rebound and sank the putback to seal the win for the Philippines.
Tan-Chi top-scored with 12 factors along with 5 rebounds, one help, and one steal whereas Pascual added 11 factors, 5 assists, and a steal as Gilas bounced again from a 106-82 loss to Chinese language Taipei.
Andwele Cabañero chimed in with 10 markers, 5 boards, and 4 steals and Cariño contributed six markers, six rebounds, three blocks, and one dime.
The wards of head coach LA Tenorio improved to 1-1 in Group B whereas the Indonesians fell to a 0-2 card.
Up subsequent for Gilas Youth is the undefeated New Zealand (2-0) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
The perfect-ranked crew in every group could have an outright spot within the quarterfinals whereas the second and third seed groups will duke it out within the qualification to quarterfinals.
The 4 semifinalists, in the meantime, will qualify to the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey subsequent yr.
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information
