Gilas Boys make easy work of Malaysia as they arrange a knockout game against Korea for a quarterfinal seat in the 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship
MANILA, Philippines – The Gilas Pilipinas Boys’ Under-16 team wrapped up the preliminary round of the 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship with an easy 75-52 rout of Malaysia for its second win on Tuesday, September 19 at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall in Doha, Qatar. and arranged a do-or-die clash with Korea on Friday, September 22 for a seat in the quarterfinals.
It was Velasquez who set the tone for the Philippines early on as he fired 9 of his 13 points in the opening frame that saw the Filipinos jump out to a whopping 29-8 advantage. The Philippines never looked back from that point on as all 11 players fielded in by Gilas Boys head coach Josh Reyes managed to put up a basket in the wire-to-wire drubbing.
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