Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup: Gilas loses to China, faces Mongolia in quarters

The Philippines’ Almond Vosotros throughout a sport in opposition to Singapore within the Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup. Picture by Fiba

MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas 3×3 workforce suffered an 11-21 loss to a tall China facet within the 2022 Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup on Saturday in Singapore.

Zeyi Liu and Jiaren Zhao’s dimension proved an excessive amount of as they led the Chinese language in beating the Filipinos to finish a Pool C sweep in the primary draw and set a quarterfinal duel in opposition to Pool A second seed South Korea on Sunday.

Liu and Zhao dominated Gilas proper from the get-go with a 5-0 begin earlier than the previous stretched it to a nine-point unfold along with his and1 play, 13-4.

Lervin Flores scored all of his 4 factors to chop down the deficit to 15-9 earlier than China’s towering pair stopped the bleeding and maintained their hole, 19-11.

Liu completed with game-high 9 factors, whereas Zhao added six factors, together with the game-winning deuce that ended the match with 1:36 to spare.

The Philippines completed 1-1 in Pool C together with a 21-17 win over Singapore earlier.

Gilas will face World No. 6 Mongolia within the quarterfinals on Sunday at 3:25 p.m.

Vosotros had three factors, whereas Samboy de Leon and Joseph Eriobu added two markers every.

The Scores:

First sport

Philippines 21 – Flores 6, Vosotros 6, de Leon 5, Eriobu 4.

Singapore 17 – JY Lim 7, WK Lim 6, Mah 4, Tan 0.

Second sport

CHINA 21 — Liu 9, Zhao Jr 6, Zhao Jy 5, Lyu 1.

PHILIPPINES 11 — Flores 4, Vosotros 3, de Leon 2, Eriobu 2.

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