Pilipinas beats Australia with more effort, routed Macau by 50
The last 2 weeks were pretty good for us as we won our games against Australia (by 9) and Macau (by 50).
Against Australia, the team was led by our starting trio of Jiffrey Sumalapao, 38pts, 7rebs, 6asts on 15-29 shooting from the field, Leorio Lovino, 29pts, 4rebs, 9asts on 11-19 shooting from the field, and Jacinto Estorninos, 24pts, 4rebs, 2asts.
Against Macau, 5 players scored in double figures with 3 starters putting up at least 20pts. Sumalapao had 30pts, 4rebs, 2asts, while Lovino posted 20pts, 3rebs, 6asts. Melvin Chan also made contributions of 20pts, 8rebs and 5asts. Off the bench, the team was led by Raymund Duraliza who filled out the stat sheet with 13pts, 3rebs, 3asts, 1stl, 1blk while Melecio Sidad put up 13pts, 4rebs, 3asts in 15 minutes of play. Pete Libron had a game-high 18rebs, 7 of which were offensive boards.
In our last 2 1st group stage games, we will be facing the two teams chasing 4th place Vietnam, Malaysia (tomorrow) and New Zealand (next week). We will try to ensure wins over these teams for us to end this group phase in a high note.
It is the all star week kaya naman I hope everyone tries to keep our NT players in great shape. Only 2 games this week for most teams kaya sana ay maalagaan natin ang minutes nila. For those with 3 games this week, please make sure to still manage minutes kahit na 2 cup games pa ang laro natin.
Maraming salamat sa lahat ng patuloy na sumusuporta sa ating national team.
Laban Pilipinas!