Gilas Girls suffer rude awakening against Australia
A TOUGH START FOR GILAS GIRLS. 🇵đź‡đźŹ€
The Gilas Pilipinas Girls opened their Division A FIBA Women’s U18 Asia Cup campaign with a brutal reality check, falling to defending champion Australia, 102-47, at the Karisma Arena in Seremban, Malaysia on Sunday, Oct. 4.
The Australian Gems wasted no time showing why they are the defending champions, exploding to a 30-8 lead after the opening quarter and putting the Filipinas in a hole they could never escape.
By halftime, the damage was already done.
Australia stretched its advantage to 60-20, effectively putting the game out of reach after two quarters.
Tiffany Reyes and Zaydhen Rosano led Gilas with 10 points apiece, but Australia’s depth proved too much. Five Australian players scored in double figures, led by Sophie Richardson with 18 points and Isabel Smith with 17.
But there’s no time to dwell on the loss.
The Filipinas return to action Monday, Oct. 5, against South Korea, before wrapping up the Group A preliminaries against New Zealand on Tuesday.
THE AUSTRALIAN WALL WAS TOO HIGH. NOW COMES THE RESPONSE.
The score is final.
THE FIGHT ISN’T.
