source: gmanews.tv
The Powerade-Team Pilipinas ended its elimination campaign with an 85-71 win over Kuwait on Wednesday in the 25th FIBA Asia men’s championship in Tianjin, China.
With the win, the Filipinos wound up with a 3-2 win-loss slate and formally advanced to the quarterfinal round.
As the No. 3 finisher in Group E, the RP cagers next face the No. 2 team in Group F or the loser of the Jordan-China match later Wednesday. The host Chinese and the Jordanians are locked in a tie for first in Group F with identical 4-0 cards and would determine the top finisher in their group in their 7 p.m. match.
With a Last 8 slot already assured since Tuesday, Team Pilipinas played Kuwait with little pressure, seizing control in the first half which ended with the Filipinos on top, 40-29.
The Yeng Guiao-mentored squad went up by as many as 19 points, the last time at 83-64 on a basket by Japeth Aguilar, never allowing the Kuwaitis to go closer than eight points.
So much in control were the Filipinos that Guiao fielded in 11 players for at least 11 minutes each and gave regular big man Mick Pennisi a rest.
Four Filipinos finished in double figures - Cyrus Baguio with 14, Asi Taulava with 12, and Jared Dillinger and Kerby Raymundo with 10 apiece. Taulava also hauled down 10 rebounds.
Kuwait, which lost all its five games in the preliminaries, was led by Rashed Alrabah and Mohammad Ashkanani, who fired a game-high 20 markers each.
The scores:
Team Pilipinas 85 - Baguio 14, Taulava 12, Dillinger 10, Raymundo 10, Yap 9, Aguilar 9, Santos 9, Thoss 6, Norwood 3, Helterbrand 3, Miller 0.
Kuwait 71 - Alrabah 20, Ashkanani 20, Saeed 12, Fadhel 6, Alsaeid 4, Alhamidi 4, Alkhabbaz 3, Fahdel 2, Jamal 0.
Quarterscores: 17-13; 40-29; 60-51; 85-71
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