FIBA Women’s Asia Cup: Gilas Women fall to Chinese-Taipei
Chinese-Taipei blitzed past the Philippines in the third quarter to win 93-52 in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2021 in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday night to advance to the knockout stages.
Despite losing to China and Australia in back-to-back blowouts heading into their final Group B game at Prince Hamzah Hall, Gilas Women had a shot at marching on to the next round. After trailing by a relatively manageable 15 points, 45-30, at halftime, however, coach Pat Aquino and co. let the game slip away in the third quarter, where Chinese-Taipei outscored them 31-11.Forward Afril Bernardino tallied 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Philippines, which will battle India in a classification game to determine the 8-team tournament's 7th and 8th places.
India lost all its 3 Group A matches by 62.7 points, while Gilas Women fell by an average of 65.3 points. Meanwhile, Japan beat Korea 67-62 to top Group A, while China downed Australia 82-64 to emerge the Group B leader.Japan, the defending champion, will face the winner of the Australia-New Zealand playoff as the game between Korea and Chinese-Taipei will determine China’s opponent.
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