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Gilas Pilipinas Girls erase a 22-point deficit within the fourth quarter, however Japan hangs on to a three-point victory because the Philippines drops to 0-2 within the 2025 FIBA Girls’s Asia Cup
MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas Girls rallied again from 22 factors down within the fourth quarter, however their gutsy comeback try got here up brief as world No. 9 Japan escaped with an 85-82 win within the 2025 FIBA Girls’s Asia Cup on the Shenzhen Sports activities Middle in Shenzhen, China, on Monday, July 14.
With Japan comfortably forward with its largest lead of the sport, 83-61, on the 5:37 mark of the ultimate interval, the Filipinas went on a livid 17-0 blast, capped by an and-one play by Jack Animam to drag inside simply two possessions, 78-83, with nonetheless 42 seconds left on the sport clock.
The Philippines even had an opportunity to chop the deficit into one possession after Animam was fouled anew with 15 ticks left, however the Gilas Girls star went 1-of-2 from the road.
Japan’s Monica Okoye then calmly sank two free throws on the opposite finish, finally crushing any hopes of a Gilas Girls upset.
After being held to solely 2 factors on 1-of-11 capturing of their 78-point opening-day loss to Australia on Sunday, July 13, Animam bounced again massive for Gilas Girls with a monster double-double of 24 factors on 10-of-18 subject aim clip and 14 rebounds within the heartbreaking defeat.
Vanessa de Jesus and Naomi Panganiban helped Animam carry the Philippines’ scoring load with 13 factors every, whereas Sumayah Sugapong chipped in 12 markers.
For Japan, Maki Takada topscored with 20 factors, whereas Minami Yabu added 15.
After falling to 0-2 in Group B, Gilas Girls face a must-win state of affairs towards fellow winless Lebanon at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, July 16.
The winner of that all-important showdown advances to the subsequent spherical and secures a ticket to the 2026 FIBA Girls’s World Cup Qualifying tournaments.
The Scores
Japan 85 – Takada 20, Yabu 15, Konno 9, Todo 8, Okoye 8, Mawuli 6, Miyazawa 5, Hoshi 4, Tokashiki 3, Tanaka 3, Kawai 2, Kuribayashi 2.
Philippines 82 – Animam 24, De Jesus 13, Panganiban 13, Sugapong 12, Surada 6, Castillo 5, Dela Rosa 4, Fajardo 3, Ozar 2, Villanueva 0, Pastrana 0, Pagdulagan 0.
Quarters: 31-20, 57-41, 77-57, 85-82.
– Rappler.com
