The Philippine national youth basketball team looked impressive in mounting a late challenge but ultimately fell short against Argentina, 84-71, in the classification round of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Dubai, UAE.
The Batang Gilas team dropped a fifth straight assignment but gave a glimpse of some of their finest play so far after connecting on seven three-pointers in the fourth quarter to give their South Americans foes a late scare.
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The scores:
Argentina (84) – Mas Delfino 20, Carvalho 16, Merchant 14, Delfino 10, Zurbriggen 7, Fernandez 6, Aliende 3, Galardo 2, Fjellerup 2, Borsanti 2, Riego 2, Onetto 0.
Batang Gilas (71) – Go 27, Dela Cruz 14, Mi. Nieto 11, Desiderio 10, Ma. Nieto 7, Navarro 2, Escoto 0, Dario 0, Padilla 0, Abadeza 0.
Quarterscores: 22-14, 35-27, 62-46, 84-71.
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