By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service June Mar Fajardo came off the bench to score a game-high 22 points to lead Gilas Pilipinas in overcoming an ugly start and routing the home team Chinese Taipei, 93-71, at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium tonight, at the FIBA Asia World Cup Qualifiers. The visiting Pinoy cagers had a rough start, scoring just 6 points up until the 3:57 mark of the opening quarter. Chinese Taipei managed to […]
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JUST IN: Gilas thrashes Chinese Taipei in World Cup Qualifiers
(Eagle News)–Gilas Pilipinas beat Chinese Taipei in the World Cup Qualifiers on Friday, June 29. The Philippine team pulled away from its opponent in the last quarter, finishing with as much as 22 points more. The final score: 93-71.
Gilas bucks slow start to defeat Chinese Taipei
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas bucked a slow start to claim a 90-83 win over Chinese Taipei on Monday night. June Mar Fajardo delivered a stellar performance coming off from the bench, and taking Gilas out of the rut that saw Chinese Taipei leading with as much as 13 points in the first quarter. Jayson Castro, who scored a career-high 20 points against Japan, again took up the cudgels for the national team, delivering a […]
Gilas Pilipinas throttles past Chinese Taipei; climbs up to second place in rankings
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas took home the win against team B of Chinese Taipei on Monday in a close game that saw the Philippine contingent trailing its opponent at one point. The first quarters saw both teams fighting tooth and nail for the lead, prompting an apparently irritated Chot Reyes to dish out a few words to his men, who had singlehandedly beaten a stronger Chinese Taipei team the day before. The second half […]





