Young PH ballers drop close games in Fiba Asia, Fiba 3x3 Worlds | Inquirer Sports

Young PH ballers drop close games in Fiba Asia, Fiba 3×3 Worlds

/ 01:51 AM September 29, 2013

AFTER scintillating starts, the two Philippine youth teams vying in separate international campaigns absorbed stinging losses  Friday night.

What seemed like a potential upset turned into a heartbreaking loss for the Philippine under-18 squad when all its four players fouled out against China in the Fiba 3×3 U18 World Championship in Jakarta.

The Philippines held a 13-12 lead against the taller Chinese even with only Arvin Tolentino on the floor after Thirdy Ravena, Prince Rivero and Kobe Paras fouled out one by one.

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But the young Nationals’ bid to stay unbeaten came to a painful end as Tolentino also fouled out with just eight seconds left, thus automatically awarding China a 20-0 win.

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In Tehran, Iran, the under-16 team also absorbed a narrow loss to Chinese Taipei, 95-90, in the Fiba Asia U16 Championship.

Tu Ssu-han fired a game-high 29 points as the Taiwanese topped Group D (2-0).

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Michael Nieto posted 26 markers and 16 rebounds, while Paul Desiderio had 21 points to pace the U16 boys, who absorbed their first loss a day after a thrilling 90-88 triumph over Kazakhstan.

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The Philippine U18 3×3 also got off to a strong start with three straight triumphs over Chinese Taipei (13-5), Guatemala (18-9) and Andorra (15-11) on Day 1, before falling to China then to Bulgaria by the slimmest of margins, 12-11.

The Philippines wound up tied with Czech Republic and Bulgaria at 3-2 in Pool B, behind United States (5-0) and China (4-1). Jasmine W. Payo

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