Marcus Douthit (center). PBA IMAGES FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines —The Philippines is a win away from the precious gold medal in the 27th Southeast Asian Games basketball tournament, closing in after an 83-52 crushing of Indonesia Saturday in Myanmar.
The remaining assignment in the Filipinos’ championship retention bid is Malaysia and they clash on Sunday at Zeya-thiri Stadium in Nay Pyi Taw to conclude the single-round tournament.
Naturalized center Marcus Douthit paced Sinag Pilipinas with 11 points and 11 rebounds while Kiefer Ravena added 10 points off the bench. Kevin Ferrer and Mac Belo chipped in nine points apiece.
Coming off three straight dominant wins, the Filipinos managed to keep up with the trend and broke the game wide open in the third period, after leading by only four at the half.
Xaverius Prawiro scored 14 for the Indonesians, who only managed 18 points in the entire second half while the Filipinos had no problem imposing their will.
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