Rest of Gilas Pilipinas return home

By: Mark Giongco - 10 years ago

Philippines’ Japeth Aguilar, left, and teammate Jim Alapag, right, celebrates after winning the match at the end of the match against Senegal during the Group B Basketball World Cup match between the Philippines and Senegal in Seville, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. AP

MANILA, Philippines — The rest of the Philippine men’s national basketball team, fresh off a historical Fiba World Cup stint in Spain, arrived here Tuesday afternoon.

Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes, skipper Jimmy Alapag, Marc Pingris, LA Tenorio, Japeth Aguilar and Gabe Norwood are part of the second batch of PH team members to return home.

June Mar Fajardo, Jeffrei Chan, Paul Lee, Jayson Castro, Gary David and forward Ranidel de Ocampo are already here since Saturday.

After a heartbreaking yet breakthrough World Cup stint in Seville, Gilas will head to Incheon, South Korea in hopes to bag the country’s first gold medal in basketball in the Asian Games since 1962.

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