Gilas Pilipinas Basketball

2013 FIBA Asia Championship Second Round
Philippines defeats Japan, 90-71
August 5, 2013 – Mall of Asia Arena

Game Highlights:
-Marcus Douthit led Gilas Pilipinas with 19 points along with 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks
-Jeff Chan with 16 points (4/5 from three-point range)
-Ranidel de Ocampo was 3/4 from the three-point line
-Philippines shot 12/20 from three-point range (60%)
-LA Tenorio contributed 9 points with 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals
-Jimmy Alapag with 6 points and 6 assists
-Japeth Aguilar with 7 points, 3 dunks
-Gary David with 5 points all in the 4th quarter as the crowd chanted Gary! Gary! Gary!
-JR Sakuragi led Japan with 19 points
-Game tomorrow against Qatar at 8:30pm at MOA Arena

Game Scores:
Philippines 90 – Douthit 19, Chan 16, Tenorio 9, De Ocampo 9, William 7, Norwood 7, Aguilar 7, David 5, Alapag 6, Fonacier 3, Pingris 2, Fajardo 0.

Japan 71 – Sakuragi 19, Takiuchi 17, Hiejima 9, Tsuji 8, Matsui 6, Kanamaru 4, Ota 2, Watanabe 2, Kurihara 2, Sakirai 2, Ichioka 0, Tanaka 0.

Quarterscores: 17-14; 46-36; 74-61; 90-71.