Gilas Pilipinas Basketball

2010 Asian Games Basketball
South Korea defeats Philippines, 74-66
November 24, 2010
Guangzhou, China

Some notes from the game:
– Philippines is now out of the Asian medal after this loss
– Asi Taulava led Smart Gilas with 23 points and 4 rebounds (10/13 from the field)
– JV Casio was the only other player in double figures with 12 points (2/3 from 3pt range and 3/5 from 2pt range)
– Smart Gilas was only 4 out of 18 from three-point range (Both Chris Tiu and Mac Baracael 0 for 4)
– South Korea led in rebounding 36 to only 25 for Philippines (Kelly Williams with 8 rebounds)
– Sol Mercado played in this game coming back from an injury and scored 6 points
– Philippines only had 5 assists (4 from JV Casio)
– South Korea shot 53% from the field (24 out of 45)

Game Scores:

South Korea 74 – Oh 19, Kim 13, Lee S. 12, Kim 10, Yang 9, Yang 8, Park 3, Ham 0, Lee J. 0, Cho 0.

Philippines 66 – Taulava 23, Casio 12, Williams 8, Lassiter 8, Mercado 6, Tiu 5, Baracael 4, Lutz 0.