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Saturday, September 15, 2012

FIBA Asia Cup 2012: Philippines vs Lebanon - Results, Scores, Schedule

After suffering a painful three-point defeat from China (71-68), the Philippines's national basketball team Smart Gilas won a high-margin match over Lebanon, 78-68, on the preliminary rounds of the 4th FIBA Asia Cup, held at the Ota Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday (September 15). (For a summary replay of the match between China and Smart Gilas Philippines, find it below).
This news of victory brings the current win-loss standing of Smart Gilas to 1-1. For it to qualify for the knockout stage of the event, previously called Stankovic Cup, Smart Gilas has to make it to the top four in its group prelims.

Scores and Standings

Player and game scores are as follows:

Philippines (78):
Douthit (25), David (11), Tenorio (11), Norwood (10), Dillinger (10), De Ocampo (8), Fonacier (3) 

Lebanon (68):
El Khatib (E.C.F.) (24), Thompson (17), Akl (10), Abd El Nour (8), El Khatib (c.H.) (4), Sarkis (3), Stephan (2 )

1st Qrtr: 19-20
2nd Qrtr: 21-19
3rd Qrtr: 21-12
4th Qrtr: 19-15

As of September 15, the current FIBA Asia Cup 2012 standings in Group A are as follows:
China - 1 W, 0 L
Uzbekistan - 1 W, 0 L
Lebanon - 1 W, 1 L
Philippines - 1 W, 1 L
Macau - 0 W, 2 L

For Group B matches, basketball standings are as follows:
Japan - 2 W, 0 L
Iran - 1 W,  0 L
Qatar - 1 W, 1 L
Chinese Taipei - 0 W, 1 L
India - 0 W, 2 L

Schedule

Tomorrow, September 16, Smart Gilas will be showing off against Uzbekistan. On September 17-Sunday, at around 11:30 AM, the Philippine basketball team will fight Macau.

The team, Smart Giles Philippines, is composed of LA Tenorio (PG),  Gary David (SF), Larry Fonacier (SG), Ranidel De Ocampo (PF), Gabe Norwood (SG), Jeff Chan (SG), Enrico Villanueva (C), Matt Ganuela Rosser (PG), Marcus Douthit (C), Jay-R Reyes (SG), Sonny Thoss (C), and Jared Dillinger (SF).

Meanwhile, here is a summary replay of Smart Gilas's loss to China in the FIBA Asia Cup 2012 Group tourneys.



Video Courtesy: Youtube user kagila gilalas