Pilipinas U21 survives Indonesia U21 with outside shots, 90-65
Pilipinas U21 survives Indonesia's bigs with their guards providing enough outside shooting, 90-65 in the 2nd round of the tournament.
Pilipinas U21 used Motion - Man to Man, while Indonesia U21 used Look Inside - Man to Man, wherein Indonesian bigs and Pilipinas bigs both had hard time scoring inside, and it was really physical inside the shaded area.
First quarter was a dog fight, both teams only scored 17 points, 10 for Pilipinas U21, 7 for Indonesia U21
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The second quarter is where Pilipinas U21 ran away and ransacked the Indonesians 25-16, to have a 35-23 halftime lead.
Pilipinas U21 never looked back, and eventually won, 90-65
Davey Evacitas lead the way with 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists with 16.0 rating.
Jack Alvin Celebria added 16 points, while Tarroza added 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
James King Mabaquiao and Gab Escobar lead the bench with 10 and 9 points, respectively.
It was the outside shooting of the Pinoys that lead them to this win, shooting 8-of-22 froom deep, compared to Indonesia's 1-of-11.
On an interview, Coach Fabio Menta said, "I know this is going to be tough for my bigs tonight, and it proved to be true as they outrebounded my boys, 51-47. Captain Davey Evacitas did a marvelous job orchestrating the offense for our team."
Martin Sinuhaji scored 27 points and 14 rebounds in a losing effort for the Indonesians.
The scores:
Pilipinas U21 (90) -
Evacitas 20, Celebria 16, Tarroza 15, Mabaquiao 10, Escobar 9, Martinez Naranjo 8, Ygnacio 6, Miranda 2, Espero 2, Cinco 2, Vidal 0
Indonesia U21 (65) -
Sinuhaji 27, Mahrif 14, Monang 8, Raymond 7, Assa 5, Afik 2, Mansyur 2, Tarisno 0, Rais 0, Ririn 0
Quarter scores: 10-7, 35-23, 63-45, 90-65
The MVP of the game is Davey Evacitas of team Flug Feld, lead by GM Motion!!!
On an interview, Davey said, "This was a tough game. I took advantage of their inexperienced guards and scored at will outside, even giving my teammates chances when they have the open shot. Thank you for this award again, and especially to Coach Fabio Menta!"