Gilas Women win their first two games in the 2023 SEA Games against Cambodia and Singapore by a combined 91 points. SEAGames2023
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Gilas Women cruised to another blowout and crushed Singapore, 94-63, for an unbeaten start in the Southeast Asian Games at the Morodok Techo National Sports Complex here on Thursday, May 11., the Filipinas made easy work of the Singaporeans behind Khate Castillo and Afril Bernardino to improve to 2-0 in the round-robin women’s 5-on-5 basketball competition.
Castillo topscored for the Philippines with 14 points on a 4-of-7 clip from deep, while Bernardino churned out a near-double-double of 11 points and 9 rebounds. Ella Fajardo fired 11 points and Clare Castro posted 10 points and 7 rebounds in the wire-to-wire win that saw Gilas Women lead 25-14 after the opening quarter.
Singapore outscored the Philippines 24-20 in the second period to cut its deficit to 38-45 at halftime, but the Filipinas pulled away for good in the third frame where they limited the Singaporeans to just 5 points. Providing spark off the bench, Angelica Surada supplied 9 points and 12 rebounds for Gilas Women, while Janine Pontejos and Camille Clarin chipped in 9 and 8 points, respectively.Up next for Gilas Women, who are playing six games in as many days, is Indonesia on Friday, May 12, at the same venue.
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