Gilas Pilipinas ladies’s Kacey Dela Rosa, left, celebrates throughout a win over Japan within the Fiba 3×3 Girls’s Asia Cup in Singapore.–Photograph from SBP
MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas ladies’s Cinderella run within the 2026 Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup got here to a screeching halt on Sunday night time in Singapore.
The Philippines settled for silver, its greatest end in Asia Cup 3×3, after succumbing to a mighty Australia aspect, 18-9, within the ultimate spherical.
Regardless of the lopsided rating, Aussie gunner Emma Clarke stated it was no straightforward activity going up towards the Philippines, a crew additionally they dominated on Saturday.
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“We’re fortunate sufficient to come back away with the gold, it’s superior,” she stated.
“I’d say, quite a lot of us listed below are comparatively new to three×3 so we simply thought we have now to be higher each recreation.”
Australia raced to a 6-0 begin, a lead that proved too huge for Gilas to beat.
The Philippines was in a position to maintain it shut, 12-7, after a pair of buckets from Kacey Dela Rosa and Afril Bernardino however a few two-pointers from Australia stored the sport out of attain for Gilas, 16-7.
Dela Rosa, who had a dominant marketing campaign, and Bernardino ended up with 4 factors every within the loss.
En path to their historic end, Gilas ladies trounced Mongolia within the quarterfinals and Japan within the semis earlier.
