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FIBA Asia Championship Smart Gilas 2nd Round Schedule

2011 FIBA Asia Championship
Wuhan, China

In the second round, Group D qualifiers will go up against Group C qualifiers.

2nd Round Schedule

Philippines vs. Jordan
Monday, September 19, 3:30pm

Philippines vs. Japan
Tuesday, September 20, 6pm

Philippines vs. Syria
Wednesday, September 21, 6pm

* Games are live on Channel 13

1st Round Results

Philippines defeats Bahrain, 113-71
Top Scorer: Japeth Aguilar – 21 points
Read Game Highlights: Philippines defeats Bahrain

China defeats Philippines, 75-60
Top Scorer: Marcus Douthit – 17 points
Read Game Highlights: China defeats Philippines

Philippines defeats UAE, 92-52
Top Scorer: Mac Baracael – 15 points
Read Game Highlights: Philippines defeats UAE

Philippines defeats Bahrain

2011 FIBA Asia Championship
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Bahrain
Wuhan, China
Philippines defeats Bahrain, 113-71

Game Highlights:
– Japeth Aguilar led Smart Gilas with 21 points and 12 rebounds in 15 minutes of play, most in the 2nd half where Philippines pulled away after leading only by 10 at halftime
– 7 players scored in double digits and all players scored at least 2 points
– 113 points is the highest score so far in the entire tournament
– Rebounding edge 54-15
– 33 assists by Smart Gilas led by Jimmy Alapag with 8 and Mark Barroca with 7
– Philippines shot 40% from three point range with JV Casio going 3/3
– Philippines shot 67% from the field with Marcus Douthit going 8/11
– Philippines with 26 fastbreak points
– Only negative is the 18 turnovers compared to only 13 by Bahrain
– Former Green Archer Bader Malabes of Bahrain scored 15 points (former teammate of JV Casio)

Game Scores
Philippines 113 – Aguilar 21, Douthit 18, Casio 15, Taulava 13, de Ocampo 13, Baracael 11, Tiu 10, Barroca 8, Alapag 2, Williams 2

Bahrain 71 – Malabes 15, Sarhan 13, Mahri 11, Ali 8, Isa 7, Khamis 7, Akber 6, Mubarak 2, Ashoor 0

Quarters: 30-18, 51-41, 86-47, 113-71

China defeats Philippines

2011 FIBA Asia Championship
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs China
Wuhan, China
China defeats Philippines, 75-60

Game Highlights:
– Still No Lutz and Lassiter for this game
– Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks
– Chris Tiu was the only other player in double figures with 12 points but committed 5 turnovers
– Philippines only had 14 assists compared to 22 by China
– Philippines committed 14 turnovers which resulted in 21 points off turnovers
– China had 10 steals and 5 blocks
– Smart Gilas only had 2 fast break points compared to 9 by China
– Philippines was held to 8 points in the 2nd quarter
– The only positive is that we held China to 75 points, they scored 101 against Bahrain

Game Scores:
China 75 – Jianlian 20, ZhiZhi 16, Sun 15, Zhu 13, Zhang 3, B.Zhang 2, Liu 2, Yi Li 2, Ding 1, Yu 1.

Philippines 60 – Douthit 17, Tiu 12, Williams 6, Alapag 5, Casio 5, Aguilar 4, Baracael 4, de Ocampo 3, Taulava 2, Barroca 2.

Quarters: 22-13, 43-21, 55-40, 75-60

Philippines defeats UAE

2011 FIBA Asia Championship
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs United Arab Emirates
Wuhan, China
Philippines defeats UAE, 92-52

Game Highlights:
-Mac Baracael led Smart Gilas with 15 points
-Smart Gilas down to 10 players since Chris Lutz and Marcio Lassiter ruled ineligible to play before the game – http://www.smartgilasbasketball.com/news/chris-lutz-and-marcio-lassiter-ruled-ineligible/
-All players scored with 6 players with 9 or more points
-Smart Gilas had 19 assists to only 10 by UAE
-Smart Gilas shot 73% from the 2-point range (36/49)
-Both Centers Marcus Douthit and Asi Taulava scored 13 points with Taulava grabbing 11 rebounds
-Philippines limited UAE to only 10 points in the 2nd quarter
-Marcus Douthit was called for an unsportsmanlike foul in the 1st quarter for pushing a player from UAE
-The only negative from the game is the 10 steals by UAE and Smart Gilas committing 19 turnovers

Game Scores
Philippines 92 – Baracael 15, Douthit 13, Taulava 13, Casio 11, Tiu 9, Barroca 9, de Ocampo 7, Alapag 6, William 5, Aguilar 4.

UAE 52 – Ahmed 12, Alhattawi 11, Ahmad 10, Alzaabi 7, Salem 6, Al Braiki 3, Abdalla 3, Banihammad 0, Alsari 0,

Quarters: 17-12, 41-22, 69-35, 92-52

Smart Gilas vs Qatar Game Cancelled

The Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Qatar National Team which was scheduled tonight at 7pm at San Juan Arena was cancelled due to injuries of some Qatar players.

The team will leave on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 for Wuhan, China and the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship will start on September 15.

Good luck Smart Gilas!

Smart Gilas beats Jordan

Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Jordan National Team
Exhibition Game – September 10, 2011
Arena, San Juan
Smart Gilas defeats Jordan, 80-71

Game Highlights:
– Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas with 17 points even though he played limited minutes due to foul trouble and fouling out in the 4th quarter
– Marcio Lassiter (16 points) and Chris Tiu (10 points) both scored in double digits
– JV Casio, Mac Baracael and Jason Ballesteros did not play this game

Game Scores:
Smart Gilas 80 – Douthit 17, Lassiter 16, Tiu 10, Barroca 8, Taulava 6, Alapag 7, Lutz 6, Williams 4, De Ocampo 4, Aguilar 2, Ababou 0

Jordan 71 – Daghles 14, Al-Sous 12, Zaghab 12, Wright 11, I.Abbas 8, Soobsokov 6, AbuQura 4, Z.Abbas 4

Quarters: 16-15, 35-29, 51-48, 80-71

Smart Gilas beats Qatar

Smart Gilas vs Qatar
Exhibition Game – September 8, 2011
Arena, San Juan
Smart Gilas defeats Qatar, 69-52

Game Highlights:
-Top Scorer: Jimmy Alapag – 11 points (3/5 from three point range)
-New recruit Ranidel de Ocampo scored 9 points
-Philippines was 8 out of 21 from three point range
-JV Casio did not play while Marcus Douthit played limited minutes
-For Qatar Chauncey Leslie and Tanguy Ngombo did not play

Game scores:

Smart Gilas 69 – Alapag 11, De Ocampo 9, Lassiter 8, Ababou 7, Tiu 6, Douthit 6, Lutz 6, Barroca 5, Williams 5, Aguilar 4, Taulava 2, Ballesteros 0, Baracael 0.

Qatar 52 – Ali S. 10, Saeed 9, Hassan 8, Elhadary 8, Ali A. 8, Ndour 7, Salem 2, Shaer 0, Sow 0, Ndiaye 0.

Quarterscores: 21-6, 33-18, 57-32, 69-52

Smart Gilas Tune-up Games

Exhibition Games by Smart Gilas before the FIBA Asia Championship at the Arena in San Juan. Free Admission!

Thursday, September 8, 7pm
Philippines vs Qatar

Saturday, September 10, 7pm
Philippines vs Jordan

Sunday, September 11, 7pm – Cancelled
Philippines vs Qatar (Smart Gilas vs Qatar Game Cancelled)

Line-up for the Exhibition Games (and FIBA Asia Championship)
– Ababou, Dylan Simon
– Aguilar, Japeth Paul
– Alapag, Jimmy
– Ballesteros, Jason
– Baracael, Marnel
– Barroca, Andy Mark
– Casio, Joseph Evans
– De Ocampo, Ranidel
– Douthit, Marcus Eugene
– Lassiter, Marcio Tsongo
– Lutz, Christopher Ryan
– Taulava, Paul Asi
– Tiu, Christopher John
– Williams, Kelly