Smart Gilas Basketball

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

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 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 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

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

Smart Gilas Pilipinas will not play in the 4-Nation Doha Tournament in Qatar due to injuries to Chris Tiu, JV Casio, Mark Barroca and the extension of the Talk N Text vs Petron PBA Finals to Game 7. 5 players from Talk N Text will reinforce Smart Gilas and they need time to rest from the grueling series vs Petron.

The five players from Talk N Text that will join Smart Gilas in the FIBA Asia Championships in September:
- Jimmy Alapag
- Kelly Williams
- Ranidel de Ocampo
- Larry Fonacier
- Ryan Reyes

No word yet on which tournament/exhibition games that they will play before the FIBA Tournament.

2011 William Jones Cup Invitational Tournament Battle for 3rd Place
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Chinese-Taipei
Sinjhuang Stadium, New Taipei City
Philippines defeats Chinese-Taipei, 82-72

Game Highlights:
- With the win, Philippines finished 3rd overall in the 2011 Jones Cup
- Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas with 28 points and 11 boards (12/18 from the field)
- 4 players scored in double figures: Marcio Lassiter (16), Dondon Hontiveros (13) and Mark Barroca (10)
- JV Casio (Knee) and Chris Lutz (Elbow) did not play due to injuries

Game scores:

Philippines 82 – Douthit 28, Lassiter 16, Hontiveros 13, Barroca 10, Baracael 5, Taulava 5, Aguilar 4, Ababou 0

Chinese-Taipei 72 – Chien C. 26, Chen S. 13, Su 9, Lee 6, Chen H. 4, Lu 4, Creighton 3, Chang 2, Ho 2

Quarterscores: 22-16; 43-34; 62-49; 82-72

2011 William Jones Cup Invitational Tournament Semifinals
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Iran
Sinjhuang Stadium, New Taipei City
Iran defeats Philippines, 78-59

Game Highlights:
- Smart Gilas had no answer for Iranian-NBA center Hamed Haddadi with 36 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.
- Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas with 16 points
- Mark Barroca filling in for the injured JV Casio contributed 10 points but was also injured in the 4th quarter
- Marcio Lassiter was the only other Smart Gilas player in double figures with 10 points
- Iran led in rebounding, 44-21
- With the loss, Philippines will now play for 3rd place against home team, Chinese-Taipei at 5pm
- South Korea will battle Iran for the Jones Cup Championship tomorrow at 7pm

Game scores:

Iran 78 – Haddadi 36, Sahakian 16, Davari 9, Barogh 6, Davarpanahfard 3, Aren 3, Nabipoor 1, Zadeh 0, Rouzbahani 0, Kamrani 0.

Smart Gilas 59 – Douthit 16, Barroca 10, Lassiter 10, Hontiveros 6, Tiu 5, Aguilar 5, Baracael 5, Taulava 2, Lutz 0, Ballesteros 0, Ababou 0.

Quarterscores: 20-11; 36-27; 56-38; 78-59

2011 William Jones Cup Invitational Tournament
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Japan
Sinjhuang Stadium, New Taipei City
Philippines defeats Japan, 94-78

Game Highlights:
- Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas wiith 32 points and 18 rebounds (12/13 from the free throw line)
- Dondon Hontiveros had a breakout game with 14 points (12 in the 4th period) and helped in defending Japanese sharpshooter Keijuro Matsui (8/8 from three-point range) in the 4th quarter
- Chris Tiu and Marcio Lassiter both scored 11 points
- Smart Gilas had 29 points in the 4th quarter while limiting Japan to only 10 points
- With the win, Philippines advances to the semifinal around against Iran tomorrow at 7pm
- JV Casio maybe out of the tournament due to a knee injury

Game scores:

Philippines 94 – Douthit 32, Hontiveros 14, Tiu 11, Lassiter 11, Lutz 9, Barroca 8, Aguilar 7, Taulava 2, Casio 0, Baracael 0, Ballesteros 0, Ababou 0.

Japan 78 – Matsui 27, Nishimura 11, Okada 9, Hinkley 8, Ota 7, Shonaka 5, Togashi 5, Ito 4, Arao 2, Kamata 0, Noguchi 0, Sakai 0.

Quarters: 24-20; 49-44; 65-68; 94-78.

2011 William Jones Cup Invitational Tournament
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs United Arab Emirates
Sinjhuang Stadium, New Taipei City
Philippines defeats UAE, 95-60

Game Highlights:
- Philippines bounced back from a big loss the night before against South Korea to beat UAE by 35 points
- Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas with 23 points and 13 rebounds
- Chris Lutz (13), Marcio Lassiter (10) and Asi Taulava (10) had double digits in scoring
- Philippines shot 54% from the field and outrebounded UAE, 57-29
- Philippines committed only 8 turnovers and dished out 17 assists
- Philippines now has 4 wins and 2 losses with 1 game to go against Japan
- Philippines had to beat Japan in order to advance to the semifinal round

Game scores:

Smart Gilas 95 – Douthit 23, Lutz 13, Lassiter 10, Taulava 10, Aguilar 8, Hontiveros 7, Casio 7, Tiu 6, Barroca 4, Ababou 4, Baracael 3, Ballesteros 0.

UAE 60 – Salem 15, Braiki 13, Mubarak 8, Omar 6, Alameri 5, Zaabi 5, Ahmed 4, Abdalla 4, Ahmad 0, Alhattawi 0, Alali 0, Almehairi 0.

Quarters: 19-10; 38-31; 65-49; 95-60.