Lim, Sambile explode as Perlas Pilipinas trounce Hong Kong for third straight win

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Lim, Sambile explode as Perlas Pilipinas trounce Hong Kong for third straight win
A pair of FEU products served as a devastating 1-2 punch for the Philippines as Perlas Pilipinas moves its record to 3-1 at the FIBA Asia Women's Championship

MANILA, Philippines – It appears that one women’s basketball team ranked 58th in the world by FIBA is a little better than the other one.

The Philippine women’s basketball team, which shares a FIBA ranking spot with Hong Kong, showed they were the better team by winning 75-62 in Group B of the 2015 FIBA Asia Women’s Championship in Wuhan, China on Tuesday, September 1.

Perlas Pilipinas, as the team is known, was led by Allana Lim, a former star at Far Eastern University. Lim was unstoppable, scoring 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting, to go along with 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Fellow Tamaraw Camille Sambile wasn’t far behind, turning in 19 points on 9-of-16 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds.

As a team the Philippines continued to make the 3-pointer a weapon by missing all 12 of their attempts, but they shot relatively better from 2-point range 

The win is the Philippines third, as the team defeated North Korea, Sri Lanka after losing its opening match to Malaysia.

The Philippines, now 3-1, will take on Kazakhstan in its final match of the group stage on Wednesday, September 2 at 9 am. A win against Kazakhstan will improve its 3-2 finish at FIBA Asia in 2013. Perlas Pilipinas is fighting for promotion to Group A of the FIBA Asia tournament in 2017. –– Rappler.com

 

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