Gilas Pilipinas nips Alab Pilipinas in tuneup for SEA Games

Delfin Dioquino

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Gilas Pilipinas nips Alab Pilipinas in tuneup for SEA Games
June Mar Fajardo and Roger Pogoy carry the scoring cudgels for the national team less than a month before the SEA Games kicks off

MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas survived Alab Pilipinas and hacked out a 98-95 victory in its first tuneup match for the Southeast Asian Games at the Meralco Gym in Pasig City on Monday, November 4.

June Mar Fajardo delivered 21 points as 3 of his teammates breached double figures for the national team, which has less than a month before the biennial meet that the country hosts kicks off on November 30. 

Roger Pogoy chipped in 15 points, Stanley Pringle and Vic Manuel each had 10 points, while Christian Standhardinger added 9 points to the win. 

Japeth Aguilar pumped in 9 points as Chris Ross and Scottie Thompson had 7 points apiece for Gilas Pilipinas. 

Louie Vigil, who was loaned to Alab Pilipinas by San Miguel, paced the visitors with 18 points. 

Gilas Pilipinas will face Alab Pilipinas anew next Monday, November 11, at the same venue. – Rappler.com

 

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.