LA Tenorio and Gilas Youth within the Fiba Asia U16 Cup Seaba Qualifiers. –SBP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Youth scored one of the lopsided wins of the U16 Fiba Asia Cup Seaba Qualifiers on Wednesday night time, thanks largely to the efforts of Gab Delos Reyes.
The Philippines demolished Singapore, 101-37, on the Bren Z. Guiao Conference Middle, with a unified effort on the defensive finish.
Coach LA Tenorio credited a selected younger gun for setting the tone defensively.
“It’s nice to have a participant like Gab as a result of he works exhausting on protection,” mentioned Tenorio. “We’d like all our gamers to have this mentality as a result of all of them can rating, however there are different issues that we additionally want to concentrate to.”
Delos Reyes got here off the bench and performed simply 22 minutes, however he made probably the most of his time, delivering a monster all-around efficiency: seven factors, 13 rebounds, seven blocks, six assists, and a steal.
His vitality on protection sparked the remainder of the squad, as Gilas Youth tallied 14 steals and 9 blocks within the blowout win that improved their document to 3-0.
“I believe this was our greatest defensive recreation,” mentioned Tenorio. “We weren’t needlessly playing for steals. We had been extra disciplined, and it confirmed with our greatest efficiency to date.”
The Philippines’ swarming protection stifled Singapore, which managed simply 19 % capturing from the sphere.
Gilas Youth hopes to hold that very same defensive mindset when it faces fellow unbeaten squad Indonesia on Wednesday.
