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    Balanga bows out of 3x3 Haining Challenger after loss to Russia's Sosnovy Bor

    Deflated Balanga squad exits Haining Challenger winless
    Jun 29, 2019

    BALANGA Chooks' slow start led to its downfall in the 2019 Fiba 3x3 World Tour Hongxiang Holdings Haining Challenger.

    The Filipinos were shown the door as they suffered a 21-10 defeat to Russian side Sosnovy Bor on Saturday in Zhejiang, China.

    Balanga Chooks had no answer to the sweet-shooting of Alexander Zakharov, who fired 14 points built on five deuces and also had the game-winning dime to Vladislav Meleshkin to put an end to the duel with 2:22 still on the clock.

    Sosnovy Bor started the game with a 10-2 onslaught, but Travis Franklin was still able to get Balanga within two, 11-9.

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    That, however, proved to be the Filipinos last stand as the Russian's outside shots fell and finished the game on a 10-1 tear to book their ticket to the quarterfinals.

    It was a tough setback for Balanga Chooks after a slim 21-20 defeat to world No. 2 Liman earlier on Saturday.

    Franklin topped the Philippine side in the losing effort with four points, as Alvin Pasaol and Chris de Chavez both had three apiece.

    Balanga Chooks now bows out of the tourney, finishing at the bottom of Pool A with a 0-2 card.

    Artem Timofeev poured three points for Sosnovy Bor, while Meleshkin and Vladimir Bazylev scored a pair in the win.

    The scores:

    Sosnovy Bor 21 - Zakharov 14, Timofeev 3, Bazylev 2, Meleshkin 2.
    Balanga 10 - Franklin 4, Pasaol 3, de Chavez 3, Dehesa 0.

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