GILAS Pilipinas Youth placed eighth in the FIBA U18 Asia Cup after a 89-78 loss to Chinese Taipei to end its campaign on Sunday in Ahmedabad, India.
The Nationals failed to protect a lead that reached as high as 14 points and ended up losing all their games in the classification phase.
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Chog Moral had 22 points, nine rebounds, and three steals but Gilas U18 lost steam after Chinese Taipei went on a 29-18 tear in the second quarter.
Gilas Youth came out victorious, 89-88, against Chinese-Taipei to start the competition and wound up with a 2-1 win-loss record in the group stage after beating Thailand, 91-62, and losing to Australia, 107-69.
Gilas gained a place in the quarterfinals after beating Syria, 72-63, but lost to China, 117-103, at the start of the knockout phase.
Gilas Youth also lost to Japan, 80-75, in the classification phase.
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