THE Philippines beat Kazakhstan, 86-74, on Wednesday in the classification round of the Fiba-Asia Under-18 Championship in Doha.
Paul Desiderio had 19 points and eight rebounds while Radge Tongco had 13 points as Batang Gilas moved up to play Japan for fifth place on Thursday.
The Under-18 cagers' title quest ended on Tuesday with a loss to Chinese Taipei.
The Philippines jumped out to a 19-6 lead against Kazakhstan and held on until the end despite being outscored, 23-13, in the third.
The scores:
Philippines (86) – Desiderio 19, Tongco 13, Go 10, Dyke 10, Paras 10, Yu 5, Caracut 5, Santillan 4, Mosqueda 4, Black 2, Escoto 2, Bienes 2.
Kazakhstan (74) – Danilchenko 18, Kirilin 17, Kadyr 13, Aitkali 10, Agabek 7, Tinyayev 6, Litvinenko 3, Voronushkin 0, Kachayev 0, Sidorov 0, Kainov 0.
Quarterscores: 28-20, 54-38, 67-61, 86-74.
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