Gilas Pilipinas Women took fourth place in the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2025, two places higher than their 2024 finish.
China proved too much for Gilas Pilipinas Women, 21-11, to take the bronze in the FIBA 3x3 FIBA Asia Cup in Singapore on Sunday, March 30.
Playing without injured Camille Clarin, Gilas improved on its sixth place finish from last year after winding up at fourth in the five-day tournament.
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The Chinese contingent simply exploited their size advantage over Gilas from the jump, leaving no room for the Filipinas to make another inspired run.
Zhou Mengyun, the tallest woman for China, made her presence felt down low right away, dropping four points in an 11-5 blast.
Gilas did show some flashes of brilliance in two consecutive possessions, the last of which was a Kaye Pingol lob to Mikka Cacho.
But with fatigue beginning to set in, there was really very little the Philippines could do at that point, falling to the world's no. 1 ranked women's 3x3 team.
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