The first half of the game was dominated by the Qataris as the Philippine team struggled on their outside shooting and in the inside they were defended well by the Qatari defense.
They are currently down with a total of 9 points at the end of the first half with the score at 26-35 in favor of the Qataris. Marcus Douthit also got strained at around 1 minutes and 20 seconds before the end of the first half.
Marcus Douthit led the Philippines with a total of 9 points 6 rebounds, Norwood has 6 points, and De Ocampo had 4 points.
Qatar on the other hand had a balanced scoring, Mohmmed topscored for the team with a total of 9 points and 4 rebounds. Saeed had 6 points while Abdi contributed with 5 points but got 8 boards from inside the paint.
