The Gilas Pilipinas will start their real battle tonight against Jordan at around 10:30 PM. The Philippines will try to show off what they really got as they will face a worthy opponent, Jordan, the silver medalist of the FIBA Asia 2011 held in Wuhan, China.
Jordan suffered their first loss against Chinese Taipei and they promised to give out their best against the host team in Day 2 of the FIBA Asia Championship 2013. Jimmy Baxter is the man to watch out for Jordan as he topscored for his team during his debut yesterday.
Gilas vs. Jordan Highlights Video & Recap
Here’s our live coverage of the Gilas Pilipinas vs. Jordan:
Halftime Scores: Gilas – 59 vs. Jordan – 49:
End of First Half Scores: Gilas – 33 vs. Jordan – 38
Top Scorers: Gilas Pilipinas – Jeff Chan: 9 Douthit: 7, De Ocampo: 6, Norwood: 5, Jason William Castro: 3, Tenorio: 3
Jordan Scores: M. Hadrab – 10, Hussien – 9, Baxter – 4, Abden – 4, Ruqayah – 3Zaghab – 2
End of First Quarter:
Hadrab leading the Jordan (–foul word(s) removed–)ault with 10 points while Wessam Al Sous added with 6 points. In Gilas side, Douthit scored 5 points while De Ocampo and Norwood contributed with 3 points each.
Starting Five:
Note: No. 7 is Jason Castro but wearing Williams jersey.
