TO say it was a mismatch is an understatement.
The hapless Gilas Pilipinas Under-17 squad suffered an inundating 45-141 beatdown at the hands of the United States last Wednesday in the round-of-16 of the FIBA U-17 World Cup at the Ahmet Comert Sports Hall in Istanbul, Tí¼rkiye.
The loss was the young Filipino dribblers’ fourth in a row, having also yielded lopsided defeats to Lithuania (48-107), Spain (34-96), and Puerto Rico (53-98) for a startling losing average of 65.5 markers.
The Philippines eyes to salvage some measure of pride when it plays Argentina today for the ninth to 16th place in the classification phase.
