Gilas Pilipinas bucks travel woes, routs Kiwi club in tune-up

Gilas Pilipinas rolled past the Manawatu Jets, 90-61, on Sunday for a winning start to the first of two tune-up games against a pair of New Zealand clubs before the third window of the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers. The national squad bucked a weary club from Brisbane, Australia the previous day and blew out the home side before a crowd composed mostly of Gilas fans at Fly Palmy Arena in Palmerston North. Justin Brownlee didn’t suit up for the contest as coach Tim Cone opted to rest his naturalized player while spreading the minutes to the rest of the […]... Keep on reading: Gilas Pilipinas bucks travel woes, routs Kiwi club in tune-up