Big surprise, sensation at the Olympic qualification tournament in Riga - today, in the second round, the Philippine team defeated the host Latvia - 89:80.
The host of the previous Mundobasket reached its first triumph in the Baltic, while Latvia has a triumph and a defeat each. In the last round tomorrow (14:30) the Philippines and Georgia will play.
Already at the beginning of the game, the Philippines took an 8:0 lead, and after Fahard's point, they had a double-digit advantage for the first time (19:9).
The advantage of the Philippines grew in those moments, so the team led 32:16 after the first quarter, and at halftime there was also a 16 difference - 54:38.
Nothing changed in the third quarter, except that the advantage of the Philippines grew to a maximum of 26 points - 74:48.
In the last quarter, Latvia managed to reduce the deficit to minus 10 (79:69, points by Schmits), and then Brownlee hit a three-pointer and an additional throw for 85:71, and the Baltic team could not come back.
Brownlee was the most effective in the winning team with 29 points and nine rebounds and assists. Soto had 18 and Fajardo 11 points.
With Latvia, Kuruc was the most effective with 18 points. Zoriks, Strelnieks and David Bertans scored 10 points each.
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