FIBA-ASIA Championships Cup: RP won against Korea

I just can't help but post this one. Though I may not be familiar with this cup, I'm still following it, only nowadays, because we have our own team there (the SMART Gilas) and specifically, there's Chris. :) And luckily, they won their first game against Korea. Congrats to the RP Team! Here's the article I got from fibaasia.net.

"In another Group A game, Smart Gilas of Philippines carried too many guns to outplay Korean army outfit Sangmoo 90-76. Home-grown guard Andy Mark led the Filipino barrage with a game-high 20 points, with support coming from American import Chester Giles, with 19 points. Mark had an impressive 83.3% return from his field attempts, finding success on 10 ten occasions, out of 12 tries. Giles chipped in defensively too, collecting a game-high12 rebounds, as Smart Gilas took a decisive step towards a place in the quarterfinals from Group A.

“This game was more or less a knock-out for us as far as entering the quarterfinals is concerned,” said Smart Gilas coach Toroman Rajkov.“I think we got our rhythm going rather well. I was rather happy the way we forced turn overs, especially in the second half,” the Serbian said.

Smart Gilas 90 (Andy Mark 20, Chester Giles 19, Marnel Baracel 14, Joseph Casio 11, Christopher Tiu 11) bt Sangmoo 76 (Tae Soo Joo 18, Byung Kook Chung 16). Quarterwise Scores: 22-19, 40-35, 69-58."(natawa lang ako dito kasi complete name talaga ginamit for them)

By the way, they were grouped according to brackets and the SMART-Gilas were under Bracket A where "deadly" teams are also under the same bracket. So, I guess, this must really be tough going against them. Watch out for their games live here: http://www.justin.tv/syria1991

Anyway, here is the team:


just got this from their facebook account. Di rin ako feeling close no?:D Post ko next time the current members of the team. Research ko muna..hehe