Gilas Youth rally, humble feisty Qatar

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GILAS Pilipinas Youth got its act together against a feisty Qatar side in a big fourth quarter breakaway and was rewarded with handsome dividends last Monday night.

The young Filipino dribblers humbled the Qataris 77-61 to stay unbeaten in Group C of the FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship at Azadi Basketball Hall in Tehran.

Fil-Aussie big man Mason Amos shone for the Philippines anew with 19 points and seven rebounds, while Jared Bahay chipped in 15 markers, three boards, and three assists.

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The win served as a big follow-up to the Josh Reyes-mentored crew’s 112-48 demolition of Syria in its opener last Sunday and hiked its mark to 2-0.

Amos and Bahay connived in a telling 12-1 spurt to open the final canto that enabled Gilas Youth to erect a 66-49 spread on a James Nacua layup with 6:52 to go and take the fight out of Qatar.

The nationals trailed 34-35 at the half but charged back and grabbed a 54-48 edge heading into the payoff period.

Gilas Youth clashed with Chinese Taipei for a sweep of its group play campaign last night.

Reyes’ wards are bidding to clinch a slot in FIBA U-19 World Cup in Hungary next year.

Mohammed Hashim Abbasher and Moustapha Ndao scored 14 points each for Qatar, which slipped to 0-2.

The accumulative records of all the squads from all the groups will determine which teams will advance to the quarterfinals of the tourney.

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