Chinese Taipei def. Gilas Pilipinas Women, 93-52 (FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2021) September 29

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World #51 Gilas Pilipinas Women (0-3) lost to world #34 Chinese Taipei (1-2), 93-52 in the last day of the preliminary round in the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup on Wednesday at Prince Hamzah Hall in Amman Jordan.

Wen-Yu Lin led Taipei with 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting including 5 three-pointers, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist in 19 minutes of play while I-Hsiu Cheng added 14 points (6/8 FG), 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.

Afril Bernardino paced Gilas Pilipinas Women with a huge double-double of 24 points (8/12 FG, 8/11 FT), 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in 34 minutes minutes of play while center Clare Castro added 14 points (6/11 FG, 2/2 FT), 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

Gilas committed 26 turnovers in the contest, only shot 18/48 (37%) from the field including 2-of-14 shooting from downtown (TPE - 15/41 3pts) and went 14-of-18 from the free throw line (TPE - 12/16 ft). Chinese Taipei outrebounded the Philippines, 39-37. Chinese Taipei also had more assists (TPE 33 / PHL 10) and steals (TPE 13 / PHL 2).

Gilas Pilipinas Women (0-3) will play world #70 India (0-3) in the classification match for 7th place on September 30 at 11:55PM. [Watch here]

The Scores:

CHINESE TAIPEI 93 - Lin WY 19, Cheng 14, Liu 13, Tai 8, Lin YT 8, Chen 7, Chu 7, Lin T 6, Peng 5, Han 4, Wang 2, Lin HF 0.

PHILIPPINES 52 - Bernardino 24, Castro 14, Fajardo 5, Pontejos 4, Nabalan 3, Tongco 2, Clarin 0, Prado 0, Cabinbin 0, Cayabyab 0, Castillo 0.

Quarters: 26-15, 45-30, 76-41, 93-52. [FULL GAME STATS]