Sinag Pilipinas Bags SEA Games Gold, Perlas Pilipinas Settles for Silver

Sinag Pilipinas once again demonstrated that the Philippines is a class of its own with regards to basketball by winning the Gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games for the 25th time!

The nationals trounced Thailand, 85-57, Sunday night during the finals of the men’s basketball tournament of the 26th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) held at Kelapa Gading Sports Mall in Jakarta.

Sinag Pilipinas, in the preliminaries, crushed Thailand with a score of 69-103. Thailand faced the unbeated Indonesian team during the knockout stage and they won, earning the right to vie against the Philippine once again but this time for the Gold medal.

Scoreboard:

Philippines (85) – Slaughter 16, Parks 15, Ryan Garcia 12, Ravena 10, Monfort 8, Tiu 6, Hodge 5, Pascual 5, Salva 2, Lanete 2, Ellis 0.

Thailand (57) – Kaedum 17, Letmaliporn 11, Sangthong 11, Kongkum 8, Apiromvilaichai 6, ghogar 2, Klahan 2, Kruatiwa 0, Jantuma Mana 0.

Quarters: 21-17, 44-25, 61-42, 85-57

Here’s the rankings of the SEA Games 2011 men’s basketball:

1st. Philippines – Gold
2nd. Thailand – Silver
3rd. Indonesia – Bronze
4th. Malaysia
5th. Singapore
6th. Vietnam
7th. Cambodia
8th. Myanmar

Meanwhile, Sinag’s female counterpart–Perlas Pilipinas–suffered a heartbreaking loss to Thailand, 75-73, last November 18 settling for the Silver medal.

Sinag Pilipinas Beats Vietnam, 53-107

Sinag Pilipinas, the Philippine national basketball team in the ongoing Southeast Asian Games, dominated Vietnam at the Kelapa Gading Sports Mall, Jakarta on Tuesday, November 15.

Sinag Pilipinas’ Slaughter led the team with 20 points. The scoring by quarter were: 4-32, 19-27, 18-25, 12-23.

Sinag Pilipinas is now tied with Thailand in Group A with 2 wins each and 0 losses.

The nationals will face Thailand tomorrow, November 16, before they enter the knockout stage on November 18.

Sinag Pilipinas and Perlas Pilipinas Strengthen PHL’s SEA Games Campaign

Sinag Pilipinas and their female counterpart, Perlas Pilipinas, brought victories in basketball on Monday alongside golds from bridge, wrestling, billiards and wall climbing.

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Sinag Pilipinas Demolishes Cambodia, PHL Women’s Team Beats Malaysia

Sinag Pilipinas dominated their game against Cambodia in Group A of the 2011 SEA Games Basketball tournament.

Sinag Pilipinas, the Philippine national basketball team, scored 127 against 68 of Cambodia on Monday at the Kelapa Gading Sports Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, November 14, 2011.

The Sinag Pilipinas national basketball team comprises of Justin Chua (Ateneo Blue Eagles), Chris Ellis (NLEX Road Warriors), Ryan Garcia (FEU Tamaraws), Cliff Hodge (NLEX Road Warriors), Garvo Lanete (San Beda Red Lions), Eman Monfort (Ateneo Blue Eagles), Bobby Ray Parks (NU Bulldogs), Jake Pascual (San Beda Red Lions), Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles), Nico Salva (Ateneo Blue Eagles), Greg Slaughter (Ateneo Blue Eagles) and Chris Tiu (Smart Gilas — team captain) with reserves Jeric Fortuna (UST Growling Tigers) and Jeric Teng (UST Growling Tigers).

Sinag Pilipinas will face the team from Vietnam on Tuesday, November 15.

The Philippine Women’s basketball team, on the other hand, defeated defending champion Malaysia with the score 64-56.

Sinag Pilipinas is Expected to Win SEA Games Gold Anew

Sinag Pilipinas, the Philippine national basketball team for the Southeast Asian Games led by Chris Tiu and coached by Norman Black, is expected to win the gold medal in the ongoing 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia.

Philippines has dominated the basketball event in SEA Games winning the gold since the biennial meet was launched except for a monumental upset by Malaysia in 1979.