POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Kakou Kouame
World #31 Gilas Pilipinas Men survives world #34 Tunisia team in overtime thriller 74-73 on Thursday, early Friday morning PHL time, at Prince Hamzah Hall in Amman, Jordan.
Naturalized big man Kakou Kouame (213-C-97) led Gilas in scoring with 12 points on 6-for-11 shooting along with 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals including the clutch block in the last 3 seconds of OT. Samjosef Belangel (177-G-99) added 10 points, Go with 8, Ferdinand Ravena (189-G-96) had 7 points including the clutch free throw with 9 seconds left in overtime. Dwight Ramos finished with 11 points (4/12 FG, 2/6 3PT), with 3 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal in 32 minutes of play while SJ Samjosef Belangel added 10 points, Go with 8, Ferdinand Ravena had 7 points including the clutch free throw with 9 seconds left in overtime. Gilas will face world #40 Jordan-A tonight (July 30) at 11:55pm.
Courtesy of: teampilipinas.info
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