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FIBA: Gilas U16 Women promoted to Division A after routing Iran

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Like their counterparts in the senior team, the Gilas Women" s="" U-16="" squad="" will="" be="" playing="" in="" Division="" A="" of="" their="" FIBA="" Asia="" age="" group.="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/07/16/20230716-fiba.jpg"/><figcaption>Like their counterparts in the senior team, the Gilas Women&#x27;s U-16 squad will be playing in Division A of their FIBA Asia age group. <em>FIBA Asia.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Gilas Pilipinas Women&#x27;s U-16 team earned promotion to Division A of FIBA Asia after a comfortable 83-60 victory over Iran, Monday at the Prince Hamzah Stadium in Amman, Jordan.</p><p>The big win completed the Gilas U-16&#x27;s perfect 5-0 campaign in Division B of the FIBA Under-16 Women&#x27;s Asian Championships. But they had to shake off a lethargic start in the finals, before pulling away midway through the opening quarter.</p><p>As a result of the triumph, the Gilas U-16 Women will play in Division A of the 2025 FIBA Under-16 Women&#x27;s Asian Championship.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/11/23/fiba-gilas-womens-u-16-crushes-maldives-by-122-points">FIBA: Gilas Women&#x27;s U-16 crushes Maldives by 122 points</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/16/23/gilas-youth-bound-for-fiba-womens-u16-finals">Gilas Pilipinas Youth bound for FIBA Women&#x27;s U16 Finals</a></li></ul><p>Nevaeh Smith starred in the victory, as her four-point play with 6:01 left in the opening period gave the Gilas Women the lead for good, 9-6. The Philippines ended the first with a relatively slim 19-15 lead, but a 9-0 run to open the second quarter gave them more breathing room, 28-15.</p><p>Gilas went on to lead by as much as 27 points, 53-26, with seven minutes left in the third frame thanks to a Sophia Candido three-pointer. </p><p>But Iran made a run in the fourth, getting to within 12 points, 63-51, after Helya Houdneh&#x27;s jumper. The Gilas U-16 responded with an 11-0 blast, capped by back-to-back three-pointers from Smith and Scarlett Mercado, to restore order at 74-51 with 5:17 left in the contest.</p><p>Smith finished with a game-high 21 points, including five three-pointers, while Ava Fajardo had 12 points and nine assists. Ariel Star De La O (10 points, 10 rebounds) had a double-doubles, and Alyssia Palma also pulled down 11 rebounds.</p><p>Neither team shot particularly well from the field, but the Gilas U-16 forced Iran into 24 turnovers that they translated to 27 points. </p><p>Houdneh and Fatemeh Jafari each had 14 points for Iran. </p><p>The result completed the Gilas U-16&#x27;s bid for redemption, after they settled for bronze in the 2022 edition of the event. This time around, they were dominant, winning their games by an average of 53.4 points. </p><div><br/><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2689732" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Gilas Pilipinas Women's U-16 team earned promotion to Division A of FIBA Asia after a comfortable 83-60 victory over Iran, Monday in Jordan.