Romwel Anzures

The Gilas Pilipinas Boys U16 team in the 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup. Photo from FIBA Basketball.

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1756811756417IMG_8176.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The Gilas Pilipinas Boys U16 team in the 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup. Photo from FIBA Basketball."/>The Gilas Pilipinas Boys U16 team in the 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup. Photo from FIBA Basketball.MANILA — The Gilas Pilipinas boys basketball team was dominated by New Zealand in their 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup group stage ender.</div>The LA Tenorio-led team now posts a 1-2 record in Group B after its 85-54 loss to the Junior Tall Blacks, Tuesday afternoon at the Buyant Ukhaa Sport Complex in Mongolia.The Philippines is now hoping for Chinese Taipei to defeat Indonesia tonight in order to advance to the quarterfinals as the No.3 seed of Group B.Justin Hallare and Mark Lumagub led the Nationals with 13 and 11 points, respectively, while Prince Cariño and Everaigne Cruz respectively scored nine and seven.Unfortunately, these weren’t enough as despite only trailing by a manageable 10-point deficit after the first quarter, NZ just proved to be too much as the game progressed, leading by as much as 31 in the contest.Aside from this, New Zealand also had advantages over the Philippines across the board, 61-34 in rebounds, and 24-15 in assists.Liam Anthony Keogh led NZ in scoring with 17 points, Lawson Pryor finished with 15, Marco Sula had 11, while Noah Duncan and Lincoln Wilson scored 10 markers each. <div></div><div> </div><div>The Scores: </div>New Zealand 85 — Keogh 17, Pryor 15, Sula 11, Wilson 10, Duncan 10, Tuupo 8, Couper 5, Rampton 4, Pohio 3, Hakaraia 2, Tuimaunei 0.Gilas Pilipinas 54 — Hallare 13, Lumagub 11, Carino 9, Cruz 7, Cabanero 5, J. Pascual 4, Tan-Chi 3, Delos Reyes 2, T. Pascual 0, Orca 0, Restificar 0, Antolin 0.Quarterscores: 17-7; 42-26; 66-44; 85-54.

The Gilas Pilipinas boys basketball team was dominated by New Zealand in their 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup group stage ender.

The Gilas Pilipinas boys basketball team was dominated by New Zealand in their 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup group stage ender.

FIBA: Gilas Pilipinas Boys dominated by New Zealand in final group stage game

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FIBA: Gilas Pilipinas Boys dominated by New Zealand in final group stage game

Rom Anzures,

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Published September 02, 2025 09:42 PM PHT

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