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Manila Bulletin
|December 15, 2025
Gilas off to rousing start; lady dribblers into semis
The huge Filipino crowd was wild and roaring right off the bat, from the jump ball to the first three points by Matthew Wright.
And they never went silent from there.
Buoyed by the huge reception from Filipino fans - mostly overseas workers, the Gilas Pilipinas men's team bucked a slow start and blasted Malaysia, 83-58, for a winning start just as the women's side secured an outright semifinals spot in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games at the Nimibutr Arena on Sunday, Dec. 14 here.
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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