Gilas goes 5 of 6 in Australia

THE Smart-Gilas Pilipinas national team showed some improvements as it terrorized Australian teams during their weeklong series of exhibition games.

Gilas finished with five wins and a draw in its six exhibition games in different cities in Australia.

Last Monday, Gilas pulled a scary 78-76 win over the Australian U-19 team with JR Cawaling scoring 19 and Mark Barroca and Japeth Aguilar finishing with 12 points each in Canberra.

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On Tuesday, the Pinoys dropped a 79-73 bomb over the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) Men’s Team. University of the Visayas’ Gregg Slaughter poured in 16, while Barroca had 13.

The next day Gilas and AIS fought to a 73-all draw with Chris Tiu scoring 20 and Slaughter making 13.

AIS is where most of the Australian men’s national team players come from.

The Canberra Gunners, a team in the South East Australia Basketball League, were the next victims of the Gilas squad, 101-84.

Next Gilas beat New South Wales Institute of Sports, 82-63, and the Sydney City Comets, 81-73.

After their Australian trip, Gilas will next leave for Serbia for another series of friendly matches.