Gilas Pilipinas Women gears up for FIBA Pre-Qualifiers

Tough battles await Gilas Pilipinas Women when they face the best teams in the world for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments in Kigali, Rwanda slated from August 19 to 25.

Tough battles await Gilas Pilipinas Women when they face the best teams in the world for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments in Kigali, Rwanda slated from August 19 to 25.

As part of their preparation, the Filipina cagers held a training camp in Baguio in which they competed against high school boys.

“It has been great, especially our Baguio training camp. There was team bonding and we prepared well,” said coach Patrick Aquino, who steered the team to a fourth-place finish with a 2-3 record in the William Jones Cup in Taipei last July.

“We learned a lot and we were able to spot our mistakes so we are trying to improve on that,” he added.

Set to see action for Gilas are veterans Jack Animam and Afril Bernardino as well as Naomi Panganiban, Gabbi Ramos, and University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 Rookie of the Year Kacey Dela Rosa.

They will face No. 8 Brazil, No. 16 Hungary, and No. 25 Senegal in Group C.