MANILA, Philippines – Montenegro displayed might worthy of a world No. 18 FIBA team, routing Gilas Pilipinas, 102-87, in the latter’s second World Cup tune-up game at the PhilSports Arena on Sunday, August 20.
Jordan Clarkson led the losing cause with 27 points, 18 coming in Gilas’ promising first half, but also committed 8 turnovers that overshadowed his 5 assists in a 29-minute run over just three quarters. Not even June Mar Fajardo’s scoring surge in the last few minutes deterred the Montenegrins’ resolve as Aleksa Ilic slammed the comeback door shut with a punctuation dunk in the final minute for the 19-point lead, 102-83.
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