They were to gather again and start their FIBA Asia Cup buildup at the Upper Deck Gym in Pasig last night. Sportshub ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1Gilas is hard pressed to make the Top Three in their grouping with China, Qatar and Iraq to advance to the knockout round of the Asian meet. China has formed two equally tough teams set to play alternately in the FIBA Asia home-and-away world qualifiers. The Qatar team is led by Monroe, a former PBA import with the defunct Barako Coffee team. They were there before the Jones Cup and returned there after their sixth-place finish in the Taipei Invitationals.

Source: Philippine Star July 27, 2017 07:18 UTC