Andy Mark Barroca, Marcus Douthit
- Top Performers from the Finals of the 9th SEABA Championship
Philippines 89 – Indonesia 50
The Philippines stamped their might on the host Indonesia in the Finals of the 9th Southeast Asian Basketball Association in an 89-50 blowout victory at the BritAma Arena and clinched their sixth SEABA title.
The Indonesian team managed to make it to the Finals however the Philippines crushed their hopes once again for the third successive year as their championship surge continuous. Indonesia strived to retaliate in the second quarter
of the game however Philippines tremendous domination throughout the game restricted the opposition from making a comeback.
Philippines coach Rajko Toroman said after the game, “We again came out strong and hardly gave them a chance to make a run. We shot bad in the second quarter but we didn’t let them score for more than seven minutes in the third.
It was the same story: We stopped their penetrations while playing aggressive in offense”
An overview on the best performances of the Finals is discussed below.
Andy Mark Barroca
Philippines’ 25 year old prolific Scorer Andy Mark Barroca posted a brilliant offensive performance to topple the team of Indonesia. Andy blistered away with a game-high 17 points and guided and paced the efforts for the Philippines
right from the beginning.
Barroca was absolutely impressive with the ball and smashed the opposition with all ranges of shots in less than 18 minutes of playing time. The sharp-shooter landed 4 free throws in as many attempts, buried a scorching blow from
downtown and connected six shots out of 8 field goal attempts.
Marcus Eugene Douthit
Philippines’ instrumental forward Marcus Eugene Douthit was the highlight of the night who powered the team from both the offensive and defensive sides of the court. Marcus landed 16 points and clutched 7 boards on the defence
as player from the opposition was able to match his brilliance.
Marcus was spot on from the charity strip and buried all of his four free throws and connected 6 field goal shots out of 8 attempts.
Christopher John Tiu
The 25 year old guard Christopher John Tiu joined the action with Andy Mark and Marcus Eugene to hand the Indonesian team their second loss of the tournament. Christopher racked up 13 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 27 minutes
of playing time. The dynamic John Tiu stimulated the assault from the 3-point range and smashed the opposition with two sizzling blows from beyond the arc.
Rony Gunawan
Indonesia’s centre Rony Gunawan landed a team-high 14 points and gathered 6 boards however his efforts resulted insufficient to save the team from an embarrassing defeat.
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