BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Powerade RP loses to Korea


Team Pilipinas, one night after beating Japan, did not have enough ammunition this time around as they lost to South Koreans 69-56.

With the Filipinos closely sticking to their outside shooters, the Koreans had their lowest halftime output so far at 35-25 in the half. That’s when they went inside to 7-foot-3 Ha Seung-Jin.

As tall as he was, it slowed down the Koreans game and it got the Philippines back in the thick of the fight. But turnovers and poor shooting – outside Mick Pennisi -- did in the RP Team. Cyrus Baguio and Asi Taulava played well, but the support was few and far in between.

KOREA 69 – Yang 14, Oh 11, Kim 11, Kim JS 8, Kang 7, Ha 6, Lee 6, Lee JS 2, Yang D 2, Joo 2, Bang 0.

RP 56 – Baguio 16, Pennisi 9, Taulava 7, Raymundo 6, Dillinger 5, Yap 4, Norwood 4, Miller 4, Thoss 1, Helterbrand 1, Santos 0.

Quarters: 17-14; 35-25; 51-44; 69-56

Host China, South Korea, Jordan and defending champion Iran came away on the third day of the FIBA Asia Men’s Championship with 3-0 slates to move into the next level of the elimination. The second and third place teams in their groups likewise advanced.

South Korea, the Philippines and Japan from Group A take on Iran, Chinese-Taipei and Kuwait from Group B starting Monday, while China, Qatar and Kazakhstan from Group C battle Jordan, Lebanon and United Arab Emirates from Group D.

The winners advance to the knockout quarterfinals.

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