➤ Dalph Panopio also contributed 12 buckets, while Kai Sotto dropped his own double-double of 11 points, 10 caroms and 4 blocks.
➤ Haowen Guo paced the losing Chinese with 13 points and 6 rebounds.
➤ The young Gilas five are now assured of a quarterfinal slot in the tournament. They will either face Bahrain, South Korea or Chinese Taipei in the next round.
➤ The top four teams will be automatically included in the next year’s FIBA World U18 Championships.