Although he led by +20 in the second period, Georgia prevailed… just 96-94 of the Philippines and did not reach the +19 needed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Riga Pre-Olympic Tournament.
So the Latvia finished in first place in the three-way tie and the Philippines in second, leaving them to await the runners-up and first respectively of Group 2 in Saturday’s semi-finals.
THE Sandro Mamukelasvili with 26 and o Goga Bitatje with 21 points they were the first scorers of the winners, while o Toko Sengelia had 17 points and 7 assists. THE Justin Brownlee with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists he stood out for the losers.
Georgia scored the first 14 points of the game (0-14) in the fifth minute and looked ready to reach the required margin. In fact, he was able to surpass it by reaching +20 (20-40) during the second period, with Mamukelasvili, Sengelia and Bitatze having an excellent day. The Philippines, however, fought back, cut to twelve before halftime (43-55) and tied the game in the third period, led by Brownlee. Time was running out for Georgia, which said goodbye early to the Olympic Games dream.
Ten minutes: 17-28, 43-55, 74-74, 94-96
See here the statistics of the match
Source: Sport Fm
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