Gan-Erdene Gantsolmon sizzled for Zaisan in the semis. Philippines Chooks-to-Go

By Ivan Saldajeno

STA. ROSA, Laguna—It will be the Philippines against Mongolia in the FIBA ​​3×3 Chooks-To-Go Asia-Pacific Super Quest Championship game as the two teams representing Mongolia are in a semi-final and two Filipino teams are in another at the end of the pool steps Saturday night at Ayala Mall Solenad here.

Zaisan and Sansar staged their semi-final clash after defeating their respective opponents in the last two matches of the preliminary round.

Zaisan ended Melbourne’s unbeaten Pool A run at the worst possible time for the latter with a 21-11 victory.

Ikhbayar Chuluunbaatar and Gan-Erdene Gantsolmon each scored eight points to lead Zaisan.

The result forced a three-way tie for first place with Manila Chooks at 2-1.

After the tiebreaker, Zaisan took the top seed, while Manila sealed the second seed, setting up the all-Filipina semi-final against Pool B’s number one seed Cebu City Chooks with a perfect 3-0 record, in the process.

Sansar booked the final round for the semi-finals with a 15-12 win over Tangerang.

Enkhbaatar Onolbaatar scored seven to lead Sansar, which avoided complications in the process as a victory for Tangerang would have forced a three-way tie for the second seed in Pool B at 1-2.

The sheet music:

Eleventh game (Pool A)

Zaisan 21 – Chuluunbaatar 8, Gantsolmon 8, Nyamdorj 4, Batsaikhan 1.

Melbourne 11 – Wright 6, Wilks 3, Golding 2, Steel 0.

Time: 9:12.9 (Nyamdorj 1)

Twelfth match (Pool B)

Sansar 15 – Onolbaatar 7, Ariunbold 6, Batzorig 1, Avarzed 1.

Tangerang 12 – Aziz 4, Itun 4, Johnson 3, Sanjaya 1.

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