Opals overwhelm Phillipines in second Asia Cup game

The Opals cruised to an easy 107-65 win against the Phillipines last night in what was described as a "Baby David and Goliath" matchup.

Alanna was once again prominent. She added 12 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists to back up her brilliant Opals debut effort against Korea. yesterday. She is playing with excellent control, committing just one foul in each of her first two Asia Cup games

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• Game reports:
  Opals account for Philippines to stay unbeaten at FIBA Asia Cup
  Philippines no match for Opals onslaught
• Statistics
• Photos
• Full game video on livebasketball.tv
• Game highlights video on YouTube

The Opals face the toughest opponent in their group, Japan, in their third and final group phase game early Tuesday morning at 12:45 am Pacific Time. Japan, which is ranked #13 in the world by FIBA (Australia is #4) , has also won its first two group phase games, so this should be a good competitive matchup.