AHMEDABAD (India) - Chinese Taipei secured a 7th-place finish in the FIBA U18 Asia Cup 2026 after earning a measure of payback against the Philippines, 89-78, at the Veer Savarkar Indoor Stadium, Sunday.
Similar to their opening day encounter, the competitors from EABA needed to overhaul another early double-digit deficit, but played more consistently this time as they clearly no longer wanted to fall short once more.
After Gilas Youth led by a dozen in the second chapter, the crew went on a furious 16-0 scoring tear toward a 42-28 lead before finishing the half ahead by eight, never to look back as their foes failed to recover.
They'd go on to lead by as many as 14, 83-69, approaching the final six minutes of the bout, and then finished strongly behind the same guys that orchestrated the decisive rally to complete the revenge game.
Carter Coleman led Chinese Taipei anew with 23 points and 15 rebounds plus 4 steals in a triumphant conclusion to his maiden stint for a program that's been aggressively finding talent it could utilize for FIBA play.
Xing Yu-Sheng scattered 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. Liu Ting-Kuan produced 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists plus 2 steals and 2 blocks, while Weng Tz-Jie added 11 as the tandem led the bench support.
It was this quartet that put together the searing scoring spree to wipe out the 38-26 lead erected by their Southeast Asian counterparts, with Xing himself scoring 7 in it including the triple that triggered it.
*This article will be updated.