It was really shocking events for many Filipino basketball fans who are expecting that Philippine national team would possibly go an extra mile in the tournament. But sadly after they had qualified to quarterfinals and face South Korea, the Philippines having a hard time outscore South Korea which resulted in their defeat.
South Korea has better perimeter shooting results where a total of 46 attempts 24 went in which is around 52% shooting percentage. They have also better assists than the Philippines creating more opportunity to score. Ratliffe is really monstrous penetrating the defense created by the Philippines. Even so, he manages to contribute massively 30 points overall with his playing time 38 minutes 29 seconds.
Kim Sunhyung and Heo Ilyoung help South Korea with their 17 points. Both South Korea and the Philippines having a close scoring in the first three quarters but sadly South Korea did manage to control the offensive part and overrun them with 10 points in the final quarter.
Clarkson help contributes Philippine team the best that he can. He has around 50% percentage on his two points attempt but sadly he missed a lot on his three points where 13 attempts only 4 went successfully.
Their match ended with 91-82 in favor of South Korea. South Korea will then forwarded into semi-finals and will face Iran after defeating Japan.
Japan and Philippines will now face in the classification match to determine which of the team will be ranked 5th and 6th. Clarkson playing with the Philippines has never yet won and basketball match will be their solution to obtain a win so it won't be a negative impact for Clarkson for playing the Philippines.
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