The Philippines were back for the 11th edition of the SEABA Championship after a break in 2013 and their all-amateur team led by naturalized center Marcus Douthit was strong enough for them to win their seventh title in the competition.

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Everything was clear on the tournament before the start of day 4 as the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia secured the first three spots that lead to the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship, which will be held at Changsha, Hunan, China from 23 September to 3 October this year.

With a convincing win against Singapore, in the last day of the competition, the Philippines secured the gold medal, sending Singapore on the third spot of the table which meant that Malaysia got the bronze medal.

The top scorer of the tournament was Bobby Ray Parks Junior with 14.6 points per contest for the Philippines. Ivan Yeo, the 6’4” forward from Malaysia, was the best jumper of the tournament with 14.8 rebounds per game. Proof that the Philippines were playing good team basketball was the fact that both of their guards finished at the top of the assists table, Jiovani Jalalon had 5.8 and Earl Scottie Thompson 4.6 assists per contest.

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