(UPDATED) Gilas Pilipinas defeated the Malaysian national team in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, 94-49, on Tuesday at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Philippines opened pool play with a dominant win over Malaysia led by Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser’s 15 points, five rebounds, and one block, and Justin Brownlee’s 11 points, four rebounds, two steals, and a rejection.

Gilas returnee Arvin Tolentino was the third man who scored in double digits with 10 points and six boards, and the debuting Michael Phillps amazed spectators with a nine-point, 15-rebound game.

But it was the balanced attack of the squad that worked wonders for the Philippines as nine of them scored at least seven points.

The national team went on a scoring surge right from the opening tip, and head tactician Chot Reyes shared that all of it was according to the squad’s game plan.

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“We challenged the first group to get us off to a good start. It’s really their responsibility to start us off well,” said the multi-titled former PBA coach.

Reyes also revealed that Calvin Oftana suffered a strained calf in the first half of the ball game after a slip, and the day off will help the TNT Katropa forward recover before their anticipated face-off against Cambodia on Thursday at 6 PM.

“We have a casualty right away. Calvin Oftana strained a calf muscle that’s why we didn’t play him anymore in the second half,” Reyes added.

Cambodia bolsters a lineup with six naturalized players including Sayeed Pridget, Brandon Peterson, and Darrin Dorsey who all won the 3x3 gold in the tournament.

Following this is a matchup against Singapore on Sunday, at 2 PM, to end the preliminary round.

On the other hand, the women’s basketball tournament opens on Wednesday, at 4 PM, with the Filipinas facing hosts Cambodia.

The scores:

PHILIPPINES- Ganuelas-Rosser 15, Brownlee 11, Tolentino 10, Lassiter 9, Philips 9, Lastimosa 8, Amos 8, Perez 8, Newsome 7, Oftana 5, Standhardinger 4, Ross 0

MALAYSIA- Yi Hou Wong 15, Chun Hong Ting 7, Xian Fu Ooi 7, Tian Yuan Kuek 6, Zi Feun Chang 4, Yee Tong Heng 3, Jing Hung Lee 3, Maegen Mahadevan Suresh Mahadevan 2, Wee Yian De 2, Wen Qian Anthony 0, Wei Yong Ong 0

Quarterscores: 33-12, 58-22, 84-38, 94-49.

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