Smart Gilas-RP team coach Rajko Toroman said a decision will be made this week if 6-foot-10 Marcus Douthit has passed his tryout to be a candidates for naturalization.

Although Douthit is nursing a right ankle sprain he suffered in the Nationals' 83-75 loss to the Jordan national team Friday, Toroman has been impressed with the play of the 30-year-old alumnus of Providence.

"We will make a decision after this tournament but let's see if Marcus is the one," said Toroman.

Douthit sat out Saturday's game as Smart Gilas defeated Barangay Ginebra, 82-75. In that contest, Fil-Am Chris Lutz had 15 points, four rebounds and seven assists while Marcio Lassiter added 13.

Greg Slaughter, who had 10 points and eight boards, got some solid playing time in the absence of Douthit. Also enjoying some minutes were Japeth Aguilar and Rabeh Al-Hussaini.

"I think we played well tactically, played good offensively by sharing the ball and that is why I'm satisfied with the result against Ginebra," Toroman said.

The Filipino cagers finished their elimination round campaign with two wins and one defeat to arrange a title showdown with Jordan, being played as of presstime.

Jordan, a team bound for the FIBA World Championship in Turkey this August, crushed Dongguan New Century, 69-55, in the other game to complete a three-game sweep of the elims.

The scores:
First Game
SMART GILAS -RP 82 — Lutz 15, Lassiter 13, Slaughter 10, Baracael 10, Aguilar 9, Barroca 7, Tiu 7, Al-Hussaini 6, Ababou 5, Casio 0, Ballesteros 0.
BARANGAY GINEBRA 75 — Villanueva 13, Cortez 10, Brown 9, Intal 8, Menk 8, Caguioa 8, De Ocampo 7, Helterbrand 4, Wilson 3, Miller 3, Salvacion 2, Ferriols 0, Tubid 0.
Quarters: 16-14; 35-34; 65-56; 82-75.

Second Game
JORDAN 69 — Hadrab 16, Alawadi 12, Wright 10, Al-Sous 9, Abu Qoura 8, Daghles 7, Abbas 5, Abbaas 2, Alzaghab 0, Soobzokov 0, Abdeen 0.
DONGGUAN 55 — Ronald 13, Chen 10, Kruger 10, Zhang 8, Sun 5, Feng 4, Chang 3, Gu 2, Li 0, Song 0.
Quarters: 19-9; 35-27; 54-40; 69-55.