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PHILIPPINES WON ITS TOURNAMENT OPENER IN THE 37TH WILLIAM JONES CUP AS IT STUNNED THE HOME CROWD AS GILAS PILIPINAS DEFEATED THE CHINESE-TAIPEI BLUE TEAM WITH THE SCORE OF 77 - 69 LAST NIGHT IN XINZHUANG STADIUM, NEW TAIPEI CITY.
GILAS PILIPINAS WENT ON A HOT START AGAINST CHINESE-TAIPEI LEADING BY 6 POINTS AT THE END OF THE 1ST QUARTER AND THEN INCREASED THE LEAD TO 16 AT THE END OF THE 1ST HALF 47 - 31. GILAS THOUGH ON THE THIRD QUARTER CAN'T FIND THE BASKET AS THEY ONLY SCORED 7 POINTS COMPARED TO THE 23 POINTS OF THE TAIWANESE SIDE. IN THE FOURTH WITH LESS THAN 3 MINUTES REMAINING AND SCORE IS 68 - 65 IN FAVOR OF GILAS, TERRENCE ROMEO HIT A BAIL OUT 3 POINT SHOT TO BEAT THE SHOT CLOCK TO PUSH THE LEAD OF GILAS TO 6, 71 - 65. THAT 3-POINT SHOT OF ROMEO SERVED AS THE DAGGER AS CHINESE-TAIPEI NEVER RECOVER FROM THEN ON.
GILAS 3.0 WERE LED BY TWO NEW COMERS IN THE SQUAD, ROMEO AND ABUEVA. TERRENCE BILL ROMEO DAZZLED THE CROWD AND EVEN FIL-AM JORDAN CLARKSON WAS UP ON HIS FEET AS ROMEO OPERATES WITH HIS ON-COURT MOVES AS HE LED GILAS IN SCORING. ROMEO DROPPED 18 POINTS AGAINST THE CHINESE-TAIPEI IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES OF PLAYING TIME. ROMEO SCORED 11 OF HIS 18 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER INCLUDING TWO SICK CROSSOVER DRIBBLES TO ELUDE THE DEFENSE OF CHEN THEN SWITCH HANDS IN MID-AIR TO ELUDE THE BLOCK OF QUINCY DAVIS, NATURALIZED CENTER OF CHINESE-TAIPEI, TO SCORE A BUCKET IN THE LANE.
ABUEVA ON THE OTHER HAND, SCORED 15 POINTS IN TOTAL IN LESS THAN 14 MINUTES OF ACTION. CALVIN ABUEVA SHOWED EVERYONE WHAT HE CAN BRING TO GILAS AS THE KA-PAMPANGAN "BEAST" WAS PLAYING WITH HIS USUAL GAME, PLAYING WITH A LOT OF ENERGY AND RECKLESS ABANDON IN EVERY PLAY. ABUEVA ALSO GRABBED TWO BOARDS AND GOING PERFECT FROM BEYOND THE ARC AS HE HIT 2 TRIFECTAS.
JAYSON CASTRO CHIPPED IN 16 POINTS.
CHINESE-TAIPEI SUFFERED ITS FIRST DEFEAT DROPPING TO 1 - 1. GILAS IMPROVE TO 1 - 0.
GILAS NEXT GAME WILL BE AGAINST SOUTH KOREA, AUGUST 31 - MONDAY, 5PM.
PHILIPPINES 77 - ROMEO 18, CASTRO 16, ABUEVA 15, HONTIVEROS 9, NORWOOD 7, TAUTUAA 4, PINGRIS 4, DAVID 2, THOSS 2, TAULAVA 0, GANUELAS-ROSSER 0.
CHINESE TAIPEI-A 69 - DAVIS 12, CHEN 12, TSENG 11, TIEN 11, LIU 9, TSAI 8, LIN 5, CHANG 1, WU 0, HUNG 0, LU.
QUARTER SCORING: 26-20, 47-31, 54-54, 77-69
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