MANILA, Philippines — Robust Group Athletics continued to dominate the forty third William Jones Cup after unleashing one other lopsided win over the BSBL Guardians of Australia, 91-69, on Sunday in Taipei.
Chris McCullough sustained his fantastic kind as he delivered 23 factors and 7 rebounds to provide the Philippine membership a 2-0 begin within the match.
McCullough conspired with Tajuan Agee for a dominant 34-10 first quarter en route to a different wire-to-wire win, following their 104-79 rout of the United Arab Emirates, the place the previous led the collective effort with 15 factors and 10 rebounds.
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Gilas naturalized Ange Kouame additionally stepped up with 16 factors and 10 rebounds, whereas Agee had 14 factors, 4 rebounds, and two blocks.
Jordan Heading was the highest Filipino performer with 9 factors to ship BSBL to its second straight loss.
The Aussie membership banked on Jesse Ghee, who had a double-double of 19 factors and 10 rebounds. Atem Bior added 14 factors.
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Robust Group has three aspiring PBA rookies RJ Abarrientos, Caelan Tiongson, and Dave Ildefonso, who’re all hoping to be chosen by groups within the ongoing Draft on Sunday in Manila.
The Filipinos are eyeing their third win towards Ukraine on Monday at 5 p.m.