NS Matrix and Pelita Jaya advance into Basketball Champions League Asia

Prawira - NS Matrix 87-91

NS Matrix dominated down low during the game scoring 56 of its points in the paint compared to Prawira's 36 and made 23-of-24 charity shots (95.8 percent) during the game. NS Matrix forced 20 Prawira turnovers and outrebounded them 42-31 including 29 on the defensive glass. NS Matrix players were unselfish on offense dishing 23 assists. It was a great evening for American point guard Taishaun Johnson (183-1994, college: PVAMU) who led his team to a victory scoring 24 points and 8 assists (made all of his twelve free throws !!!). His fellow American import guard Damion Rosser (195-1999, college: New Orleans) helped adding 25 points. Johnson is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. Four NS Matrix players scored in double figures. At the losing side Dominican Brandone Francis (194-1994, college: Texas Tech) responded with 31 points and 5 rebounds and American center James Gist (206-1986, college: Maryland) scored 18 points and 9 rebounds (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field). Prawira's coach tried various players' combinations and tested in total twelve players, but that didn't help to avoid defeat in this game.
Top scorers:
Prawira: B.Francis 31+5reb+2ast, J.Gist 18+9reb+2ast, Y.Saputera 10+2reb+5ast, A.Hester 9+7reb+1ast, H.Abraham 6+1reb, I.Muhammad 6+1reb
NS Matrix: D.Rosser 25+4reb+1ast, T.Johnson 24+4reb+8ast, J.Tolbert 14+8reb+4ast, C.Ting 10+11reb, D.Wee-Yiang 8+4reb+2ast, J.Lee 4+2reb+1ast

Pelita Jaya - HK Eastern 76-71

Pelita Jaya made 18-of-21 free shots (85.7 percent) during the game. Worth to mention a great performance of American forward KJ McDaniels (197-1993, college: Clemson) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 31 points and 13 rebounds. His fellow American import guard Jaquori McLaughlin (193-1998, college: UCSB, agency: Pensack Sports) contributed with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners. Canadian center Chris McLaughlin (208-1992, college: Victoria) answered with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 11 rebounds and American-Israeli forward Isaiah Eisendorf (198-1996, college: LeMoyne) added 12 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in the effort for HK Eastern. Five HK Eastern players scored in double figures. HK Eastern's coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
HK Eastern: C.McLaughlin 15+11reb+2ast, I.Eisendorf 12+10reb+5ast, Y.Yip 12+7reb+2ast, D.Gilbert 11+3reb+2ast, L.Ka-Hin 10+2reb+1ast, N.Chung-Tsun 4+1reb+4ast
Pelita Jaya: K.McDaniels 31+13reb, J.McLaughlin 18+6reb+5ast, B.Jawato 10+6reb+1ast, A.Muhamad 7+3reb, A.Dhyaksa 5+3reb+4ast, M.Guntara 3+5reb+1ast