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Jordan wins 2007 Jones Cup title - Jul.
10, 2007
Jordan won 2007 Jones Cup, Rashiem Wright (middle) named MVP.
Jordan won the 2007 William Jones Cup Tournament champion with a 7-2 record
although it suffered a shocking 102-101 overtime loss to Japan WUG squad in its
last game. Japan's seldom-used substitute Shusaka Oya made his only field goal
in the game with a left hook at the buzzer to pull off the unbelievable win.
-- Japan 102-101(OT) Jordan
JAP: Takanori Onishi 21p, Taiji Sakai 20p, Yusuke Okada 18p, Takumi Ishizaki 13p
JOR: Rashiem Wright 26p, Zaid Abbaas 17p+11rb, Wesam Al-Sous 20p, Ayman Idais
13p+13rb, Enver Soobzokov 10p
-- Lebanon 85-77 Qatar
LIB: Fadi Khatib 21p, Ali Mahmoud 14p, Bassem Balaa 11p+10rb, Roy Samaha 12p
QAT: K.S. Abdi 23p, Yasseen Ismail Musa 17p+6rb
-- South Korea 82-59 Taiwan
Korea starting forward Kim Joo-sung proves he was ready for the Asian
Championship by tallying 22 points on 9 of 10 shooting and pulled down 9
rebounds in the lopsided 82-59 win. Taiwan's hot outside shooting in its
previous game vs. AIA suddenly went cold again, making only 17 of 58 shots.
Taiwan NT finished 7th with 5 wins and 4 losses.
KOR: Kim Joo-sung 22p(9-10 FG)+9rb, Ha Seung-jin 14p+9rb+5blk, Kim Dong-woo 10p
TWN: Wu Dai-hao 17p, Tsun Wen-din 10p+7rb
-- Kazakhstan 107-90 Philippines
Kazakhstan shocked Philippines with a 31-18 fourth quarter rally.
Philippines won bronze.
KAZ: A. Ponomarev 23p, R. Yargarliyev 28p, A. Tyutyunik 12p, Y. Issakov 11p, M.
Yevstigneyev 10p, A. Shpekht 10p
PHI: Jimmy Alapag 21p, Mark Caguioa 24p, Kelly Williams 13p+8rb, D. Hontiveros
14p
-- Iran 91-74 AIA
Iran rallied in the second half when they outscored the Aemricans 50-28. Iran
sank 14 of 28 three-point field goal attempts.
IRN: M.S. Nikkah Bahrami 25p+6rb+5a, H. Hadadi 18p+12rb, Aidin Nikkah Bahrami
18p, H.A. Eslamieh 12p, Amir Amini 10p+8a
AIA: C. Hammonds 20p, T. Hendley 18p, R. Rawlings 13p+9rb
2007 Jones Cup Stats leaders - Jul.
10, 2007
Scoring
1 El Cheikh Fadi El Khatib 23.9
2 M.S. Nikkhah Bahrami 20.3
3 Anton Ponomarev 18.7
4 Rashiem Wright 17.3
5 Kim Joo-sung 17.0
6 Shohei Kikuchi 16.4
7 Joseph Vogel 16.2
8 Lin Chih-jay 16.0
9 Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami 15.9
10 Yasseen Ismail Musa 15.9
Rebounding
1 Anton Ponomarev 9.7
2 Hamed Ehadadi 9.1
3 Joseph Vogel 8.8
4 Wu Dai-hao 7.3
5 Zaid Al Khas 7.2
6 Erfan Ali Saeed 7.1
7 Kim Joo-sung 6.5
8 El Cheikh Fadi El Khatib 6.5
9 Yasseen Ismail Musa 6.3
10 Ayman Idais 6.2
11 Omer Abdgader Salem 6.2
12 Pauliasi Taulava 6.2
Assists
1 Yang Dong-guen 5.9
2 Kim Seung-hyun 4.7
3 Javad Davan 4.4
4 Takumi Ishizaki 4.2
5 Osama Daghles 4.1
Steals
1 Hamed Afagh Eslamieh 1.9
2 Yang Dong-guen 1.9
3 Kim Seung-hyun 1.8
4 Yang Hee-jong 1.7
5 Reed Rawlings 1.7
Blocked Shots
1 Kim Joo-sung 2.0
2 Ha Seung-jin 2.0
3 Tsun Wen-din 1.9
4 Hamed Ehadadi 1.7
5 Wu Dai-hao 1.7
Final 2007 Jones Cup Tournament placings and MVP - Jul.
10, 2007
1. Jordan
7-2
2. Lebanon 6-3
3. Philippines 5-4
4. Iran 5-4
5. South Korea 5-4
6. AIA 5-4
7. Taiwan 5-4
8. Qatar 3-6
9. Kazakhstan 2-7
10. Japan 2-7
MVP: Rashiem Wright (Jordan)
17.3p, 3.4rb, 2.3a, 1.2s
Zaid Al Khas (Jordan) and Osama Daghles (Jordan) finished 2nd and 3rd in the MVP
voting.
Jones Cup Day 8: Jordan clinches Jones Cup title - Jul.
9, 2007
Chen Hsin-an
-- Jordan 72-71 Iran
The Asian Championship is still three weeks away, but Jordan will convince
itself that it was ready for the challenge.
Jordan closed out the game with a 27-17 rally in the 4th quarter to upset Iran
72-71 and avenged the loss to Iran in the bronze medal game of the Doha Asian
Game last year. With the win, Jordan clinched its first ever Jones Cup title
with a 7-1 record with one game to play.
Zaid Al Khas scored six of his nine points in the final minute, when he sank a
three with 52 seconds to tie the score at 69 all and, after Iran's Hamed Hadadi
made a pair of free-throws, dropped another go-ahead three with 17.6 seconds
left to make the final score 72-71.
JOR: R. Wright 25p, O. Daghles 16p+7rb, Z. Al Khas 9p
IRN: M.S. Nikkah Bahrami 14p+6rb, H. Hadadi 13p
-- Taiwan 83-72 AIA
Surprisingly, Taiwan NT played its best game in the tournament without the
service of bigmen Tien Lei and Tsun Wen-din. The home team made 14 treys and led
from start to finish in the win over Athletes in Action 83-72 Monday night.
Taiwan led 21-14 after the first quarter. Lin Chih-jay was 4 for 4 from the
three-point land in the second quarter and helped Taiwan increase the lead to
43-30 at the half.
Chen Hsin-an, who has been very quiet in the tournament, then single-handedly
took over the third quarter when he made four consecutive threes to boost the
score to 65-51.
Wu Dai-hao stepped up his game and filled up the void left by Tsun and Tien,
scoring 22 points on 10 for 18 shooting to go with two blocks and 8 boards.
TWN: Wu Dai-hao 22p(10-17 FG)+8rb+4a+2blk, Chen Hsin-an 20p(5-9 3PT), Lin Chih-jay
19p(5-8 3PT)+8rb
AIA: C. Hammonds 14p, R. Rawlings 14p+9rb, B. Asbury 13p, A. Ruoff 12p
-- Philippines 88-80 Qatar
Chot Reyes became the first head coach to be ejected in the Jones Cup in the
past 10 years but his boys didn't let him down. Philippines withheld Qatar's
furious rally and secured a 88-80 win to boost its record to 5 wins and 3
losses.
Reyes received two technical fouls for his protest and was ejected with 30.4
seconds remaining in the third quarter. Qatar seized the moment for a 5-0 run to
cut the deficit down 8 points, 62-54.
But Philippines didn't panic as it enjoyed a double-digit lead for most of the
final quarter before Qatar made the final push. With one minute left Qatar once
again rallied and stayed close with 85-80. Kirby Raymundo and Kelly Williams
then calmly made three of four free-throw to seal the victory.
PHI: M. Caguioa 14p, D. Hontiveros 13p, K. Williams 13p
QAT: Yasseen Ismail Musa 19p+7rb, E.A. Saeed 19p+12rb, O.A. Salem 14p+14rb
-- South Korea 81-78 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan was ready to pull off one of the biggest upset in the tournament
before Korean finally woke up and took advantage with their experience. South
Korea ignited a 27-18 run in the final quarter to spoil the game for Kazakhstan.
The final score was 81-78, South Korea.
However, the outcome was not decided before a controversial technical foul with
less than a minute to play. Kazahstan head coach Vitaliy Strebkov was assessed a
technical by Taiwanese referee Hsu Teh-jun for his protest with 38.9 seconds
left and the score tied at 77 all.
South Korea received two free-throws plus a possession and scored three points
to shake off the Kazakhs. Anton Ponomarev failed to covert his desperation
three-pointer at the final buzzer.
Kazakhstan was also whistle for a technical with 2:42 left to play.
KOR: Ha Seung-jin 14p, Yang Hee-jong 14p, Kim Joo-sung 12p, Yang Dong-guen 12p,
Kim Dong-woo 11p, Kim Min-soo 10p
KAZ: A. Ponomarev 23p+7rb, Korovnikov 23p+6rb
Jones Cup Day 7 - Philippines routed Taiwan on solid
guard play - Jul. 8, 2007
Led by Mark Caguioa and Jimmy Alapag, Philippine
backcourts turned the game into their playground and scored at will against
Taiwan's defense time and again for a 82-64 victory Sunday.
Caguioa had 20 points, including 12 in the first quarter, Alapag had 15 while
Anthony Helterbrand and Donaldo Hontiveros added 9 points each. Philippine
backcourts dominated the game from the first minute and pretty much decided the
outcome.
Taiwan could never contain Philippine attack with its man-to-man defense. The
interesting thing was Taiwan head coach Chung Kwang Hee decided to stick with it
instead of switching to zone defense.
Philippines kept attacking and increased the lead to 18 points at the end of the
third quarter. Lin Chih-jay made three cosecutive threes and cut the deficit to
11 points with 7:18 to go, but that was as close as Taiwan could get.
PHI: Mark Caguioa 20p, Jimmy Alapag 15p, A. Helterbrand 9p, D. Hontiveros 9p
TWN: Lin Chih-jay 22p(6-12 3PT), Wu Dai-hao 13p+7rb+5blk, Lin Yi-huei 11p
-- AIA 108-83 Japan
AIA: Bradley Harris 25p(6-7 3PT), Reed Rawlings 16, Todd Hendley 14p+6rb, Brian
Asbury 11p, Tyler Wilkerson 10p, Eric Pollitz 8p+10rb+7a
JAP: Shohei Kikuchi 20p, Yusuke Okada 15p, Shonaka Takeki 13p, Ryumo Ono 11p,
Taiji Sakai 10p
-- Lebanon 73-69 South Korea
Lebanon turned the game around by a 22-11 foruth quarter run. Fadi Khatib sat
out the game.
LIB: Joe Vogel 26p+7rb, J.A. El Nour 18p, Rony Fahed 14p+6a
KOR: Kim Min-soo 15p, Lee Dong-jun 14p+9rb
-- Iran 82-60 Kazakhstan
IRN: H.A. Eslamieh 23p+4s, Aidin Nikkah Bahrami 20p+4s, Amir Amini 11p
KAZ: A. Ponomarev 9p+12rb, D. Korovnikov 11p, Y. Issakov 10p+8rb
-- Jordan 91-85 Qatar
JOR: Osama Daghles 22p, Zaid Al Khas 14p+11rb, Wesam Al-Sous 15p, Jamaal
Almaaytah 12p+6rb
QAT: E.A. Saeed 20p, D.M. Daoud 20p, B.A. Mohammed 14p, Yasseen Ismail Musa 13p,
Khalid Suliman Abdi 12p
-- Standing
Jordan 6-1
AIA 5-2
Iran 4-3
Lebanon 4-3
Philippines 4-3
Taiwan 4-3
Qatar 3-4
South Korea 3-4
Japan 1-6
Kazakhstan 1-6
Jones Cup Day 6 - Jordan on top of standing with 5-1
record - Jul. 7, 2007
After six days, Jordan was on top of the 10-team field of
the 2007 Jones Cup with a 5-1 record. It looked like a surprise, didn't it? Not
until you actually see Jordan play.
Under Portugese head coach Mario Palma, who led Angola NT to 2000 and 2004
Olympics, Jordan has been playing with a well-organized offense. Jordanian
forntlines Al Khas and Idais both can play inside and out, Islam Abbas is the
enforcer on the team. And Jordanian guards have been showing consistency.
-- Taiwan 75-70 Qatar
SBL MVP
Lin
Chi-Jay (192-G-82) had one of his best international games Saturday, scoring
30 points and leading Taiwan NT to a 75-70 win over Qatar to boost Taiwan's
record to 4-2 and tied with AIA in the second place.
Lin scored 7 points in a 9-0 run that increased Taiwan's lead to 14 points
midway through the third quarter. He made 7 of 14 treys and was 5 for 5 from the
charity stripe in the game.
Qatar cut the deficit to one point with less than 30 seconds to play. Tsun Wen-din
had a three-point play with 20.1 seconds remaining to push the lead back to four
points, grabbed an important defensive rebound and made one of two free-throws
to make the score 73-68, Taiwan.
Taiwan lost to Qatar 103-96 in an epic double-overtime battle in the
quarterfinal of last year's Doha Asian Games, but it has defeated Qatar three
straight times in the Jones Cup during the last two years.
Taiwan beat Qatar to avenge its loss against Qatar in the Asian Games
Lin
Chi-Jay dropped 30 points
TWN:
Lin
Chi-Jay 30p(7-14 3PT), Wu Dai-hao 12p+9rb, Tsun Wen-din 9p+6rb+3s+3blk, Chen
Hsin-an 8p
QAT: E.A. Saeed 21p+6rb, Saad Abdulrahman Ali 15p+7rb+3s, Yasseen Ismail Musa
12p+8rb, D.A. Daoud 12p
-- Jordan 72-68 Lebanon
In this heated battle of two West Asia nations, Jordan rested its frontcourts
Zaid Al Khas and both Ayman Idais and Islam Abbas played less than 20 minutes.
JOR: Mousa Bashir 20p+6rb, Rashiem Wright 19p, Osama Daghles 10p, Wesam Al-Sous
12p
LIB: Joe Vogel 19p+9rb, Fadi Khatib 18p
-- AIA 92-78 Kazakhstan
AIA: Reed Rawlings 25p, Alex Ruoff 18p+7rb, Zack Gibson 12p+9rb, Donald Sloan
12p, Brian Asbury 11p
KAZ: Anton Ponomarev 19p+10rb, Rustam Yargarliev 15p, M. Yevstigneyev 17p
-- Philippines 89-79 Iran
Philippines dropped 10 three-pointers in the game and opened up the game with a
32-22 second quarter.
PHI: James Yap 18p, Jimmy Alapag 14p+8a, Mark Caguioa 14p, Kelly Williams 12p
IRN: M.S. Nikkah Bahrami 22p, Hamed Hadadi 14p+14rb, Aidin Nikkah Bahrami 16p,
Amir Amini 12p
-- South Korea 102-58 Japan
KOR: Yang Dong-guen 20p+5a, Kim Dong-woo 18p+7rb, Lee Dong-jun 18p+11rb, Cha
Jae-young 12p, Yang Hee-jong 11p, Ha Seung-jin 10p+8rb
JAP: Yusuke Okada 12p, Takumi Ishizaki 10p
-- Standing
Jordan 5-1
AIA 4-2
Taiwan 4-2
Iran 3-3
Lebanon 3-3
Philippines 3-3
Qatar 3-3
South Korea 3-3
Japan 1-5
Kazakhstan 1-5
Jones Cup Day 5 - Taiwan knocks out Kazakhstan - Jul.
6, 2007
-- Taiwan 72-64 Kazakhstan
Taiwan's "Twin Tower" got plenty of help tonight.
Yang
Che-Yi (193-F-78) led a 13-0 run in the third quarter and the Twin Tower
Tsun Wen-din and Wu Dai-hao were still brilliant as Taiwan beat Kazakhstan 72-64
for its third win in the tournament.
The unanswered run sparked a 20-10 third quarter, when Taiwan played its best
zone defense in the tourney so far, to open Taiwan's lead to 58-45 going into
the final quarter. Kazakhstan couldn't drain their outside shots and never
recovered.
TWN:
Yang Che-Yi 18p(7-12 FG), Lee Hsueh-lin 15p, Wu Dai-hao 13p+10rb, Tsun Wen-din
10p+6a+5blk, Lin Chih-jay 10p
KAZ: Anton Ponomarev 20p+12rb, Rustam Yargarliev 12p, Mikhail Yevstigneyev
12p+10rb
-- Iran 68-61 South Korea
IRN: M.S. Nikkah Bahrami 20p, Hamed Ehadadi 16p(7-16 FG, 2-3 FT)+15rb+4s+2blk
KOR: Ha Seung-jin 12p(4-8 FG, 4-12 FT)+10rb+4blk, Cha Jae-young 16p, Kim
Dong-woo 12p
-- Standing:
Jordan 4-1
AIA 3-2
Iran 3-2
Lebanon 3-2
Qatar 3-2
Taiwan 3-2
Philippines 2-3
South Korea 2-3
Japan 1-4
Kazakhstan 1-4
Jones Cup Day 5 - Jul.
6, 2007
-- Jordan 74-70 Philippines
Jordan controlled the momentum for the entire game with its inside advantage
while the Philippines could only counter with its backcourt as Mark Caguioa and
Jimmy Alapag combined for 42 points.
JOR: Jamal Almaaytah 18p+5rb, Ayman Idais 15p+7rb, Islam Abbas 6p+12rb
PHI: Mark Caguioa 25p(11-23 FG)+7rb, Jimmy Alapag 17p
-- Qatar 86-68 Japan
QAT: E.A. Saeed 29p+18rb+3blk Ali Turki Ali 16p, M.S. Abdulla 14p+9rb
JAP: Shohei Kikuchi 21p
-- AIA 81-70 Lebanon
Lebanon's Fadi Khatib was scoreless in 19 minutes as Lebanon dropped two
straight after a 3-0 start.
AIA: Reed Rawlings 17p, Todd Hendley 15p+7rb, Brian Asbury 14p, Donald Sloan
11p, Zack Gibson 10p
LIB: Joe Vogel 29p+8rb, Ali Mahmoud 12p
Jones Cup Day 4: Taiwan upset Lebanon in OT - Jul.
5, 2007
Another day. Another banked-in three-pointer at the
buzzer. There's definitely something weird with this year's Jones Cup
tournament.
Lin Chih-jay banked in a game-tying three at the buzzer with two Lebanese
defenders in his face to force overtime. And
Tsun Wen-Din (203-C-84) scored underneath on an offensive rebound off a Chen
Hsin-an miss with 0.3 second left in the extra session as Taiwan upset
previously undefeated Lebanon 78-77.
There has been something magical in this year's tournament, especially when it
came to three-pointers and the last shots.
Rony Fahed banked in a three at the buzzer to help Lebanon beat Philippines
65-62. Lin banked in a three to take the game into overtime tonight. South
Korea's Kim Dong-woo also banked in a three to tie the game vs. Qatar one the
opening day before Kim Min-soo tipped in a winner for a 70-69 win.
Also on Day 1, Jordan beat Kazakhstan 63-61 on Ayman Idais' backdoor layup with
2.5 seconds left. On Day 3, Yusuke Otada scored the winning fastbreak layup off
a steal with one second left as Japan upset Philippines 86-84
Lebanon was ready to embrace its fourth straight win with 8.8 seconds left in
regulation when Fadi Khatib stepped on the free-throw line. All he had to do was
to score one more point to ensure the win. However, Khatib missed both and gave
Taiwan a last chance.
Lee Hsueh-lin pushed the ball and dished to Lin, who popped out from a screen to
the right wing and released the high-arching desperation although he was
sandwiched by two Lebanese defenders.
Led by frontcourt tandem of
Tsun Wen-Din and Wu Dai-hao, Taiwan led by as many as 15 points in the game.
Things changed after both players got into foul trouble in the final quarter.
Relentless attack by Khatib and Joe Vogel helped Lebanon to pull ahead with two
minutes remaining.
Both team had a hard time to score in the overtime due to fatigue. With 15
seconds left to play, Taiwan had one last chance to pull off a victory as Chen
Hsin-an was designated for the last shot. Chen didn't take the ball to the
basket, however, choosing to shoot a three instead. As defenders focused on
Chen,
Tsun Wen-Din grabbed the offensive rebound and scored the winning layup with
0.3 second left.
TWN:
Tsun Wen-Din 19p(7-14 FG)+13rb+4a+2blk, Wu Dai-hao 14p(7-9 FG)+5rb+4a+3blk,
Chen Hsin-an 13p, Yang Che-yi 11p, Lin Chih-jay 8p
LEB: Fadi Khatib 33p(11-24 FG, 8-12 FT), Joe Vogel 18p+14rb, Ali Mahmoud 9p+5a
-- Philippines 88-84 South Korea
Once again, the outcome of the game came down to the last minute for the
Philippines. And they seized the opportunity this time.
Gabe Norwood, who came from George Mason University, had a game-clinching power
dunk with 10.5 seconds left to give the Philippines a comforatble six point
lead, and eventually a 88-84 victory over South Korea.
The Philippines ended its two game slide and is is back in the tournament as six
teams tied with a 2-2 record after four days of action.
PHI: Mark Caguioa 19p, Donaldo Hontiveros 14p, Gabe Norwood 12p, Asi Taulava
7p+7rb
KOR: Kim Dong-woo 20p, Kang Byung-hyun 16p+5a, Kim Min-soo 14p+6rb, Kim
Seung-hyun 9p+7a+4s
-- Jordan 69-66 AIA
Rashiem Wright, an American who obtained Jordanian citizenship, scored 8 points
in the last 2:22 to lift Jordan to the top of the standing with three wins and
one loss.
JOR: Rashiem Wright 20p+4rb+4a, Islam Abbas 13p+8rb, Osama Daghles 10p, Ayman
Idais DNP
AIA: Brian Asbury 14p, Reed Rawings 12p, D
Jones Cup Day 3: Taiwan lost to Jordan - Jul.
4, 2007
-- Jordan 81-62 Taiwan
Taiwan, which led by as many as 11 in the first half, showed its inconsistency
again and was outmuscled and outhustled by Jordanian. Jordan turned the game
around in the second half, outscored the home team 45-23.
Taiwan simply collapsed in the final quarter, when it made only three baskets
and scored 9 points. As a team, the home team only dished out 7 assists.
Point guard Lee Hsueh-lin led Taiwan with 17 points. Tsun Wen-din had 12 while
Chen Hsin-an added 10.
-- AIA 79-65 South Korea
AIA took away what South Korea does best -- three-point shooting -- by limiting
Koreans to 3 of 23 from the three-point land and cruised for an easy 79-65
victory, handing South Korea its first loss in the tournament.
AIA: Darris Nichols 13p+7a, Tyler Wilkerson 11p+8rb, Todd Hendley 10p
KOR: Ha Seung-jin 17p, Kim Min-soo 13p
Standings:
Lebanon 3-0
South Korea 2-1
AIA 2-1
Jordan 2-1
Taiwan 1-2
Philippines 1-2
Iran 1-2
Kazakhstan 1-2
Qatar 1-2Japan 1-2
Jones Cup Day 3: Philippines lost on final-second
heartbreaker again - Jul. 4, 2007
-- Japan 86-84 Philippines
For the second consecutive day, the Philippines lost on the final possession.
Yusuke Otada scored the winning fastbreak layup off a steal with one second left
as Japan upset Philippines 86-84 with an unbelievable 26-13 final quarter rally.
With the score tied at 84, Donaldo Hontiveros' only turnover in the game came at
an ill-fated time when his pass was intercepted by Japan in Philippine's last
possession. Otada dashed upcourt and scored the winning shot as Japanese players
stormed the court to celebrate.
Referees re-set the game clock back to one second amid Japan's celebration.
However, Philippines failed to convert the last play.
Philippines, which led by as many as 12 points in the game, lost to Lebanon last
night by three on a banked-in three-pointer at the buzzer.
JAP: Shohei Kikuchi 27p, Takanori Onishi 23p, Yusuke Otada 18p, Takumi Ishizaki
10a+5s
PHI: Florendo Ritualo Jr. 21p(7-10 3PT), D. Hontiveros 11p, Anthony Helterbrand
10p
-- Lebanon 90-77 Kazakhstan
LIB: Fadi Khatib 33p(11-19 FG, 8-11 FT)+7rb+6a, Joe Vogel 14p+12rb
KAZ: Anton Ponomarev 16p+8rb, R. Yargavliev 15p, Dmitriy Korovnikov 11p
-- Qatar 74-72 Iran
QAT: O.A. Salem 20p+7rb, Khalid Suliman 18p+8rb, Yasseen Ismail Musa 13p+7rb,
Saad Abdulrahman Ali 14p
IRN: M.S. Nikkah Bahrami 16p, Aidin Nikkah Bahrami 13p+9rb, Iman Zandi Mashhadi
11p
Jones Cup Day 2: Lebanon beat Philippines at buzzer - Jul.
3, 2007
-- Lebanon 65-62 Philippines
With three seconds remaining and the score tied at 62 all, El Fadi Khatib led a
last-possession fastbreak and dished out to Rony Fahed, who fired a desperation
three-pointer from the right wing. The desperation shot banked in at the buzzer
to give Lebanon a dramatic 65-62 come-from-behind victory over the Philippines,
which led in the first 30 minutes but bowed out after a 21-10 final quarter.
LEB: El Cheikh Fadi El Khatib 26p(7-10 FG, 12-14 FT)+8rb, Joe Vogel
11p+8rb+4blk, Rony Fahed 8p
PHI: Donaldo Hontiveros 10p, Gabe Norwood 10p, Asi Taulava 7p+14rb
-- Iran 85-69 Taiwan
Iran shot the lights out in the final 20 minutes to break open a tight game with
a 54-35 second half and beat host Taiwan 85-69. Iran made 12 threes in the game.
Taiwan struggled from the perimeter for the second consecutive game, only making
4 of 28 from the three-point line. After a 34-31 first half, Taiwan's zone
defense failed to contain Iran's red hot outside shooting.
Wu Dai-hao did turn in one of his best performances in a Taiwan NT uniform,
scoring 21 points on 9 of 12 shooting, including 15 points and 6 for 7 in the
first half.
IRA: Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami 25p, M.S. Nikkhah Bahrami 25p, Iman Zandi Mashhadi
11p, Hamed Ehadadi 10p+10rb
TWN: Wu Dai-hao 21p+8rb+3s, Lin Chih-jay 16p, Tsun Wen-din 12p
-- AIA 106-68 Qatar
AIA: Brian Asbury 17p, Todd Hendly 15p, Alex Ruoff 11p+6rb, Cliff Hammonds
11p+8rb+5a, Reed Rawlings 10p, Tyler Wilkerson 10p
Qatar: Yasseen Ismail Musa 14p+7rb, Hashim Zaiden Zaiden 13p, Mohd Seleem
Abdulla 11p
-- Kazakhstan 96-61 Japan
KAZ: Anton Panomarev 27p+14rb, Alexandr Tyutyunik 18p, Dmitriy Korovnikov
14p+8rb, Mikhail Yevstigneyev 11p+12rb
JAP: Yusuke Okada 15p, Takanori Onishi 12p, Takumi Ishizaki 11p
-- South Korea 71-65 Jordan
KOR: Ha Seung-jin 21p+8rb+3blk, Kim Dong-woo 17p, Yang Dong-guen 10p+8rb+6a
JOR: Ayman Idais 17p, Rashiem Wright 10p
-- Standings
South Korea 2-0
Lebanon 2-0
Taiwan 1-1
Kazakhstan 1-1
AIA 1-1
Jordan 1-1
Philippines 1-1
Iran 1-1
Qatar 0-2
Japan 0-2
Jones Cup Day 1 - Jul.
2, 2007
--Taiwan 90-77 Japan
Led by SBL regular season and finals MVP Lin Chih-jay, Taiwan shook off a
first-half scoring drought and turned the game around in the second half for a
90-77 win over Japan's WUG NT.
Lin made six threes in the game, including five in the second half to open up
the game after a first-half that saw the home team struggling with its offense.
Taiwan shot a miserable 1-of-15 behind the 3-PT line in the first 20 minutes and
trailed 39-33 at the half.
TWN: Lin Chih-jay 20p, Tsun Wen-din 17p+9rb, Wu Dai-hao 10p+12rb
JAP: Yusuke Okada 23p+7rb, Shohei Kikuchi 18p, Yosuke Machida 15p
-- Jordan 63-61 Kazakhstan
Jordan almost squandered a 12-poin lead but prevailed on a backdoor basket by
Ayman Idais with 2.5 seconds to go and defeated Kazakhstan 63-61.
JOR: Rashiem Wright 25p, Zaid Abbaas 12p
KAZ: Mikhail Yevstigneyev 17p, Dmitriy Korovnikov 16p, Anton Ponomarev 8p
-- Lebanon 80-71 Iran
El Cheikh Fadi El Khatib scored 35 points on 10-of-17 shooting and
single-handedly led Lebanon to the victory. Lebanese center Joseph Vogel sat out
the game as he lost his luggage during a flight transfer. Vogel is expected to
play tomorrow
LEB: El Cheikh Fadi El Khatib 35p, Omar El Turk 17p, Rony Fahed 11p
IRA: Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami 21p, Hamed Ehadadi 16p+10rb
-- South Korea 70-69 Qatar
South Korea took advantage of Ali Turki Ali's missed free-throw with less than
10 seconds left when Korea trailed 69-68. Kim Min-soo tipped in Yang Dong-guen's
missed layup as the buzzer sounded to give South Korea the inspiring win.
South Korea twice trailed by 10 points in the second half. Star forward Kim Joo-sung
is expected to sit out the entire tournament due to injury. Former NBA player Ha
Seung-jin played only 16 minutes due to knee injury.
KOR: Kim Seung-hyun 15p, Lee Kyu-sup 15p, Kim Dong-woo 12p, Kim Min-soo 8p+10rb
QAT: Erfan Ali Saeed 25p, Mohammed Seleem Abdulla 14p
-- Philippines 72-67 AIA
Jimmy Alapag shot a perfect 5-of-5 from the field en route to 19 points and Mark
Caguioa scored 9 consecutive points for the Philippines down the stretch as
Philippines took advantage of its expereince and upset the defending champion
Athletes in Action, which mostly consists of U.S. college players,72-67.
PHI: Jimmy Alapag 19p (5-5 FG, 6-7 FT), Mark Caguioa 14p, Michael Pennissi 11p,
Donaldo Hontiveros 11p
AIA: Todd Hendly 11p, Zack Gibson 11p, Tyler Wilkerson 10p
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