2011 William Jones Cup Day 6 Scores, Pictures & Commentary

Marcio Lassiter had a solid outing against the Emirates.
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SMART-GILAS PILIPINAS over UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 95-60

PHL 95 - Douthit 23, Lutz 13, Lassiter 10, Taulava 10, Aguilar 8, Hontiveros 7, Casio 7, Tiu 6, Barroca 4, Ababou 4, Baracael 3, Ballesteros 0

UAE 60 - Salem 15, Al-Braiki 13, Mubarak 8, Omar 6, Al-Zaabi 5, Al-Ameri 5, Abdalla 4, Ahmed 4, Al-Ali 0, Al-Junaibi 0

QS: 19-10, 38-31, 65-49, 95-60

- It took a whole half before Gilas finally put pedal to the metal against the Emirates. Chris Lutz was impressive penetrating constantly, while Marcus Douthit, Asi Taulava and Japeth Aguilar were all solid underneath.

- UAE was just too small for the Philippines, though they had some impressive guard-play coming from Khalifa Salem and Mohamed Al-Braiki.

- Gilas goes up to 4-2 and they get an inside track to the Final Four while UAE drops to 0-6.

Marcus Douthit led the way once again.
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Chris Tiu puts the move on his defender.
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JAPAN over MALAYSIA, 70-55

JPN 70 - Shonaka 21, Matsui 12, Arao 10, Okada 6, Kamada 6, Watanabe 5, Ota 4, Noguchi 2, Sakai 2, Togashi 2, Ito 0, Hashimoto 0

MAS 55 - Chee 11, Loh 11,Ooi 6, Wee 6, Batumalai 5, Ong 4, Ng 4, Kwaan 4, Soo 3, Ho 1, Chin 0

QS: 12-14, 22-29, 49-44, 70-55

- Malaysia, for the second straight game, was able to stay with a stronger opponent for one whole half. Japan's class, however, shone through in the 2nd half as Takeki Shonaka had a second straight great game, shooting 3 of 6 triples.

- The Japanese chose not to play Sean Hinkley against Malaysia, which means he's being rested in preparation for tomorrow's big game against the Philippines.

- Japan goes up to 3-3 as Malaysia continues being winless at 0-6.

Takeki Shonaka lit up the board from rainbow land.
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Yoong Jing Kwaan shows a nifty
baby hook.
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Daisuke Noguchi tries to hoist one over
Malaysia's Kwaan.
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JORDAN over SOUTH KOREA, 85-77

JOR 85 - Abbas 23, Dahglas 21, Wright 15, Abbaas 8, Soobzokov 6, Al-Khas 5, Zaghab 4, Al-Sous 3, Abu Ruqayah 0, Abu Quora 0

KOR 77 - Stevenson 17, Kang 13, Lee 12, Kim JS 9, Cho 8, Kim JK 8, Ha 6, Oh 2, Yang DG 2, Park 0, Yang HJ 0, Kim YH 0

QS: 28-15, 45-33, 68-52, 85-77

- Jordan got the jump on the Koreans and never looked back. They hit enough shots to keep the erstwhile unbeaten Koreans at bay.

- Curiously enough, coach Hur Jae only inserted leading scorers Jarod Stevenson & Oh Se-Keun in the 2nd quarter, when Jordan was already well ahead.

- Jordan's performance was in complete contrast to how they played against the Japanese in yesterday's freak loss.

- Jordan strengthens its semifinal bid at 4-2 while Korea absorbs its first loss in 6 games.

Korean big man Kim Joo-Sung had a tough time dealing
with the Jordanian frontline.
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Jarod Stevenson wasn't his usually dominant self
against the heftier Jordanians.
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I.R. IRAN over TAIWAN, 74-47

IRN 74 - Haddadi 18, Kamrani 13, Veisi 13, Davoudi 9, Sahakian 8, Davari 7, Kardoust 4, Davarpanah 2, Barogh 0, Nabipoor 0

TPE 47 - Tseng 15, Chen HA 10, Creighton 6, Chang 4, Lin 4, Lu 3, Lee 2, Su 2, Ho 1, Yang 0, Chien 0, Chen SH 0

QS: 17-13, 33-21, 54-37, 74-47

- Saman Veisi came off the bench to spark the Iranians past the Taiwanese, whom they'll also play against in the coming FIBA-Asia in Wuhan, China.

- Hamed Haddad and Mehdi Kamrani both had good games again, and Iran had a solid supporting cast that helped them finally play to their billing against the home team.

- Taiwan was plain awful against Iran. They shot 29% from the 2pt area and got outrebounded 45-25. Things are expected to change when big man Wu Tai-Hao suits up in the China tourney.

- Iran moves up to 4-2, tying their victims' standing in the process.