Korea and Iran remained undefeated in the 2013 Jones
Cup, while Egypt and Lebanon rose to their second wins. Both Taiwan teams lost
today while Team USA and Japan remained winless.
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| Tseng Wen-Ting tries to dunk on Ali Kanaan. (image from Da Village) |
In the first game of the day, the Egyptians thwarted
the Japanese’s effort to rally in the fourth quarter en route to their second
win in three games, 64-59. 6’2 wingman Ibrahim El Gammal led Egypt with 20
points, 5 steals, and 4 rebounds, while Mouhanad El Sabagh and Ramy Abdalla
scored 13 and 10 respectively. Abdalla and Assem Marei each hauled down 7
rebounds to underscore Egypt’s dominance on the glass. Once again, the trio of
Kosuke Takeuchi, Kosuke Kanamaru, and KJ Matsui led the Japanese with 14, 13,
and 11 points respectively. Egypt goes up to 2-1, while Japan remains mired in
the basement with a 0-3 card.
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| Atsuya Ota squeezes between the tight Egyptian D. |
The second game featured the Iranians, playing
without three of their usual starters (Mahdi Kamrani, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami,
and Hamed Haddadi), struggle a bit against a very game Taiwan B squad, but they
utilized a big fourth quarter surge to break the game open, 77-64. Asghar
Kardoust teamed up with Rouzbeh Arghavan to lord the interior with a combined
28 points and 22 rebounds. Young up-and-coming star Mohammad Jamshidi played
nearly 27 minutes in this contest and produced an impressive 15 points and 4
boards while shooting 50% from the field. Not surprisingly, Liu Cheng and Zhou
Boxun led the Taiwanese with 12 and 10 markers respectively. This is Iran’s
second win in as many games, while this young Taiwanese squad goes down to 1-2.
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| Zhou Boxun goes up strong against Hamed Afagh of Iran. (image from Da Village) |
In the third game, Korea defeated the Americans by
unfurling a sublime second quarter. Korea outscored the Americans in that
period, 24-15, thanks mainly to the quick incursions of Kim Sun-Hyung. Four
other Koreans finished in double-figures – Lee Seung-Jun with 13, Cho Sung-Min
with 12, Moon Tae-Yong (a.k.a. Greg Stevenson) with 11, and Choi Bu –Kyung with
10. Team USA, made up mostly of personnel who lost the title to Gilas Pilipinas
in the 2012 Jones Cup, was led by Haywood Owens’s 16, Ed Horton’s 14, and
Curtis Marshall’s 14. Korea moved the ball well, earning 20 assists. Three
games in, it’s still not certain which naturalized player coach Yoo Jae-Hak will
take to Manila as both Lee Seung-Jun (Eric Sandrin) and Moon Tae-Young (Greg
Stevenson) have been impressive in the Jones Cup. The final score read 85-79 for Korea.
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| Ed Horton shoots one from in close. |
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| Kim Sun-Hyung has been a spark for Korea in the Jones Cup. |
The day ended with the hometown favorites, Taiwan A, getting
their collective behinds swatted thoroughly by Lebanon, 83-63. Mohammad Ibrahim filled
the stat-sheet with 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals. Veteran
teammates Fadi El Khatib and Ali Mahmoud scored a game total of 30 points for
the Lebanese, who are still missing the services of Loren Woods and Julian
Khazzouh. Taiwan’s Quincy Davis was the lone Taiwanese to breach twenty points
with 23 markers while also grabbing 8 boards and blocking 2 shots. Lin Chih-Chieh, who dropped 30 on Team USA last night, did not play in this game. This win
enabled Lebanon to tie Taiwan at the top half of the standings with both teams carrying 2-1 slates.
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| Lee Hsueh-Lin and the Taiwanese tasted defeat against the Lebanese. |
2013 William Jones Cup Standings
Team
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Wins
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Losses
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Korea
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3
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0
|
Iran
|
2
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0
|
Taiwan A
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2
|
1
|
Egypt
|
2
|
1
|
Lebanon
|
2
|
1
|
Taiwan B
|
1
|
2
|
USA
|
0
|
2
|
Jordan
|
0
|
2
|
Japan
|
0
|
3
|
EGY 64 - El Gammal 20, El Sabagh M 13, Abdalla R 10, Marei 5, Tawfik 5, Khorshid 4, Khalifa 4, Abdalla S 3, Abou Shousha 0, El Lethi 0, Abou Khadra 0
JPN 59 - Takeuchi 14, Kanamaru 13, Matsui 11, Ota 7, Hiejima 5, Kurihara 4, Kikuchi 3, Hinkley 2, Sakurai 0, Tsuji 0
QS: 24-21, 38-33, 52-45, 64-59
IRAN over TAIWAN B, 77-64
IRI 77 - Kardoust 17, Jamshidi 15, Arghavan 11, Afagh 9, Veisi 9, Sahakian 5, Davari 5, Davarpanah 3, Hassanzadeh 2, Davoudi 1, Sohrabnejad 0, Sedighi 0
TPE B 64 - Lai 18, Liu C 12, Zhou 10, Chen TY 8, Liu YK 7, Chen KC 4, Huang 3, Chen YC 2, Chang 0, Hu 0, Chen HJ 0
QS: 18-16, 38-31, 52-49, 77-64
KOREA over USA, 85-79
KOR 85 - Kim SH 14, Lee 13, Cho 12, Moon 11, Choi 10, Kim JS 8, Kim TS 5, Kim MG 5, Yang 3, Yoon 0, Park 0
USA 79 - Owens 16, Marshall 14, Horton 14, Kearse 11, Melvin 10, Hicks 7, Rougeau 4, Vanlandingham 2, Dailey 1, Burrell 0, Bray 0, Barnes 0
QS: 17-14, 41-29, 66-53, 85-79
LEBANON over TAIWAN A, 83-63
LIB 83 - El Khatib F 18, Mahmoud 12, Ibrahim 11, aoud 11, Haidar 11, Ammoury 6, Akl 4, Abdel Nour 3, Kanaan 3, Souaid 2, El Khatib H 2
TPE A 63 - Davis 23, Chang 15, Yang 7, Tseng 5, Lee 5, Tien 4, Lin 2, Tsai 2, Chou 0, Hung 0, Lu 0, Ke 0
QS: 17-19, 40-27, 63-50, 83-63
Unless otherwise specified, all images are from
2013wjc.basketball-tpe.org.
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