Mighty Sports-PH rips Indonesia, inches closer to Jones Cup crown

Mighty Sports-Go for Gold Philippines cruised past Indonesia, 94-66, to move closer to the William Jones Cup crown on Friday at Xinzhuang Gym in Chinese Taipei.

The Philippines’ representative to the annual meet went for the kill in the third quarter, where they built a commanding 71-43 advantage.

In his best game so far, veteran Joseph Yeo finished with 14 points after making his first three field goals.

Aaron Black, son of multititled Meralco coach Norman Black, even joined the fray by burying back-to-back triples on the way to eight points.

Despite limited minutes, Eugene Phelps and Renaldo Balkman paced the Charles Tiu-mentored squad with 19 and 17 points, respectively.

With its sixth straight win in as many matches, Mighty-GFG now only needs to beat host Taiwan-A on Saturday to regain the title it won in the club’s initial foray in the annual tournament three years ago.

The best team after the single-round robin eliminations will be declared champion.

“That’s the moment we are waiting for, we need to win that for the country,” Mighty Sports owner Alex Wongchuking said.