PH teams press on in Asia-Pacific Super Quest 3×3 tilt
Credit to Author: JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 16:17:04 +0000
Philippine teams Pasig Grindhouse and 1Bataan advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Chooks to Go Asia-Pacific Super Quest 3×3 basketball tournament after emerging triumphant in the elimination round on Saturday at the SM Megamall Fashion Hall in Mandaluyong City.
Bannered by the quartet of Taylor Statham, Joshua Munzon, Troy Rike and Serbian player Nikola Pavlovic, Pasig swept its two elimination games to top Pool C.
The Kings opened the tourney with a thrilling 21-9 overtime victory over Jakarta West Bandits of Indonesia behind Pavlovic’s game-winning two-pointer.
Pasig then clobbered Absolute 3×3 of Chinese Taipei, 21-15.
“We all compete hard and we just love playing together. You can see it to how we play,” said Statham.
Statham and the rest of the Kings will take on Pool A runner-up TSV Reading Cinemas of Australia in the quarterfinals today.
“Just one game at a time, just climbing and trying our best to work our way toward that championship,” added Statham.
On the other hand, Bataan — bannered by Alvin Pasaol, Santi Santillan, guest player Karl Dehesa and 6-foot-6 American Travis Franklin — finished runner-up in Pool B after splitting its group games.
The Risers started their campaign with a convincing 21-12 win over Anytours M1 of Hong Kong behind Pasaol’s hot shooting from beyond the arc.
But Bataan lost to world-ranked No. 19 3×3.exe Premier of Japan, 17-21, resulting in a final eight battle with Pool D leader SSLC of China.
In the other quarterfinal pairings, world No. 15 Ulaanbaatar will clash against Jakarta West while 3×3.exe Premier will collide with Aotearoa of New Zealand.
The champion will take home a spot in the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters in Doha, Qatar and in the Challenger Series in Penang, Malaysia plus the $20,000 while the runner-up will also bag a ticket to Doha and to the Challenger Series in Kunshan, China along with $15,000.
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