{"id":200855,"date":"2019-02-05T03:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200855"},"modified":"2019-02-05T03:30:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T08:30:03","slug":"mighty-sports-remains-undefeated-as-they-fend-of-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/05\/mighty-sports-remains-undefeated-as-they-fend-of-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Sports remains undefeated as they fend of Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“THREE STRAIGHT! Mighty survives nailbiter against Homenetmen Lebanon, 96-89, to remain undefeated in the 30th Dubai International Basketball Championship. #GearUpForGreatness” (Photo<\/a>: Mighty Sports Apparel and Accessories<\/a>\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Filipino representatives Team Mighty Sports bagged their third win as they dominated the Lebanese Homenetmen in a 96-89 victory at the Shabab Al Ahli Club for the Dubai International Championship last Sunday, February 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imports Randolph Morris and Justin Brownlee performed with 24 and 19 points respectively, but Filipino-American Jeremiah Gray performed as well contributing a total of 24 points. Lebanese League Most Valuable Player (MVP) Walter Hodge tried to hold it down for the Homenetmen with 42 points, but did not get enough help from his teammates to take home the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Mighty Sports head coach Charles Tiu, unlike the Homenetmen, it was his team\u2019s chemistry that won them the game, stating, \u201cWe\u2019re a young team in a sense na we haven\u2019t been together for so long, but I like the composure they showed. That\u2019s why at stretches, even when they made runs, I just let them play,\u201d adding, \u201cI want them to grow up while playing in this game, because later in the tournament, we\u2019re gonna face games like this, so we have to know how to win in these types of situations, so this was a good test for us.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

He concluded, \u201cI credit all the players. I\u2019m just telling them simple (instructions) and they know what to do. I thought Jeremiah stepped up big and Jason really did a good job. Those two guys, and the usual, Morris, Brownlee, they\u2019re consistent.\u201d The last time the\u00a0Philippines faced the Homenetmen was two years ago, where they lost 100-93.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Filipinos had a day off from their last game as they will next see action against Syria on Tuesday, February 5. In anticipating their upcoming opponent, Tiu shared, \u201cThat Syrian is also strong and they\u2019re actually solid. They\u2019re a pretty good team and they\u2019re like this Lebanese team. So you really can\u2019t say that even though we beat this Lebanese team, we will gonna steamroll past them. We have to respect them and play good as we can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Quarterfinals will begin on Thursday, February 7.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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