ROS suffers blowout loss to UC Irvine in final Jones Cup match

The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters suffered a blowout loss towards the University of California Irvine, 115-61, to wrap its marketing campaign within the 2023 William Jones Cup on Sunday in Taiwan.

The US crew went sizzling early within the recreation because it restricted the Philippine squad to simply six factors towards their 26-point romp within the first quarter. The lead ballooned to 30, 57-27, on the finish of the primary half.

After ending the third body at 83-45 of their favor, UC Irvine erupted for 32 factors whereas limiting Rain or Shine to simply 16 factors to finish the Jones Cup sweep.

Andrei Caracut was the lone brilliant spot for Rain or Shine as he registered 14 factors, whereas Ange Kouame had eight factors. Nick Evans was restricted to 2 factors as he solely performed for 5 minutes.

Derin Saran led UC Irvine with 23 factors, whereas Emilis Butkus and Devin Tillis had 18 and 16 factors, respectively.

Rain or Shine completed the event with a 2-6 file after shedding its first 4 video games towards Chinese Taipei Blue, Chinese Taipei White, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, then barged into the win column towards Iran. It fell to Anyang KGC earlier than successful towards Japan, then misplaced to UC Irvine.

In the ladies’s division, the Gilas Pilipinas Women beforehand had one win and 4 losses.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News