Rain or Shine’s woes continued after absorbing one other loss within the 2023 William Jones Cup, this time in an intense battle with Qatar, 93-86, as they remained winless within the annual event on Tuesday in Taiwan.
The Elasto Painters slid to 0-4 whereas Qatar copped its first win to enhance to 1-3.
An Andrei Caracut triple and Ange Kouame putback despatched the Philippines to a 73-71 lead early within the fourth interval earlier than Qatar tied it up at 73-all.
Nick Demusis, although, had heated moments with Meho Haracic on the 7:25 mark earlier than he was whistled for a flagrant foul on the 6:28 mark after an incident with Nedim Muslic, permitting Qatar to drill two freebies for a 77-73 cushion.
Muslic then made it an 86-79 benefit as Qatar threatened to tug away earlier than Anton Asistio buried a three-pointer, 93-86.
But time ran out for the Filipinos as Qatar ended their hunch on the expense of the Elasto Painters.
Import Nick Evans paced Rain or Shine with 20 factors and 6 rebounds whereas Asistio and Santi Santillan chipped in 12 and 10 markers apiece.
Rain or Shine will hope to bounce again on Wednesday towards Iran at 3 p.m.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
