South Sudan’s Carlik Jones celebrates through the staff’s win over Angola within the Fiba World Cup classification. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines—Carlik Jones delivered one other historic efficiency as South Sudan booked its first-ever Olympics berth after dominating Angola, 101-78, of their ultimate recreation within the Fiba World Cup 2023 on Saturday at Good Araneta Coliseum.
Jones poured in 26 factors, grabbed seven rebounds, and dished out 15 assists to tie probably the most assists in a single recreation by Croatia’s Toni Kukoc within the 1994 World Cup.
The reigning NBA G-League Most Beneficial Participant additionally turned the primary participant within the World Cup to tally greater than 10 assists in three separate video games of their ultimate recreation in Manila on prime of Group M of the classification section.
Let ‘em know what’s up, SSD! 🇸🇸
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— FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 (@FIBAWC) September 2, 2023
“Unbelievable, on each ends. I didn’t know I had 15 assists, that’s loopy. However you realize, it’s largely concerning the staff, man. I’m so glad we acquired it performed. We knew after we gained the primary recreation that we had a very good probability to qualify [for the Olympics] and we form of simply locked in on what we wanted to do and I’m glad we acquired it performed,” mentioned Jones, who was a rebound shy of turning into the primary participant to tally a triple-double within the males’s World Cup in a victory over Gilas Pilipinas two nights in the past. “It’s a blessing, you realize, to play in my first World Cup video games and to stroll out on the historical past boards is unbelievable.”
“We simply certified for the Olympics, man, I’m gonna take pleasure in this evening,” he added.
South Sudan’s Wenyen Gabriel dunks towards Angola within the Fiba World Cup classification. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
South Sudan, debuting within the World Cup for the primary time, emerged as the perfect African staff to earn an outright ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics with a 3-2 document forward of Egypt (2-3), which misplaced to New Zealand, 88-86, in its ultimate recreation at Mall of Asia Area.
Apart from Jones, who shot 10-of-15 within the subject, Marial Shayok and Nuni Omot additionally stepped up with 18 and 17 factors, respectively. Wenyen Gabriel put up a double-double of 15 factors and 10 rebounds on prime of six blocks, whereas Majok Deng added 10 markers.
Angola completed the event with just one victory—on the expense of the Philippines—out of 5 matches because it ended up winless within the classification.
Childe Dundao carried the Black Antelopes with 21 factors, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. Silvio De Sousa had 12 factors and 6 rebounds, whereas Jilson Bango put up 10 factors and 13 boards, stepping up for NBA huge man Bruno Fernando, who didn’t play.
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