‘Big shout out to him, man. I think he played well, he defended well,’ says South Sudan hotshot Carlik Jones of Gilas Pilipinas forward Rhenz Abando
triumph on a 17-point, 9-rebound, 14-assist outing – nearly the first World Cup triple-double.
“I try to put him in as many ball screens as he could to relieve some of that pressure and so to get other guys open. I think he played well,” he added. Jones stepped up when he made an assist to Wenyen Gabriel to push the lead to six, 62-56, and a steal that led to a two-handed hammer by Majok Deng as South Sudan’s advantage hiked back to eight, 64-56, with 6:42 to go.
An outright berth will be on the line when the Sudanese face fellow continental team Angola on Saturday, September 2.
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