Photo credit: Dubai Sports TV
Strong Group Athletics - Philippines is off to a good start in their opening campaign, defeating the United Arab Emirates men's national basketball team, 82-66 in the 2024 Dubai International Basketball Championship on Friday, January 19, 2024 at the at the Al Nasr Club - Basketball Court in Dubai, UAE. [VIDEO]
André Roberson led the SGA with a double-double, scoring 15 points on 7-of-16 shooting, along with a game-high 16 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 blocks. Dwight Howard played for 19 minutes and finished with 14 points (6/9 FG, 2/2 FT), adding 6 rebounds and 2 steals, while Kevin Quiambao had a solid game with 13 points (3/5 3pts), 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. The biggest lead of Strong Group was 21 points early in the fourth quarter.
Strong Group will be back in action against Al Wahda-Syria on Saturday, January 20 at 9:15pm (PHL time) or 5:15pm (UAE time). [UPDATE: Strong Group def. Al Wahda-Syria 89-67]
The Scores:
STRONG GROUP 82 - Roberson 15, Howard 14, Quiambao 13, Moore 11, Heading 8, Ynot 5, Sanchez 4, Baltazar 4, Liwag 4, Cagulangan 2, Escandor 2, Blatche 0.
UAE 66 – Abdullateef 19, Dickerson 13, Alshabibi 12, Alameeri 12, Alsawan 4, Ashour 3, Mbaye 2, Hussein 1, Ayman 0, Al Nuaimi 0, Ahmad 0.
Quarters: 22-22, 46-40, 64-49, 82-66. [GAME STATS] | [GAME HIGHLIGHTS] | [JORDAN]
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🏀 STRONG GROUP PHL Games: (PHL time)
(Jan 19) 
SGA def. UAE, 82-66
(Jan 20) SGA def. Al Wahda, 89-67
(Jan 21) SGA def. Homenetmen, 104-95
(Jan 24) SGA def. Beirut, 95-73
(Jan 25) SGA def. Al Ahli Tripoli, 91-89
(Jan 27) QF - SGA def. AS Sale, 92-80
(Jan 28) SEMIS - SGA def. Beirut, 94-72
(Jan 28) FINALS - AL RIYADI def. SGA, 77-74