STRONG Group Athletics of the Philippines tries to complete a four-game sweep of Group A and advance to the next round today, Thursday, when it tangles against home bet Amman United in the 34th Dubai International Basketball Championships.
The squad goes into the match armed with a three-game winning streak, including an 85-78 win over Beirut first last Tuesday.
Zamboanga Valientes, the other Philippine team in the tourney, kissed its hopes goodbye after absorbing a 65-90 beating at the hands of the Lebanese squad Sagesse SC yesterday at the Al Alhi Club in Dubai.
Valientes absorbed their third consecutive loss in Group B preliminaries, enabling Al Ahli Tripoli, Tunisia’s national team, Sagesse SC and Sharjah SC to advance to the quarterfinals.
Valientes tries to salvage some measure of pride when it takes on the national team of Tunisia today.