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Romwel Anzures

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<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);min-height:13.8px"><span></span><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1721633356321IMG_4505.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">43rd William Jones Cup MVP Chris McCullough of Strong Group Athletics-Philippines. <em>Photo from Facebook/SGA. </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Chris McCullough was one of Strong Group Athletic&#x27;s main weapons in their 43rd William Jones Cup championship run.</p><p>Following their title-clinching win against Chinese Taipei-B, the former San Miguel Beermen reinforcement was named the Jones Cup MVP after steering the Charles Tiu-coached squad to a sweep of the tourney with averages of 21.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.1 blocks.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/21/sga-spoils-taipei-as-party-to-rule-43rd-jones-cup-2157" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">READ: SGA spoils Taipei-A&#x27;s party to rule 43rd Jones Cup</a></div><p>However, McCullough, who is reportedly set to be naturalized by Chinese Taipei, received flak online for his performance against Taipei-A.</p><p>Previously averaging 22.4 points and 8.6 rebounds in their first seven games, he only scattered 12 markers on 4-of-16 shooting from the field, together with five boards, three dimes, and two rejections before fouling out.</p><p>The 6-foot-9, former Washington Wizard went online to touch on the comments that he got after the game which accused him of game-fixing, and responded by saying that it was just an off night for him.</p><p>&quot;[I&#x27;m gonna] respond to the slander one time and one time only. First of all congrats to us on the championship of the Jones Cup!&quot; McCullough wrote on his X account.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1815054194140930276&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-07-22T08%3A05%3A48.267154%3A04b27500-6bf0-42e9-a32a-a71ac67756b3%26action%3Dedit%26popup&amp;sessionId=6d0a0c968168891f8931bf286a0e807ef029c408&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:321px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1815054194140930276"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;I always rep the flag wherever I played so for some of you fans who&#x27;re saying all of this nonsense is ridiculous. Because I didn&#x27;t have the best game in a championship game, now I fix games? Come on now. It happens and it is what it is. It&#x27;s always the next man up,&quot; he continued, while hailing his teammate Tajuan Agee who had 21 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals, a block, and a perfect nine-of-nine from the 15-foot line.</p><p>&quot;T stepped up big tonight! That&#x27;s &#x27;next man up mentality.&#x27; He picked up my slack and got the job done!&quot;</p><p>Aside from his MVP plum, McCullough was also hailed among the Jones Cup Mythical Five together with Taipei-A&#x27;s Brandon Gilbeck and Ying-Chun Chen, Mouhamed Mbaye of Chinese Taipei-B, and Malaysia and former Ateneo Blue Eagle Joe Obasa. </p>

<p>Chris McCullough was one of Strong Group Athletic’s main weapons in their 43rd William Jones Cup championship run.</p>

Chris McCullough was one of Strong Group Athletic’s main weapons in their 43rd William Jones Cup championship run.

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SGA’s McCullough speaks on game-fixing allegations in title match against Taipei-A

Romwel Anzures,

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Published July 22, 2024 03:56 PM PHT

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