Strong Group Athletics-Philippines trounced Chinese Taipei-White, 96-70, to move on the cusp of winning the 43rd William Jones Cup title on Saturday night, July 20, at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Former NBA player Chris McCullough unloaded 25 points and collared seven rebounds to carry out anothe team-best performance for the Nationals, who rolled to their seventh straight win in as many games.

The victory inched them one win away from reclaiming the title they last won in 2019 with then Mighty Sports.

Team captain Kiefer Ravena also showed the way with 14 points while PBA Rookie Draft pick RJ Abarrientos finished with 13 points and dished off six assists.

The Nationals also drew strength from Fil-foreigns DJ Fenner and Jordan Heading, who had 12 and 11 points, respectively, while Geo Chiu took charge of their defensive onslaught and hauled 16 rebounds on top of six points.

SGA next tackles Chinese Taipei-Blue on Sunday, July 21, at 7 p.m.

The Taiwanese dribblers currently tote a 6-0 record while they play Australia's BSBL Guardians at press time. They finished as runners-up to the United States in the previous edition that saw the Filipinos settling for seventh place.