After beating defending champion Iran last Saturday and host Chinese Taipei yesterday, the Smart Gilas Philippine basketball team was beaten by Jordan yesterday.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas has now a score of 2-1 (win-lose) in the team standings on day 3 of the William Jones Cup 2011 at the Hsinjhuang Stadium in Chinese Taipei.

The scores:

JORDAN 76 — Zaghab 17, Daghles 16, Z. Abbas 14, Wright 12, Soozokov 8, Ruqayah 4, AbuQoura 3, M. Abbas 2, Hussain 0, Alfaraj 0, Alkhas 0.

SMART-GILAS – 72— Barroca 13, Baracael 10, Douthit 10, Lutz 10, Tiu 8, Hontiveros 7, Casio 6, Lassiter 4, Taulava 2, Aguilar 2, Ballesteros 0, Ababou 0.

The quarterscores were: 21-17; 34-32; 56-53; 76-72.

Jordan and South Korea are the remaining two countries undefeated in this year’s tournament.

Smart Gilas will face Malaysia at 3:00 p.m. today and tomorrow, August 10, they will vie against the still undeafeated South Korea.