Ateneo’s Jhaz Joson signs with Goldfields Giants in Australia NBL1

ANOTHER Filipina cager is off to the Land Down Under.

After Jack Animam, Jhaz Joson of Ateneo de Manila University takes her turn in flying the flag high abroad after signing with the Goldfields Giants in the Australia’s National Basketball League 1.

Titan Management Group, the agency of Ms. Joson, and the Giants announced the signing on Monday night. “Congratulations to Jhaz Joson for signing with NBL1 team Goldfields Giants, an NBL1 West club based in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The Giants got a good one,” said TMG.

“Giants sign Filipino rising star Ms. Joson. A week out from the start of their season, the Northern Star Resources Goldfields Giants women’s team has bolstered their roster with the inclusion of Filipino player Jhazmin Joson,” said Goldfields.

Ms. Joson is coming off a solid stint with Gilas Pilipinas 3×3 that finished in the quarterfinals of the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup in Singapore.

She was a Mythical Team member in her final year with the Blue Eagles, whom she towed to a Final Four finish in the UAAP Season 86 women’s basketball tournament.

Ms. Joson and the Goldfields play in the Western Conference of NBL1 as her Gilas teammate Animam, who signed with the Ringwood Hawks is in the South Conference.

Gilas men anchor Kai Sotto, who’s now with Yokohama in the Japan B. League, was the first Filipino to play in the NBL with the Adelaide 36ers for two seasons. — John Bryan Ulanday