Filipina Jhazmin Joson Inks Deal with NBL 1 team Goldfield Giants in Australia

Gilas Woman’s Jhazmin Joson to Play in NBL Australia

Another Filipina will be taking her act to Australia. After Jack Animam signed with Ringwood Hawks in NBL1, Jhazmin Joson followed suit by signing with NBL 1 team Goldfield Giants on Monday, April 1, as announced by her representative, Titan Management Group. Formed only two years ago, the Giants are affiliated with the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Basketball Association (KBBA) and play in the Western Australia semi-professional basketball league.

It was a significant development after Jhazmin Joson led Gilas Pilipinas women’s 3×3 team to the quarterfinals of the Asia Cup in Singapore. She was the leader of Gilas Women, averaging 6.0 points per game, including 11 points in a 19-8 upset of third-seed Mongolia during the main draw. She towed the Filipinas to five wins in a row from the qualifying draw to the preliminary round. Still, the team fell short after losing to Chinese Taipei, 19-9, in the quarterfinals, where they lost Mikka Cacho to injury.

In her final year with Ateneo, she showcased her versatility, averaging an impressive 10.57 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 5.71 assists per game. The 5-foot-7 diminutive guard has also been a stalwart for Gilas, representing the Philippines in 3×3 and traditional 5-on-5.

The Giants’ next matchup will be against Rockingham on Friday, where she will make her debut and prove that she earned the signing. In their quarterfinal loss to Chinese Taipei in the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup at the Singapore Sports Hub, Joson was held down to just a single point, including 0-for-5 from the two-point range.

Gilas Women, who went into the duel with a 3-0 win-loss record in the qualifying and main draw stages, failed to sustain their momentum and were unable to respond when a vicious 6-1 blitz spearheaded by Hung-Ting Kuo for the Chinese turned Gilas women’s 4-3 cushion into a 9-5 reversal.

Two straight hits by Filipinas Kaye Pingol and Jhazmin Joson pulled Gilas women to within 8-14 before a backbreaking two-pointer by Shih-Han Hsu sealed Chinese Taipei’s big win and enabled it to forge a semis tiff with New Zealand later yesterday. Clarin and Cacho showed the way for the belles of coach Eric Altamirano with three points, while Pingol added two markers.

Gilas Women put the pedal on the metal in their campaign with a 3-0 mark in the qualifying draw, dispatching Tahiti (21-3), Maldives (19-11), and Kazakhstan (21-12) to clinch a slot in the main draw. The Pinays upset Mongolia 19-8 before following it up with an impressive 17-10 victory over Malaysia to reach the knockout rounds. Joson banged in four two-pointers and finished with 11 against the Mongolians, while Clarin had five.

Against the Malaysians, Gilas Women’s main weapon was Joson scorched hot with six markers, Cacho and Pingol each had four points, and Clarin had three with six rebounds. Pingol and Joson also grabbed four boards each. Chinese Taipei, which escaped Hong Kong 19-17 and humiliated Iran 21-10 in the qualifying draw, outdueled host Singapore 18-8 in the main draw to set up the do-or-die with the Philippines.

Early Career of Jhazmin Jozon

Joson was born on August 15, 1999, and hails from Los Angeles (LA), California, United States. She joined Ateneo in Season 80 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and played five years with the Blue Eagles.

Jhazmin Joson shares that her love for the game started to develop while she was still a kid living in the Philippines, although her basketball began to take its first steps while she was a 10-year-old student in northeast LA. While in the Philippines, she constantly watched NBA games and admitted that Chris Paul and Steve Nash were her idols growing up.

At age eight, Joson and her family left for the City of Angels. There, the young Joson would attend school at Ribet Academy. After years of watching the sport back home, Joson’s interest in basketball fired up and made her try the sport upon her arrival in the US.

After graduating from high school, Joson received many offers from various universities in the US. However, after reviewing her options and considering non-basketball and academic factors, Joson finally returned home to pursue a college education at Ateneo. This decision allowed her freedom to study in the Philippines because her parents were strict.

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