Woman basket ball Match 18th Asian Games 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Chinese Taipei Beat India in women’s 

basket ball

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Asian Games 2018

Final score of  84-61

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Chinese Taipei secured a spot in the next stage of women's basketball at the Asian Games after beating India 84-61 in a Group X qualifying game at the Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall in Senayan, Jakarta, on Sunday.

With that result, the team of Albert Wagner has won all three matches played so far and tops the Group X standings with 6 points.

In the final match of the preliminary round, Taipei will face host Indonesia on Tuesday and can secure the leadership of Group X with a victory.

By contrast, the defeat has made it even more difficult for India to advance to the next round, because their opponents in the remaining two games are also fairly strong, namely the unified team of Korea (COR) on Monday and Indonesia two days later.

Teamwork proved the key to success in Chinese Taipei's victory over India, with every player in the team scoring at least two points.

Peng Szuchin led the Taipei scoring list in the match with 14 points, followed by Yenyu Chen with 13 points and team captain Pingjen Huang with 11 points.

In the Indian squad, which only recorded a shot accuracy of 34 percent compared to 43 percent for Chinese Taipei, Rajapriyadharshini Rajaganapathi became the top scorer with 13 points, followed by Raspreet Sidhu with 12 and Kaur Sangeeta with 11 points.

Leading 33-28 after the first half of the match, Taipei skyrocketed to pocket 31 additional points in the third quarter, 10 of which were contributed by Peng Szuchin.

In addition to gaining 31 points, Chinese Taipei also managed to limit India's chances of scoring with only 17 points to close the third quarter with a 64-45 advantage.

Taipei scored an additional 20 points in the final quarter, even though Peng Szuchin spent the 10-minute period on the bench, to secure an 84-61 victory over India when the bell rang.

-AG Media Publication in cooperation with The Jakarta Post