China crushed Mongolia to clinch the ladies’s 3×3 basketball title, whereas Japan took the bronze.
HUZHOU, China, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — China overcame an early scare to crush Mongolia 21-12 to retain their girls’s 3×3 basketball title on the Hangzhou Asian Games on Sunday.
It appeared as if China could have confronted a tricky problem after Mongolia’s Ariuntsetseg Bat-Erdene scored two factors with a long-range effort, however they had been unable to seek out a lot attacking rhythm.
Wan Jiyuan and Chen Mingling scored consecutive factors within the paint to assist China draw back after the sport was tied at 6-6. Meanwhile, Mongolia shortly reached seven fouls, gifting China free throw alternatives.
Wan made two free throws with one minute and 39 seconds remaining to seal the win for China. Wan grabbed a game-high 9 factors, adopted by Chen’s 5 factors.
Elsewhere, Japan thrashed Chinese Taipei 21-13 to take the bronze medal.