China Unbeaten in Asiad Women's Basketball

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China Unbeaten in Asiad Women's Basketball

China beat Chinese Taipei 110-72 on Thursday to remain unbeaten at the women's basketball preliminaries of the Busan Asian Games.

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China beat Chinese Taipei 110-72 on Thursday to remain unbeaten at the women's basketball preliminaries of the Busan Asian Games.

Miao Lijie scored 16 points and Sui Feifei added 12 as China raced to a 41-22 lead after the first quarter.

The Chinese women, runners-up to Japan in the Bangkok Asian Games four years ago, improved to 68-33 at the half time and were never challenged the rest of the way.

China's victory concluded the six-team round-robin preliminaries where they finished atop with five straight wins. South Korea placed second with four wins against one loss, followed by Chinese Taipei (3-2), Japan (2-3), Uzbekistan (1-4) and Malaysia (0-5).

In the women's semifinals scheduled for Saturday, China face Japan while South Korea take on Chinese Taipei.

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