TPE/IND - Taipei start slow, but grow steady and strong against India OMURA-NAGASAKI, Japan (24th FIBA Asia Championship for Women): East Asian powerhouse Chinese Taipei took almost the entire first quarter to settle into their groove in their Level I opening game against India on Sunday. But once they did, there was no stopping the Taipei women as they rolled on to what finally looked a facile 81-53 win. “We had played this time very recently, and we were well prepared,” said Taipei coach Hui-Yin Chang recalling the game between the two in the William Jones Cup, earlier this month, which Taipei had won 94-49. “We were a little hustled early on. But once we settled down especially in defense, we got it going,” she added. “They (India) were not as easy as it finally looked,” said Liu Chun-yi (white jersey in pic above), who topped the scoring for the game with 19 points. All the Taipei players took to the court and 11 of them scored, Huang Shu-chen the one to play the least the lone player to miss out. India too used all their players, but the scoring was heavily loaded on only three. Geethu Anna Jose, the leading scorer of the last two FIBA Asia Championships for Women, was as expected the leader of the Indian scoring with 18 points. Prashanti Singh (blue jersey in pic above) and Anitha Pauldurai, Jose’s only two remaining colleagues from the team that earned the Level I promotion at 22nd FIBA Asia Championship for Women at Incheon in 2007 each scored 10 points. “Don’t judge us by this game,” Jose said. “Our team is a work in progress.” “I thought we had a good game,” said India coach Pete Gaudet. “But then we don’t have the same kind of players nor did we have the same balance,” the American said. 資料來源： http://omura2011.fibaasia.net/omura2011/TournamentNewsDetails.aspx?id=1252 --

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