China team overpowers S'pore
They overpowered Singapore's boys 34-21 in their opening Group D match of the AYG FIBA 33 (Basketball). -ST
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
The Straits Times
By Valerie Chia
THE towering Chinese team proved too much to handle as they overpowered Singapore's boys 34-21 in their opening Group D match of the Asian Youth Games FIBA 33 (Basketball).
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After a closely-contested first period in which Singapore were only trailing 8-11, China upped their tempo and made full use of their height and strength advantage to pull away to 23-12 by the end of the second period.
With sharp shooter Li Weijie pouring in the points and 2.06m tall centre, Zhang Minghao, 16, dominating the post, China fended off a fight-back by Singapore in the last period to seal the match one minute from full-time.
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