India beat Singapore in FIBA Asia U18 Championship

October 01, 2012 06:54 pm | Updated October 18, 2016 01:04 pm IST - New Dehli

Poonam Chaturvedi poured in a tournament-high 32 points to take to the top of Level II with a 76-67 win against Hong Kong in the 21st FIBA Asia Under-18 Basketball Championship for Women in Johor Bahru, Malaysia on Monday.

India have an off day tomorrow and will wind up their Level II outings on Wednesday against South Asian neighbors Sri Lanka, who lost to Singapore in the other Level II game of the day.

The top two teams will earn a right to the play the Level I qualifying play—offs —— India will now eye and scout the number six team of Level I, in all likelihood Malaysia.

Chaturvedi, who had played less than 10 minutes in both India’s previous wins put together, started the game and along with Rajapriyadarshini Rajaganapathi added size to the Indian line—up.

Playing the entire 40 minutes, the Chattisgarh girl returned a 16/23 shooting on the paint and dominated the defensive glass with 11 collections.

Jeena Skaria pulled down 15 rebounds and Sharanjeet Kaur had 11 collections in the first triple double of the competition —— with 16 points and as many assists —— as India won the battle of boards by a whopping 62—30 margin.

Earlier, India beat Singapore 93—53 and Kazakhstan 82—65.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.