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China halts Lebanon's run

By Our Sports Reporter

BANGALORE, SEPT. 19. China stopped Lebanon's unbeaten run in the Group I second round tie of the 18th Asian junior basketball championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex, Hanumanthnagar here on Sunday. China registered a 71-61 win.

Iran had the measure of Korea at 84-68 in a Group II clash, to continue its march. Korea, barring a flurry of baskets in the second quarter, could not stand up to the challenge, and with Jaber Darrehsari standing tall there was no breakthrough.

India ran out of steam and suffered a setback at the hands of Kazakhstan in a Group II encounter in the second round, yesterday. After keeping pace with the speedier Kazakhstan in the first quarter at 20-22, the challenge virtually wilted away and with coach B.S. Hooda's reluctance to try his bench out, India lost 72-85.

The host will now have to contend with tougher Iran and Korea in its remaining matches and a finish above seventh will be a bonus.

The results: Group I: China 71 (Guo Lei 15, Wu Qian 12, Wang Yong 9) bt Lebanon 61 (Mazen Mneimneh 22, Elie Stephan 11); Chinese Taipei 114 (Cheng Jen Wei 35, Lu Cheng Ju 19) bt Hong Kong China 81 (Chan Chia Chun 22, Chan Yiu Cho 12, Chan Cheung Man 12).

Group II: Iran 84 (Jaber Darrehsari 28, Ali Baheran 18) bt Korea 68 (Jin Soo Kim 19, Su In Park 15, Sung Jin Park 12).

9 to 16 placings: Japan 89 (Ota Takumi 26, Shimada Motoshi 16, Arao Gaku 12, Sasaki Toru 12) bt Kuwait 75 (Abdul Aziz Barjas 24, Husain Al Khababaz 19, Shayee Saeed 10); Saudi Arabia 73 (A. Rahman M 26, Kamal Falatah 15, Yahya Ali 13) bt Philippines 71 (Jervy Cruz 26, Dylan Ababou 19); Kyrgyzstan 73 (Nail Gafarov 27, Andrey Paschenko 10, Ivan Kolomeitsev 10) bt Qatar 42 (Majid Mohd 14, Nasser Farhan 10).

Saturday's results: Group I: China 93 (Guo Lei 15, Wang Nan 14, Wang Yong 11) bt Hong Kong China 47 (Chen Cheung Man 11).

Lebanon 101 (Mazen Mneimneh 33, Marwan Zaide 26, Hassan El Lakiss 13, Imad Saade 10) bt Chinese Taipei 91 (Lu Cheng Lu 24, Tso Tsung Kai 16, Lin Yi Huei 15, Chien Chia hung 13).

Group II: Kazakhstan 85 (Rustam Yargaliev 24, Anton Ponomarev20, Maxim Voyeikov 16) bt India 72 (Talwinderjit Singh 23, Jagdeep Singh 14, Yadwinder Singh 12).

9 to 16 placings: Saudi Arabia 81 (A. rahman M 19, Kamal Falatah 11) bt Qatar (Omar Marzauq 10); Kyrgyzstan 79 (Nail Gafarov 27, Aziz Halmuzin 19, Yuriy Kistanov 18) bt Philippines 61 (Jervy Cruz 16, Alvin John 12); Yemen 84 (Adel Bourji 19, Salah Al Hanbasi 12, Sultam Masdha 11) bt Singapore 38 (Oh Wei ei 15).

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