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Australia beat China to win basketball international
(Xinhuanet)
Updated: 2005-07-11 06:26
HARBIN, Northeast China, July 10-- Olympic silver medallists Australia won
the title of the 2005 International Women's Basketball Tournament here on
Saturday after an overtime 85-77 win over China.
Australia beat China
85-77. | The Asian champions, boosted by thundering applause and cheers from the
audience, almost closed to their win with two seconds to go in the regular time,
but only saw Australia's Erin Phillips scored two points to lead the game into
overtime.
"We did have chance to win the game tonight, however, unfortunately, we did
not grab them", said China coach Tom Maher, who thinks his team still needs to
learn a lot if they want to become a real strong team in the future.
After Carly Wilson made two points in the critical period to tie the score at
72-72 in the overtime, Australia found their rhythm to break through China's
defense system and to lead the game at 80-74 with 22 seconds to go.
A three pointer from Hollie Grima of Australia to sealed the win for the
Olympic silver medallists and put them to the first place of the tournament.
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