Friday, July 06, 2007

Jones Cup Day 5 - Taiwan knocks out Kazakhstan


Wu Dai-hao had a double-double in the victory.

-- Taiwan 72-64 Kazakhstan

Taiwan's "Twin Tower" got plenty of help tonight. Yang Che-yi led a 13-0 run in the third quarter and the Twin Tower Tsun Wen-din and Wu Dai-hao were still brilliant as Taiwan beat Kazakhstan 72-64 for its third win in the tournament.

The unanswered run sparked a 20-10 third quarter, when Taiwan played its best zone defense in the tourney so far, to open Taiwan's lead to 58-45 going into the final quarter. Kazakhstan couldn't drain their outside shots and never recovered.

TWN: Yang Che-yi 18p(7-12 FG), Lee Hsueh-lin 15p, Wu Dai-hao 13p+10rb, Tsun Wen-din 10p+6a+5blk, Lin Chih-jay 10p
KAZ: Anton Ponomarev 20p+12rb, Rustam Yargarliev 12p, Mikhail Yevstigneyev 12p+10rb

-- Iran 68-61 South Korea

IRN: M.S. Nikkah Bahrami 20p, Hamed Ehadadi 16p(7-16 FG, 2-3 FT)+15rb+4s+2blk
KOR: Ha Seung-jin 12p(4-8 FG, 4-12 FT)+10rb+4blk, Cha Jae-young 16p, Kim Dong-woo 12p

-- Standing:
Jordan 4-1
AIA 3-2
Iran 3-2
Lebanon 3-2
Qatar 3-2
Taiwan 3-2
Philippines 2-3
South Korea 2-3
Japan 1-4
Kazakhstan 1-4