Lebanon advance past Chinese Taipei with El Khatib's 30 points
Lebanon advanced to the Quarter-Finals to play Iran with a 90-77 win over Chinese Taipei to round out Monday's action.
BEIRUT (FIBA Asia Cup 2017) - Lebanon advanced to the Quarter-Finals to play Iran with a 90-77 win over Chinese Taipei to round out Monday's action.
Fadi El Khatib continued his scoring tear, finishing with 30 points and adding 7 rebounds and 4 assists, as the hosts answered every Chinese Taipei run to come out victorious.
No answer ⁉️ to Fadi El Khatib yet again!
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Lebanon shared the ball, registering 26 assists on their 32 field goals, with Ali Haidar adding 16, and Amir Saoud knocking down five three-pointers on his way to 15 points for Lebanon.
Yu-An Chiang had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals for Chinese Taipei, and Cheng Liu and Yi-Hsiang Chou finished with 17 points each.