SUVA (FIBA U18 Women's Oceania Championship 2016) – After a one-point win over Papua New Guinea, team Guam were full of confidence coming up against a New Caledonia side determined to bounce back after a big loss to New Zealand. New Caledonia put their foot down early and didn’t let up, cruising to a 32-point win bringing them to 2-1 for the tournament. Cynderella Fanalupe had an inspired performance for New Caledonia with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

New Zealand continued their dominance on both ends of the floor. Papua New Guinea fought until the end but were simply outmatched against a polished and determined New Zealand side. Division A has a rest day tomorrow and New Zealand will be looking to send another message in the semi-final on Friday. Akiene Reed continued to dominate for New Zealand with 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.

Tahiti came into this matchup looking for their first win. Samoa may have stumbled against a formidable Australian team the day before but they looked sharp from the jump. Samoa managed to hold Tahiti to 9 points for the entire first half on their way to a 50-point win. Frances Ropati had a big game for Samoa with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Australia closed the day for the Women against the hosts, Fiji. Fiji had a massive task ahead of them coming up against Australia. They needed a win to qualify to division A after a day 1 loss to Samoa. Australia pushed down any hopes for Fiji early and kept them down by going on a 91-0 run from the first to fourth quarter. Australia had 6 players in double figures lead by Chantel Horvat’s 24 points and 8 rebounds.

Wednesday’s results
New Caledonia beat Guam 58-26
New Zealand beat Papua New Guinea 121-13
Samoa beat Tahiti 89-39
Australia beat Fiji 122-8

Thursday’s game

Guam v Tahiti

Fiji v Papua New Guinea

Catch up on the action from day 3 via the live blog.

Watch Wednesday’s games below:

New Caledonia v Guam

New Zealand v Papua New Guinea

Samoa v Tahiti

Australia v Fiji

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