BANGKOK (Thailand) - India completed half of the FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup 2026-Division B Semi-Finals picture after dealing Indonesia a 79-46 drubbing on Wednesday evening at the Nimibutr Stadium.
The squad from SABA got off to a 9-0 start into the match but it wasn't until the third canto where they'd break away en route to netting their third win in as many games, completing a sweep of Group A.
With this, they became the second team to reach the penultimate stage, set on Saturday, July 18, outright after Lebanon, who claimed their ticket after pulling off a 66-59 escape against Kazakhstan earlier.
Once more, the crew leaned on a well-deployed attack that saw a quartet of players finish in twin digits, with Viha Jonnalagadda and Mahek Sharma leading the pack with 15 points apiece and 15 rebounds combined.
Taarushee Tarun supplied 14 points and 5 rebounds as these troika were responsible in putting the game away in the third, in which they led their 19-point production for a 52-35 cushion entering the last 10 minutes.
Vaishnavi Prashant Pardeshi chipped in 11 points and 9 of the team's 25 assists in the wire-to-wire win.
Indonesia, on the other hand, finished at 2nd in the pool with a 2-1 record, and will instead be competing in the Qualification to Semi-Finals on Friday, July 17, against Samoa, the 3rd-seeded team from Group B.
None other than Joanne Giovanni scored in double figures for the SEABA side as she had 10 points in the loss, which was their first after starting their campaign with big wins against Oman and Thailand.
Thailand, though, have barged into the win column following a 111-20 rout of Oman in the final game of the Group Phase, earning themselves a spot to the Qualification to Semi-Finals versus Kazakhstan on Friday as well.
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