Chinese Taipei beat Unified Korea in overtime thriller as China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia collect wins

JAKARTA (Asian Games 2018) – In the most exciting game so far of the Asian Games 2018, Chinese Taipei wins in overtime against Unified Korea. China, Kazakhstand, and Mongolia also claim victories as well.

Unified Korea refused to go down easily against Chinese Taipei before losing in overtime 87-85. Chinese Taipei had the lead up to 11 points in the second quarter only to have Korea storm back to make it a three-point game before halftime. The game went back and forth before Korea’s Hanbyul Kim was able to get the game-tying basket with 6 seconds left in the game, forcing an eventual overtime session. Kim finished with 26 points and 9 rebounds in this game.

Chinese Taipei built up a 5-point lead with 2 minutes left in the game once again, but Korea made one last rally that came up just short of a miraculous comeback victory when Hyejin Park missed the potential game-winning three.

Peng Szuchin starred for Chinese-Taipei with 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists.

Japan put up a better fight against China than Thailand did in China’s first game, but were still unable to withstand China’s dominance and lost, 105-73. Han Xu had yet another big game with 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocked shots.

In the third game of the day, Kazakhstan strolled to a win over India 79-61. Both teams struggled from the field but Kazakhstan corralled a whopping 25 offensive rebounds to pile up their points in the win. Tamara Yagodkina led the way for Kazakhstan with 21 points on 3/8 three-point shooting.

Mongolia gets a big game from star forward Bulbul Murat to withstand Hong Kong and win 83-79. Mongolia jumped off to a huge start with a 22-12 lead in the first quarter which was enough to hold on to the win despite a furious comeback attempt by Hong Kong. Murat finished with a monster game of 37 points on 8/13 three-point shooting with an additional 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

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