UZB / SRI – Uzbekistan to contend 13th place
TIANJIN (FIBA Asia Championship) - Uzbekistan overcame some initial hiccups in defence to beat Sri Lanka 90-47 in the 13-16 classification round on Monday. Uzbekistan, who failed to qualify for the 2007 edition of the FIBA Asia Championship, will now play off against the winners of the India-Indonesia game for the 12th place. In 2005, Uzbekistan had ...
TIANJIN (FIBA Asia Championship) - Uzbekistan overcame some initial hiccups in defence to beat Sri Lanka 90-47 in the 13-16 classification round on Monday.
Uzbekistan, who failed to qualify for the 2007 edition of the FIBA Asia Championship, will now play off against the winners of the India-Indonesia game for the 12th place. In 2005, Uzbekistan had finished 11th.
Sri Lanka, returning to the Championship after 14 years, will play off against the losers of the India-Indonesia game in order to avoid the wooden spoon.
Sri Lanka managed to remain close in the first ten minutes in the all-Middle Asia clash.
But Uzbekistan, pulled away in the second quarter and with a 32-12 scoring advantage virtually sealed the issue.
Hurmatjon Muraliev led the scoring for the Uzbeks with a game-high 27 points.
Aleksandar Kozlov had 22 points.
For Sri Lanka, Sidath Senanayake was the highest scorer with nine points.
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