Noumea (New Caledonia) - Papua New Guinea edged out the Cook Islands, 52-48, for its first win in the 2019 FIBA U17 Oceania Championships Women's division at the Salle Anewy Gym in Noumea, New Caledonia.

Still down 38-41 early in the payoff period, PNG got its act together and unleashed a 14-3 run highlighted an Alice Kaiawa bucket for a comfortable 52-44 lead in the last two minutes.

PNG then took care of the lead and just dribbled out the clock to secure their breakthrough triumph in this Oceania title among 17-and-under cagers.

Kaiawa finished with 14 points, three rebounds, five assists, and four steals to lead the way for PNG which atoned for its 29-78 loss to Tahiti in the opener.

Magdalene Javapro and Philomena Isei also added 14 and 11 markers, respectively for PNG which improved to 1-1 in Group B.

Hoana Rose Solomon paced the Cook Islands with 14 markers, five boards, three assists, and three steals.

The Cook Islands, which suffered a 54-62 overtime loss to New Caledonia the other day, slid to 0-2 in Group B.

Australia beats Samoa, 99-8

There was no stopping Australia women's U17 squad as it scored another lopsided 99-8 win, this time at the expense of Samoa in Day 2 of the 2019 FIBA U17 Oceania Championships at the L'Arene de Sud in Noumea, New Caledonia.
 
This was the second time in as many games that the Women Boomers limited their opponents to single-digit following a massive 144-9 win over Guam in the opener.
 
Paige Price spearheaded the way with 15 points and six rebounds for Australia which ran away with a 36-0 run in the first quarter alone.
 
Australia never looked behind from there as Kelsey Rees added 14 while Olivia Pollerd and Kate Deeble chipped in 11 each time for solid support to Price.
 
Kalista Niu and Shayle Coulter Faamafu were the only scorers for Samoa with 5 and 3 points, respectively.
 
Owing to their 35-93 loss to New Zealand in Day 1, the Samoans slipped to 0-2 in Group A.

Tahiti beats New Caledonia, 64-54

Tahiti kept its slate unblemished after fending off New Caledonia, 64-54, in the Day 2 of the 2019 FIBA U17 Oceania Championship Women's Division.
 
Tahiti leaned on a 25-point, 20-rebound, two-block performance of Tearere Richmond to score a close win and firm up its position in Group B with a 2-0 card.
 
Hereiti Salem and Mahinetea Keany Viriamu logged in 13 and 12 respectively to provide key support for Tahiti which smothered Papua New Guinea, 78-29 in the opener.
 
Tahiti has a golden chance to sweep its way to the next round when it takes on the Cook Islands today.
 
Coming from a 62-54 overtime win over the Cook Islands the other day, New Caledonia fell short of another thrilling comeback this time despite the 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks of Celia Puleoto.
 
Noemie Ounou and Leilani Tartas also put up 12 apiece for the hosts who fell to 1-1 in Group B.

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