Taiwan woman NT did not have an answer to powerful China for the second consecutive time in the East Asian Games title game, losing 83-58 in the 2009 EAG final Friday night.
Taiwan’s confidence was high coming into the game after losing to China by only eight points in the preliminary. However China was not to be stopped Friday night, shooting 54% from the field and limited Taiwan’s offense down to 35%.
Taiwan was led by Liu Chun-yi’s 15 points. Yang Ya-hui had 14 points while Lee Wan-ting had 11.
Categories: EAG · women's nt
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Tseng Wen-ting missed a pair of free-throws with 10 seconds to go as Taiwan NT was one step short of a huge comeback bid in the final two minutes, losing a 98-97 heartbreaker to South Korea in the 2009 East Asian Games final and failed to defend its title.
Taiwan NT, who led by as many as 10 points in the third quarter over a South Korean team consisting of military and college players, suddenly found themselves trailed by 12 with two minutes remaining.
Koreans closed the gap with an 8-0 run early in the final quarter.
Taiwan head coach Chung Kwang-suk opted to go for the late game intentional fouling and it worked like magic. As Koreans kept missing free-throws, Taiwan cut the deficit to two with 10 seconds to go.
Lee Hsueh-lin and Tseng Wen-ting executed a perfect give-and-go on the last play as Tseng was fouled on his way to the basket. But he missed the most crucial free-throws in the game.
South Korea made the ensuing free-throws to lead by four before Yang Che-yi added a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds left in the game. There was not enough time for Taiwan to turn the tide.
Taiwan led 45-42 at the half.
Tseng Wen-ting had a team-high 23 points and 10 rebounds but was only 4-of-11 from the free-throw line. Chang Chih-feng had 20 points and Lin Chih-chieh added 19.
Categories: EAG · men's nt
Final eight in the University Basketball Alliance:
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)
Mingdao University (MDU)
Chinese Culture University (CCU)
Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU)
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA)
Hsing Wu College (HWC)
National Taiwan College of Physical Education (NTCPE)
Diwan University (DWU)
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Led by Tien Lei and Lin Chih-chieh, Taiwan NT beat Japan 69-67 in the semifinal game of the 2009 East Asian Games and advanced to the title game again, winning an opportunity to defend its title after finishing on top in 2005.
Taiwan will meet South Korea, who sent a mix of the military team and college players but surprised China’s second national team 91-59 in the other semifinal, in the tournament finale.
Tien Lei scored the tie-breaking basket on a putback with 10 seconds to go in the close win. Lin Chih-chieh led the team with 17 points. Yang Ching-min had 14 points while center Wu Tai-hao had 12 points, 5 rebounds and two blocks.
In the preliminary round, Taiwan was routed 76-48 by China and cruised past Mongolia 132-94 in the final preliminary game.
Yang Ching-min scored a team-high 12 points in the China game.
Eight players scored in double-digit in the Mongolia game. Tien Lei paced the team with 19 points and Lin Chih-chieh had 18 points. Yang Ching-min chipped in 16.
Categories: EAG · men's nt
Taipei played superbly coordinated basketball in the final three minutes of the game, outscoring their rivals 7-3 in this period, and eked out a 66-63 win over Korea to clinch the bronze medal.
Down 57-58 with about three minutes left in the game of swinging fortunes, Taipei ran a 7-0 spree.
Eunji Kim sank a three-pointer and Dajeong Park converted both her free-throws to bring the score close to 63-64.
Dajeong Park top-scored for Korea with 19 points.
But with less than four seconds left, and Taipei holding the ball, Korea could only muster a foul.
Lin Yu-ting, who scored as many points as Dajeong Park to lead Taipei’s scoring, made no mistake on both the occasions, and her team had won a well-fought and well-deserved bronze.
Fortunes in the game, had throughout swung like the proverbial pendulum with neither side able to sustain any sizable lead.
Taipei seemed to gain an edge when they ran a 9-0 run across the first quarter break and then a mini 6-0 run for a 28-19 lead midway through the second quarter.
Korea hit back in kind with an 11-0 run that took them past Taipei and helped them close the first half 39-35.
Again, a lead that proved as momentary as the margin.
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