China in their Olympic women's basketball opening here on Tuesday, they have defeated Puerto Rico 97-55.
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China, which won silver in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and is competing in its ninth Olympics this year, dominated Puerto Rico from the start.
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China #3 Liwei Yang scores a point for the team.
After making 9 of 18 baskets in the first quarter, the Chinese never trailed and led 32-17 at the half.
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"We made a good preparation before the game. For about one and a half years, we haven't played against world-level strong teams. This game gave us opportunity to get more familiar with the Olympic contest and we learned a lot," said China head coach Xu Limin.
Even with coach Xu Limin wearing a walking boot on his left foot and needing a wheelchair to leave the floor for the locker room at halftime, they took their largest lead at 53-26 after the second.
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China #14 Li Yueru led China with 21 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and five assist. China #9 Li Meng added 15 points. China #10 Pan Zhenqi and China #15 Han Xu had 11 points apiece.
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Puerto Rico #5 Pamela Rosado had a team-high 14 points for Puerto Rico, and followed by 13 from Puerto Rico #0 Jennifer O'NEILL.
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Puerto Rico #0 Jennifer O'NEILL dribbles the ball and make it through China #7 SHAO Ting defense.
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"She is great. She is big and skilled. She can move. China is a great team and they know how to play," Puerto Rico coach Gerardo Batista Santiago said of Li Yueru and Chinese team.
Puerto Rico (PUR) 55 - 97 (CHN) China
17 [Quarter1] 32
9 [Quarter2] 21
13 [Quarter3] 18
16 [Quarter4] 26
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China will be playing against Australia on this coming 30th July 2021 and Puerto Rico will be playing against Belgium on the same day.
Current Tournament summary
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