Asian Women's Basketball Cup: China Defeats Lebanon

The Lebanese women's national team (ranked 8th in Asia and 44th in the world) began its matches in the Asian Cup (Level A) in Australia with a loss against their Chinese counterparts (ranked 2nd in the world and 1st in Asia) with a score of 44-89 in the match held today, Monday. After fiercely contesting the first quarter, which ended in favor of China (24-21), the Chinese team significantly increased their pressure and finished the second quarter (42-30), third quarter (64-32), and fourth quarter (89-44). The top scorer for Lebanon was Rebaqa Aql (13 points), followed by Zeina Elias (12 points), Aida Bakhos (9 points), the naturalized player Trinity Baptiste (4 points), Miramar Makiad (3 points), Daniella Fayyad (2 points), and Rana Al-Husseini (1 point). For the Chinese team, the standout player was Xu Han, who was the top scorer of the game with 17 points. Lebanon's next match will be against South Korea (ranked 4th in Asia and 12th in the world) on Tuesday at 4:00 AM, and they will conclude their group stage matches against New Zealand (ranked 5th in Asia and 29th in the world) on Wednesday at 4:00 AM as well. It is worth noting that the tournament system stipulates that the team finishing in the eighth and last position will be relegated to "Level B."