Final Day

haiz.. final position..

1st: China
2nd: Japan
3rd: Chinese Taipei
4th: Korea

Best 3 point shooter: Kim Youn Joo ( Korea 5 )
Top scorer: Asami Yoshida ( Japan 12 )
MVP: Asami Yoshida ( Japan 12 )
Hendrie's cutest girl: Mariko Takada ( Japan 12! )

haiz.. dam sad.. =(
i was rooting for both japan and korea.. and both these teams lost to their physically stronger opponents..

3rd-4th placing match:
China beat korea by 2 points! the score was tied with a minute remaining and the Chinese team used their same old tatic of getting the ball inside and attacking the basket.. if my memory serves me right.. 90% of Chinese Taipei's points came from inside the paint.. =(
Park Se Mi once again gave a very good game.. and so did Lee Sun Hwa ( number 12 ).. however.. the latter got hit in the nose real bad and bled like mad
Kim Youn Joo (number 5 ) once again was subdued the whole game.. =(
i dunno why.. =( it was like she was afraid to play.. haiz.. i was looking forward so much to watch her play well..
Cheon Min Hye (number 9) also gave a very good performance..
the bad point.. many players became overly-physical due to bad refereeing.. =/
well.. only took one pic


Finals:
Japan got into big trouble early on as star player Asami Yoshida injured her left thigh very early in the game.. However.. Chie Kabaya ( number 11 ) stepped in and gave a very good performance too! well done! Despite the Chinese too scoring 90% of their points in the paint.. Japan managed to keep close as Akino Nakagawa ( number 9 ) stepped up her scoring..
Mariko gave a very credible performance too! but once again.. she got into early foul trouble..
haiz.. i'm glad Kozue Tanaka ( number 7 ) played dam well! she scored on like every single 3-point attempt!
when the score was 67-60 to the Japanese.. Asami came back into the game and instantly worked her magic as she scored a 3 pointer on the fast break and one very beautiful play!
67-67: China's Wang Qin managed to draw a foul and convert both free throws as they held on for the win..

haiz.. both the teams with the bigger players won.. they managed to get good shots compared to the smaller teams.. =(
this is sad.. but this is life..




hehe! all these pics have Mariko in them! guess who did the jump-ball for Japan? ^^
haha.. but i know i'll have to accept the fact that i'll never see her ever again.. she's gonna go back to Japan and live her own life while i live mine back in Singapore.. =(
whatever the case.. she's a great player and i wish her all the best!

Wu Min-Fang ( CT8 )
Shizuka Uchida ( Jap4)
Mariko Takada (Jap5)
Satoko Bessho (Jap6)
Saori Fujiyoshi (Jap8)
Akino Nakagawa (Jap9)
Yaeko Terada (Jap15)
Park Se Mi (Korea4)
Kim Youn Joo (Korea5)
Cheon Min Hye (Korea9)