Indonesian men's basketball team wins first tour game<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian men's basketball team made a good
\nstart on Monday with a 95-78 victory over the Philippines
\nMaritime Institute on the first day of the Philippine's National
\nBasketball League invitation.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, led by senior center Fictor Roring, took an early
\nlead 26-16 in the first quarter. But the team spoiled its lead
\nand was down 17-28 in the second quarter to narrow the first half
\n43-44.<\/p>\n
In the third quarter, the Indonesians fought back to tie 20-20
\nand managed to extend the lead 32-14 in the final quarter to win
\nthe game at the PMI basketball hall in Manila.<\/p>\n
Team manager Erick Thohir expressed satisfaction with the
\nresult as the team showed improvement in their form.<\/p>\n
\"The players performed very well. Riko Hantono, Ali
\nBudimansyah, I Gede Agus Wahyudi scored the most during the game.
\nFictor Roring and Rommy Chandra were good in defense and so was
\nLolik (I Made Sudiadnyana),\" he was quoted as saying in a media
\nrelease from the Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
The invitation also served as a warm-up for the team before
\ncompeting at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur from
\nSept. 8 to Sept. 17.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will play three other local college clubs: the
\nUniversity of Manila, St. Lorenzo and St. Francis, who are the
\nchampions of the country's four college leagues. The only
\nleague's semiprofessional club to attend the invitation is Chopat
\nMetrix.<\/p>\n
\"Participants are mostly College League champions, so they are
\nquite good as practice partners,\" Erick said.<\/p>\n
In contrast to their compatriots, Indonesian women's players
\nsuffered another humiliating defeat for the fourth consecutive
\ntime to Junior Cantonese team in their last friendly match in
\nCanton, China, on Saturday. Indonesia lost 42-74.<\/p>\n
Despite the poor result, team manager Max B. Lani still
\npraised the team as showing a significant improvement during
\ntheir campaign in China. He said in the last game with the junior
\nteam the Indonesians had showed increasing self-confidence.<\/p>\n
\"The only reason why we kept losing was that we failed to net
\nthe ball and we allowed our rivals to make fast breaks,\" Max said
\nfrom China.<\/p>\n
The women's team will tune up in a series of friendly matches
\nin Hong Kong starting from Wednesday until Aug. 5. The men's team
\nwill join them in Hong Kong to attend the 10th Super Kung Sheung
\ninvitation starting Aug. 5. (ivy)<\/p>",
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