BASKETBALL
India strikes nearer to Asia Cup 2025 with romp of Iraq
India put one foot within the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 following a 97-77 victory over Iraq because the Qualifying Match for Third-Place Groups continued on Friday evening on the Khalifa Sports activities Metropolis in Manama, Bahrain.
The group from South Asia took the lead for good within the second quarter after a 30-all tie within the sport’s first 10 minutes earlier than pulling away within the third canto towards a rousing begin to its marketing campaign.
With the convincing triumph, India wants a win its remaining sport in opposition to Bahrain on Saturday evening to finish a sweep of Group H and, extra importantly, to formally advance to the match correct.
The No. 3 group of Group E from the Qualifiers’ First Spherical is capturing for its eleventh consecutive look in FIBA’s flagship occasion in Asia, which is about to carry its thirty first version in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on August 5-17.
“I’m happy with the result, however much more so with how we performed. Some robust factors: we had 22 assists and solely eight turnovers. That was an enormous aim of ours. We have to rebound the ball a little bit higher however total, I assumed we performed an excellent sport. And, we performed nicely in each quarter,” mentioned India Head Coach Scott Flemming.
– Group Sportstar