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Argentina trounce China 86-66
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-31 15:09

Olympic champion Argentina kept alive its hope of winning the title of the Stankovic Continental Champions Cup basketball tournament after beating China 86-66 on Saturday.


Liu Wei of China attempts a pass in a Stankovic Continental Champions Cup in Beijing July 30, 2005. [newsphoto]
Argentina and Lithuania have both collected three wins against one loss at the six-team round-robin tournament. In the last rounds lated for Sunday, Argentina will play Puerto Rico while Lithuania face Angola.

Coming off a 83-77 defeat to Lithuania on Friday, Argentina started strongly against the host and Asian champion. Paolo Quinteros made four three-pointer in the first quarter to lift the South Americans up to a 29-16 lead.

The Chinese managed to pull within 35-27 in the second quarter, but that's the closest they could get. Going into the second half with a cushion of 47-35, Argentina improved to 65-43 amid the third quarter and never looked back.

China, who fell to a 2-2 record, will play Australia on Sunday.



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