With the opening of the Asian Cup for Women's Basketball, Japan, aiming for the fifth straight victory, defeated India 136-46 in the first match of the qualifying league.
The Asian Cup for Women's Basketball, which kicked off on the 27th in Jordan, will have eight participating teams divided into two groups to compete in the qualifying league.
Japan, which won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics and is ranked 8th in the world, has 12 athletes, 5 of whom are representatives of the Olympics, and the members are mainly young. ..
In the first half of Japan, Monica Okoye scored three-point shots in a row, grasping the flow in the form of an attack that she was good at, leading 66 to 25 and turning back.
In the second half, captain Saki Hayashi's three-point shot and 22-year-old Kiho Miyashita's shot under the goal widened the gap and beat India by a big difference of 136 to 46.
Miyashita played an active part in this game, scoring 27 points, the most in the team, and Japan got off to a good start toward the fifth straight victory.
Hayashi said, "As basketball attracted attention after the Olympics, there was pressure in the first half, but in the second half I was able to switch my mind and decide on a shot. I want to fight. "
Japan will face New Zealand in the second match of the qualifying league on the 28th.