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Jordan deals heavy blow to tired-looking Taiwan

A tired-looking Team Taiwan lost its second game of the Jones Cup to Jordan yesterday 62-81, dealing another blow to the team's hopes of repeating its second-place finish in last year's tournament.

In an echo of yesterday's loss to Iran, Taiwan held an early lead, but watched it evaporate as its shooters went cold and their taller opponents plucked down easy rebounds over exhausted players in the fourth quarter.

After outscoring Jordan 24-22 in the first quarter, Taiwan scored just 15 points in the second and 14 in the third. Equally poor shooting from Jordan kept the game close, with Taiwan trailing just 53-59 going into the fourth.

But Taiwan shot just 18 percent from the field in the final quarter while Jordan launched a hail of three-point shots.

Going into the third consecutive day of play, the team had already been significantly hampered by injuries to star players before the tournament began.

Among them was Chen Hsin-an, who after a lackluster performance on Tuesday managed just seven points through the first three quarters last night.

Going into the fourth day of play today, Lebanon is the only team left with a perfect 3-0 record. South Korea, the US and Jordan share second place with 2-1 records, while Taiwan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Qatar and Japan bring up the rear with 1-2 records.

Taiwan will not get any break today as it is scheduled to play the undefeated Lebanese squad, who beat the Philippines 62 to 65 yesterday, at 7:35pm.
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