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The `Beast' runs wild as Taiwan beats Qatar 75-70

Taiwan's Lin "the Beast" Chieh-chih made an incredible seven 3-point baskets against Qatar last night in a 75-70 victory at the Jones Cup basketball tournament in Sinjhuang.

The first period began with the teams trading baskets, with Taiwan scoring on two strong inside plays and a 3-pointer by guard Chen Shih-nien. Three minutes into the period, Taiwan took a 9-4 lead, but Qatar got back into the game at the free throw line and on a fast break with a jam and a layup.

Taiwan countered with a jam of its own with 3:30 left in the first quarter, but Qatar tied the game at 16 with 2:30 left. Lin hit the first of his 3-pointers with a minute left to make the score 21-19 to Taiwan. A free throw by guard Yan Che-yi finished out the scoring in the quarter with Taiwan leading 22-19.

Qatar tied it on a 3-pointer after a minute had gone by in the second quarter and went ahead on an inside jam with 8 minutes left in the period. Nice defensive work by center Tseng Wen-ting was followed by a Taiwan inside bucket at the other end to even up the score at 24.

A beautiful reverse layup by Chen Hsin-an left Taiwan trailing 29-31 until around a minute was left in the quarter, but a 3-pointer by Lee Hseuh-lin followed by an inside bucket put Taiwan 34-31 up.

The third quarter opened with guard Yang Che-yi driving to the basket and getting hammered to the floor, drawing a foul and converting a free throw to make it 35-31. A fast break by Qatar with two minutes gone made it 35-33, but Taiwan scored on a three by Lee to make it 38-35. The Beast then took over, scoring on four 3-pointers to run the Taiwan lead up to 61-52 as the quarter ended.

Qatar clawed back in the fourth quarter with scrappy inside baskets and free throws to cut Taiwan's lead to 63-61 with six minutes left before Yang got the home side going again with a tough inside bucket.

Lin cooled off, missing his third 3-pointer of the period with 4:30 left to play. Qatar kept things close from the free throw line as Taiwan missed shots, leaving the score 66-64 with three minutes left.

Tseng Wen-ting finally gave Taiwan some breathing space with a basket off a hard drive with 20 seconds left. Fouled on the play, Tseng made the free throw to make it 72-68.

Another Tseng free throw was followed by a Qatar layup to make the score 73-70 with eight seconds left. Two more free throws in the final seconds gave Taiwan a hard-fought 75-70 win.
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