Following the FIBA U16 Asian Championship, Yuka Yagi, who is leading the double-double active team
Kyouka Sasaki and other new players are also active, and everyone wins the opening game with basketball.
“FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup” opens. Japan defeated Mexico 77-40 and got off to a white star start. The next round will be played against the host country Hungary from 0:30 on Sunday, July 10th.
If Maho Miyoshi (3rd year of Hiroshima Prefectural Minami High School) takes the lead, he will steal the ball from the defense and widen the lead. Finish the first half with a difference of 26 points from 45-19. The second quarter will be overwhelmed with 5 points, and the following third quarter will also be overwhelmed by the defense that keeps Mexico to a single digit score with 7 points. Even in the rebound, he surpassed with 75, and won the first match with 77-40.
Following the FIBA U16 Asian Championship, Shinon Ueno (3rd year of Seiwa Gakuen High School) achieved 13 points and Yuka Yagi (2nd year of Kyoto Seika Gakuen High School) achieved a double double of 11 points / 10 rebounds, leading the team. Kyouka Sasaki (3rd year student at Shibata Gakuen High School attached to Shibata Gakuen University) who gave 14 points / 9 rebounds, as well as the new members who were convened as the women’s U17 representative from Japan, also showed great success.
Hungary, the opponent of the next round, defeated Belgium 55-39 to win the opening round. Japan, with an average height of 174 cm, will challenge the big Hungary with six people with a maximum height of 190 cm and 180 cm, aiming for two consecutive victories.
