Women's Basketball: India vs Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Gallery/Recap

Indian women, ranked 41 were bested by Taiwan/Chinese Taipei ranked 22. The game started off evenly, but from the second quarter Taiwan began to break away with the lead. Their stifling defense made it hard for us to get the ball down low to Geethu Anna Jose and the rest of the team weren't able to keep up with their hot shooting. Their players were noticeably bulkier than our team, and the pressure created many turnovers from us. The team played their heart out, but the other team was too strong. There were flashes of greatness and constant hustle from our team, Prashanti Singh ripping away a rebound from a huge Taiwanese player, Geethu Anna Jose getting And 1s, Anitha Pauldurai driving in with abandon, and one telling sequence in which I couldn't identify the player as the pixels were vague and my connection is bit shoddy: The player brought the ball upcourt, faked one way at halfcourt and using the hesitation dribble lost her defender. Then she drove right into the heart of the defense, faked a pass and rolled in a layup. That sequence had me pumping my fists. Here's are the pics from the game, click on the pic to launch the gallery: [gallery link="file" orderby="title"] #15 for India is Kruthika Lakshman. Text commentary: India hits a 3. Leads 5-4. · Tied at 7. · Taiwan turn it over. Failed entry pass. · 5:42 in 1st Q. · Geethu to the foul line. Makes 1. · Taiwan are playing a 2-3 zone. · India forces a turnover. · India down 16-8 with 2:30 in 1st. Coach calls time. · 3 pointer for India by Anitha Pauldurai(?)! Down 10-16. · Down 12-16. · End of 1st Q. India down 12-20. · Geethu converts an And 1! · India down 15-20. · Geethu fights for possession down low and converts another. 17-22. · They trapped us at half court. But we beat it for an open layup with snappy passing. · A rebound bounces off a Taiwanese player's head into the hands of another. · Anitha and Geethu, pick and roll for a layup for Geethu. · India down 21-27. · 5:25 in 2nd Q. India down 21-29. · Another And 1 for Geethu! · She has 11 pts and 2 boards. · Anitha almost steals a pass. · India down 24-36 with 3:20 left in 2nd. · Hesitation dribble at halfcourt, pass fake down the lane and a layup for India. Sweet move. · India down 30-49 at the half. · Top scorers for India at half- Geethu- 13 Raspreet Sidhu- 4 Anitha Pauldurai- 4 Prashanti Singh- 3 K. Lakshman- 2 · India down 30-56. 7:52 in 3rd. · Down 34-56. · They're making it hard for us to get it down to Geethu in the post. · Prashanti Singh snatches away a rebound from a huge player. · Down 36-65. 2 mins in 3rd. · Our players seem physically over-matched. · End of 3rd. India down 40-73. · Final score: 94-49 Top scorers: Geethu Anna Jose 17, Anitha Pauldurai 10. _________________________________________________________ Again, Taiwan are ranked 19 spots above us in the FIBA rankings. This was a tough game for us. I had a tough time too, squinting to observe the pixels and filling in the blanks of the live stream lags. Then I had to explain away this pop-up moment: [caption id="attachment_49305" align="aligncenter" width="593" caption="I'm looking at the girls. No, not the girl on the left. I don't know her. No, we aren't chatting. Believe me, I'm working. Really."][/caption] Here's the schedule for the coming matches (all times are 2 1/2 hrs ahead of our time): Aug. 2 19:00 Korea(rank 9)-India Aug. 4 17:00 India-Japan(rank 15) 21:00 Closing ceremony