Australia through to Semis
Wednesday, 20th July, 2011
The Australian Women's Under 25 team secured a spot in the World Championships in Ontario with a thrilling 56-53 win over Japan this morning.
They now face undefeated home favourites Canada at 9am tomorrow (Thursday) Australian EST.
The game can be seen live by following the link on http://www.u25wwbc.com/schedule-results/schedule-and-results/
In today's quarter-final, Japan almost put the game into overtime when former WheelKings import Mari Amimoto launched a 3-point prayer from halfway which just rimmed out as time expired. Coach Hewson was impressed that his team was able to stave off an intense comeback for the second game in a row. "The girls showed real strength in handling the pressure. Even when our shots were missing, we still played great defence," he said.
A full recap of today's game is at http://www.u25wwbc.com/news/latest-news/game-14-recap-–-australia-vs-japan/
Stats are at http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/4242/03/77/70/58Rc3qZiMLZZA/
Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheelchairbasketball/page2/
Photo: Amber Merritt (courtesy of WBC/Kevin Bogetti-Smith)
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