Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – The Indonesian women’s national basketball team has successfully achieved its goal of reaching the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games and is ready to face Japan in the round of 16 to be held tonight.
The women’s national team secured their qualification for the quarterfinals after beating Mongolia 69-64 on Sunday (1/10) and becoming the third best team with a collection of 4 points for one win and two losses.
In the round of 16, Indonesia will face Japan, who qualified for the round of 16 with the status of winner of Group B after eliminating all their opponents from the Philippines, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong.
“Winning, for Indonesia to be among the top eight in Asia on the holy day of Pancasila, is really something,” the official website quoted the head of the elite women’s national team, Christopher Tanuwidjaja, as saying. from Perbasi.
“I really hope we can meet Japan and China at this event. This is a rare opportunity for us to learn from the two best teams in Asia. After all, we have also achieved the original goal of top eight. “With these top eight, the Indonesian women’s national basketball team still deserves to participate in the next Asian Games,” Christopher said.
Christopher said the match against Mongolia did not go very well for Indonesia. Because he thinks players play under pressure and don’t play freely.
“We played with too much pressure on ourselves, only a few players were ready to play to win from the start. “The rest played with weight and we could only play loosely in the fourth quarter, with more than 4 minutes remaining,” he explained.
Fortunately, Indonesia has Kimberley Pierre Louis. This naturalized Canadian player is Indonesia’s points machine in this match. He scored 44 points and 1 rebound in this decisive game. Followed by Jesslyn Angelique Aritonang with contributions of 11 points and 1 rebound.
“Kimberley played with great heart for Indonesia. I hope players born in Indonesia can also have as much enthusiasm as him. Don’t continue to burden yourself with excessive fears,” Christopher said.
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