Qatar Crunches China

In the final tuneup of the summer for the Qatar National Men's Basketball Team, they definitely saved their best basketball for the right time as they beat the China National Team in Zhang-Jia-Gang, China 79-62 on Monday night. In front of 3000 screaming Chinese fans, Qatar trailed 38-36 at halftime but snatched the lead 58-53 heading into the 4th Quarter. Playing outstanding defense, Qatar outscored China 21-9 sealing the victory. Qatar shot 55% from the field while holding China to 34% shooting.

Qatar will travel back to Shanghai on Tuesday where they will begin final preparations for the Asian Tournament in Japan. Qatar flies on Thursday and opens in Japan Saturday morning at 9am against India.