The Australian men's basketball team has lost its opening match of the Stankovic Cup against Russia in China.
The Boomers trailed by 12 points at three-quarter-time, but fought back to force the match into overtime after a 29-17 fourth quarter.
But Russia eventually ran out 99-97 winners, with Kasilov Kashirov top-scoring with 31 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.
Mark Worthington top-scored for Australia with 25 points while Peter Crawford notched up 17 points.
The Boomers' next match in the four-nation tournament is against Angola.
Tags: basketball, sport, china, russian-federation, australia First posted August 02, 2011 08:21:01
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