TEHRAN – Iran edged past Lebanon 51-50 in the 2022 FIBA U6 Women’s Asian Championship Division B on Saturday.
Iran’s Shamim Nouri scored 15 points and Nour Labban earned nine points for Lebanon.
Iran had started the campaign with a 68-41 win over hosts Jordan.
Earlier, Iran had beaten Jordan at FIBA U16 Women’s Asian Championship 2022.
The third Division B game was between Iran and hosts Jordan, ending up in a massive swing of points which resulted in a 68-41 win for visiting team, the FIBA webiste reported.
Jordan had built up a lead of as big as 10 points early in the second quarter, but would start struggling to find the bottom of the net from there. Since building up their biggest lead of 10 points, Jordan scored only 3 points until the halftime buzzer and only 12 points in the entire second half.
Rebounding was key for Iran and Hadiseh Ghesmati Almani put on a rebounding performance to remember with 23 in total while also scoring 8 points and getting 4 steals.