Japan were only one point away from joining New Zealand, India and China as teams to reach 100 points in their wins on Tuesday after beating Saudi Arabia 99-43. Young Akatsuki Japan were led by a second great from Kenishiro Benedict who had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, and 6 steals.
New Zealand handled their business against Bahrain, winning 117-43. The Junior Tall Blacks grabbed 75 rebounds, tied for the second-most amount of rebounds in a single game by a team in the U16 Asian Championship since the statistic was officially archived in 2013.
Two players scored at least 20 points for New Zealand, Troy Plumtree (22 points) and Lachlan Crate (20 points).
China had no issues dealing with Kazakhstan in a 119-57 victory. Seven players scored in double-digits led by Boyuan Zhang who had 24 points.
Australia do not look like they will be slowing down, claiming another win 111-43 against Lebanon.
The win officially clinches the defending champions their direct ticket to the quarter-finals of the competition. Dash Daniels led the way for the Crocs in this game with 21 points and had six players scoring in double-digits with all but one player scoring in this game.
History made again for IndiaAfter a historic win over Lebanon, India set new highs yet again with a 112-39 win over Sri Lanka.
The game saw the most amount of points scored by India in their history competing in the U16 Asian Championship as well as the largest margin of victory. Five players scored at least 10 points for India with Ankush leading all scorers with 22 points.
In another match, Iran took care of business for a 86-65 win over host Qatar.
Sina Mohammadi had a second straight game of scoring over 20 points with 26 points to go with 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals.