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Australia qualified for Beijing Olympics
Australia qualified for Beijing Olympics
23-08-2007 15:40
Australia outscored New Zealand in the second half on Wednesday en route to a 93-67 victory to clinch a place at next year's Beijing Olympics.
The win has given the Boomers an unassailable 2-0 lead in the best-of-three FIBA Oceania Championship series after Monday's 79-67 win in Melbourne.
Captain Sam Mackinnon had 18 points and six rebounds for Australia, and emerging star Pat Mills, the country's top player at the Under-19 World Championship in Novi Sad in July, scored 17.
The Tall Blacks trailed 25-17 after the first quarter but fought back to lead 42-41 at half-time.
When the teams returned to the floor for the third quarter, the wheels came off for the Kiwis as Australia outscored them 28-9 in the period to grab a 69-51 stranglehold.
Brian Goorjian's team then piled on the agony by scoring 24 points in the quarter for a 27-point win.
The Australians did not have Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut, a player widely acknowledged to be the best from Down Under.
But they hardly missed him against the Tall Blacks, who got 21 points from Kirk Penney.
The win has given the Boomers an unassailable 2-0 lead in the best-of-three FIBA Oceania Championship series after Monday's 79-67 win in Melbourne.
Captain Sam Mackinnon had 18 points and six rebounds for Australia, and emerging star Pat Mills, the country's top player at the Under-19 World Championship in Novi Sad in July, scored 17.
The Tall Blacks trailed 25-17 after the first quarter but fought back to lead 42-41 at half-time.
When the teams returned to the floor for the third quarter, the wheels came off for the Kiwis as Australia outscored them 28-9 in the period to grab a 69-51 stranglehold.
Brian Goorjian's team then piled on the agony by scoring 24 points in the quarter for a 27-point win.
The Australians did not have Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut, a player widely acknowledged to be the best from Down Under.
But they hardly missed him against the Tall Blacks, who got 21 points from Kirk Penney.
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