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VIDNOJE (FIBA U21 World Championship for Women) - China prevailed in a battle of winless teams on Tuesday by thrashing Mali on the final day of Group A action in the Moscow Region.
With both teams having been eliminated from quarter-final contention, pride was at stake and the unit from Far East rolled to a 90-58 success.
The Chinese put the result beyond doubt in the first quarter when they took a 27-9 lead.
Lu Lu had 16 points and both Meiling Zeng and Bowen Zheng weighed in with 12 apiece.
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China led 15-8 with less than two minutes remaining in the first quarter when they closed the period with a 12-1 run that Mali never recovered from.
Fanta Toure had 16 points in defeat for the Africans.
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