JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) – Australia clicked from deep early and that spelled the difference as they handed Lebanon a 93-80 beating to stay perfect in the FIBA Asia Cup 2025, Friday night at the King Abdullah Sports City.<\/p>\n
The Boomers raced to a 20-4 start before finishing the opening quarter with a commanding 31-14 lead, and that was big thanks to their solid outside shooting after knocking down a quintet of threes in that stretch.<\/p>\n
They’d then add three more treys in the following period to eventually grow their lead to two decades’ worth at 58-38 entering the intermission, and their foes struggled to respond as they were simply too much.<\/p>\n
So lopsided was the affair that it hardly resembled the two programs’ 2022 Final duel, leaving the pro-Cedars crowd silenced for most of the match after what was thought to be a playoff-like joust turned out differently.<\/p>\n
The Aussies have now gone 2-0 in Group A, and can finish as its no. 1 team – which merits an outright berth in the Quarter-Finals – if they could take care of business against Qatar on Sunday at 11:00 local time.<\/p>\n
Jaylin Galloway finished with 18 points, 10 of which he made in the first quarter as he nailed two of the team’s triples during that stretch. The 22-year-old added 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals to his tally.<\/p>\n
Reyne Smith provided 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists, while Jack McVeigh added 11 points as the trio bannered an offense that saw all 12 players score at least 2 points in the wire-to-wire win.<\/p>\n
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