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FIBA Asia Cup: The Indian men’s basketball team suffered its second successive defeat in Group C of the FIBA Asia Cup, losing 69-100 against China here on Thursday. Sahaij Sekhon was the top scorer for India with 14 points, while Mingxuan Hu and Jiayi Zhao led the way for China with 17 points each.

Palpreet Singh Brar scored the first points of the match by sinking a two-pointer to get India on the scoreboard. However, China soon seized control of the action by going on a 12-point run before India looked to fight their way back into the contest and ended the first quarter trailing 29-14. China outscored India once again in the second quarter, extending their lead to 53-31 at half-time, Olympics.com reports.

The 16-time champions, China, pulled away decisively in the final two quarters, sealing a commanding victory over India to remain unbeaten in Group C, having also won their opener against Saudi Arabia.