The Chinese women national basketball team defeated Australian Dandenong 91-69 in a warmup match for the 15th Asian Games, to be held on December 1-15 in Doha, Qatar.

Former Sacramento Monarchs guard Miao Lijie led China with 23 points for the first game of the two-stop trip.

China, who finished just 12th in the World Championships in Brazil, fielded the identical squad from the worlds for the Asiad.

Leading from the very beginning, China widened the gap to 21 points in the second quarter and ended it up a 9-0 run to claim the victory.

The next stop will be at Jiangyin on Wednesday.

(Xinhua News Agency November 21, 2006)