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Basketball's Tall Ferns have lost 90-78 to Korea in their second outing of the Good Luck Beijing tournament, the Olympic test event.
Coach Mike McHugh's targeted Korea as the New Zealand's "most beatable" opponents at the same venue in August, but their frenetic style is one that takes some getting used to.
Point guard Angela Marino led the scoring with 22 points while newcomer Jillian Harmon continued to grow in stature with 18.
New Zealand faces China today who they ran to within four points in a 'friendly' earlier in the week.
Earlier, the Tall Ferns had let slip a significant international victory as they fell 75-71 to Cuba.
The Tall Ferns, who have come close to knocking over Cuba several times in the past three years, led by five points after three-quarters of the game but could not hold Cuba off down the stretch.
- NEWSTALK ZB
