Basketball: Tall Ferns end tour with win

The New Zealand women's basketball team scored a second consecutive win over Taiwan today (NZ time).

They won 74-67 with forward Donna Loffhagen contributing 20 points to round off their Taiwan tour with a 6-1 win record .

"It would have been easy to let this game go and end the tour," said coach Mike McHugh. "Fatigue has set in, but we didn't lower our standards and got a great result to wind up the tour."

NZ Tall Ferns 74 (Donna Loffhagen 20, Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe 19, Rebecca Cotton 16) Chinese Taipei 67 Quarter 22-16 Halftime 39-36 (17-20) Threequarter 56-52 (17-16) Fulltime 74-67 (23-15)

- NZPA