Antonia Edmondson's double-double has paced the NZ Tall Ferns to their second straight win at the William Jones Cup, beating the Korea KB All-Stars 58-40 in Taiwan.
Edmondson had 16 points/11 rebounds, while Kalani Purcell grabbed 12 boards, as they followed up a 75-52 opening win over India with another strong showing.
"It was a good win and a big improvement on yesterday," head coach Kennedy Kereama said. "The team responded very well to our game plan and played four quarters of very good defence."
Knowing the Korean side would pose a stern test, New Zealand made a quick start, racing out to a 20-8 first quarter lead. Korea bounced back by winning the second quarter, as the Tall Ferns went into halftime with a slim 26-24 lead.
Edmondson was just three rebounds short of a double-double by halftime, and it didn't take long to complete the feat after the break, as the Tall Ferns out-rebounded their opposites 26-9 in the second spell to take home the victory.