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Revi Matthew Vineeth
Uzbekistan - India 73-89
Position No.13 on AsiaBasket 2009 in Tianjin belongs to India. After victory against Indonesia, Uzbekistan managed to beat Uzbekistan today with nice 89-73. Naturally, Uzbekistan is the 14th ranked team on this event. Vineeth Revi (202-C-84) paced India to victory collecting 24 points and 11 rebounds. Talwinderjit Singh (182-G/F-86) had 20 and Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (192-G-91) posted 16 pts. Aleksandr Kozlov (202-F-82) and Kirill Gusev (-90) responded with 17 pts each in loss. Vyacheslav Denisov (190-F-83) stopped on 10 pts.
India was better team during the entire game. Vineeth Revi and his teammates opened this match with 5-11 run and later set the score to 17-24 after 10 minutes. Uzbekistan came to minus 3 at the middle of the second frame, but that was all from them today. India immediately answered taking back double-digit lead, 37-47. India had not troubles to keep its advantage for the rest of the way. Actually, in the last ten minutes they extended it even more finishing the contest with nice 16-point win. Vineeth Revi made the last points in this game from the free throw line.
Uzbekistan: Aleksandr Kozlov 17, Kirill Gusev 17, Vyacheslav Denisov 10
India: Vineeth Revi 24+11 boards, Talwinderjit Singh 20, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 16
