Jakarta: India women suffered their second loss on the trot as they were outplayed by Chinese Taipei 84-61 in a Group A match of the Asian Games basketball here on Sunday.

India had lost to Kazakhstan 61-79 in their opening match.

After a hard-fought first quarter (18-17), the Taipei women consolidated the position in the second quarter and led 33-28 at the half-time.

Taipei raced away with the game in the third quarter as they led 66-45 going into the final one.

For the second game running, captain P S Jeena top-scored for India with 13 points.

Rsaspreet Sidhu (12) and Sangeeta Kaur (11) also made it to the double digits.

Peng Szuchin was the star for the Taipei side with 14 points.

India take on Unified Korea on Monday and play hosts Indonesia on August 23.

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