Singh relented and said the poor outside shooting contributed to India's downfall.

On her part, Jose blamed insufficient international exposure. 'Ever since we made it to the Level-1, we were not given chance to go abroad and play against better teams. Taipei is ranked 21 and we are at 41 and their players were regulars in Korean league. So you cannot expect results overnight from our team.'

Results:

Level I: Chinese Taipei 84 (Shin-Chieh Chang 15, Jui-Yu Lan 15, Wan-Ting Li 14, Ning Chang 12) beat India 61 (Geethu Anna Jose 34). HT: 46-34.

China 75 (Nan Chen 18, Lijie Miao 14, Lan Bian 13) beat Japan 58 (Noriko Koiso 17) HT: 33-32.

Level II: Uzbekistan 89 (Natalya Koniva 24, Alla Krasovskaya 15, Khusnitdinova 12) beat Sri Lanka 48 (Inoka Pedige Juwan 15, Benica Thalagala 13). HT: 52-28.

Kazakhstan 71 (Alishauskaite 18, Mariya Protsenko 12) beat Philippines 52 (Merenciana Arayi 26, Borja Chovi 16). HT: 32-21.

Malaysia 84 (Fong Beng Goh 22, Ling Chai Thoh 14) beat Lebanon 69 (Nasr Chada 18, Nisrin Dandan 17, Chantelle Anderson 15). HT: 41-47