However, with little support forthcoming, Jose played a lone hand in the Indian defeat.

India's best moments were in the third quarter when they matched Thailand point for point as the teams scored 17 apiece.

Earlier, defending champions Korea came up with a late burst to turn back a 35-42 defeat into a 82-68 victory to remain unbeaten in the league after four matches.

Results:

Level-I: Korea 82 (Jung Eun Park 17, Kwe Ryong Kim 16, Jung Eun Kim 15, Yeon Ha Beon 14, Sun Min Jung 13) beat Japan 68 (Yuko Oga 16, Kumiko Yamada 13, Yoshie Sakurada 13),

Thailand 78 (Juthamas jantakan 20, Juthathip Mathuros 16, Charothai Suksomwong 16, Naruemol banmoo 10) beat India 68 (Geethju Anna Jose 23, Prashanthi Singh 16, Anitha Pauldorai 13).

Level-II: Malaysia 81 (Siew Teng Ang 19, beng Fong Goh 11, Suik May Kew 10) beat Sri Lanka 45 (Premila M. Fernando 15, Inoka Sandama Lijuwan Pedige 13, Benica Thalagala 9).

Kazakhstan 75 (Natalya Kuzmicheva 20, Lyudmila Sedova 14, Anastassiya Alishauskaite 13) beat Uzbekistan 70 (Alla Krasovbkaya 14, Irina Polunina 14, Yelena Khusnitedinova 10).

Lebanon 60 (Chada Nasr 16, Chantele Anderson 15, Nayla Alameddine 13) beat Philippines 35 (Chovi Borja 19, Cassandra Tioseco 9).