CRI听力:China Beats South Korea 76-73 in FIBA Asian Championship

China has come from behind to beat powerhouse South Korea 76-73 on Thursday night at the Asian Championships in Changsha, the capital city of central China's Hunan Province.

19-year-old Zhou Qi hit a game-best 26 points in the victory.

"It's so exciting. We are united and it helped us to victory. We did what our coach told us to do. We were well prepared for the game. We didn't have full control of the game at the very beginning. We were lacking a bit on defence."

This puts China at 2-0 in the tournament.

Up next for China is Jordan, who hammered Singapore last night 98-68.

Jordanian head coach Rajko Toroman offered theses thoughts on the coming game.

"They are the biggest contestant of the championships. There is a few reason that I understand them like big contender. They played home, they play here in China. Secondly, they have ...in Europe, a little help them a lot. Then they have very experienced plays like Jianlian and they have a lot of young players."

Defending champions Iran has also clinched their second win in a row with a 88-66 victory over India.

Up next for the defending champs is Malaysia, who was thumped by Japan 119-48 on Thursday.

In other action,

Chinese Taipei went down to Kazakhstan 84-73, becoming the first seeded team to be bounced from the tournament.

Qatar upset Lebanon 105-100.

Philippines downed Hong Kong 101-50.

And it's Palestine rolling over Kuwait 90-69.