Victory over Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City women finished second in the 2023 National U23 Basketball Tournament

After Can Tho women's U23 won the championship 2 days early, the competition between Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi women today (April 13) became a silver medal match.

It seems that after the men's team lost in the semi-finals yesterday, the HCM City women's team played more determinedly because of the colors of the flag. They entered the match on par with Hanoi before breaking up in the second half.

The furthest difference created is 14 points for the teachers and coaches of coach Le Minh Chi (score 39-25). Ton Bich An is the dominant name for the Ho Chi Minh City U23 women's team with beautiful scoring situations.

Meanwhile, Hanoi U23 led by Nguyen Thi Khanh Linh tried to catch up. This relentless effort paid off with an 8-0 run in the fourth round, shortening the gap between the two teams to 3 points (55-52).

Although the players were more sublimated at the end of the game and had a lot of opportunities to get points from the free throw line, coach Bui Thai Ha's students did not make good use of it.

In contrast, Ho Chi Minh City gradually corrected its mistakes and played more firmly, especially in the last 2 minutes of the match. Vo Mai Truc Linh hit three important points to bring the match out of the reach of Hanoi U23.

The final whistle sounded with the final score of 69-61, the victory belonged to the U23 women's team in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ton Bich An led the Ho Chi Minh City U23 women's winning effort, scoring 19 points (8-16 FG) with 8 rebounds, 3 assists and especially 7 steals. Captain Vo Mai Truc Linh scored 13 points and had 1 assist.

On the Hanoi women's side, three different players scored over 10 points including Nguyen Thi Khanh Linh (11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals), Nguyen Ngoc Anh (11 points, 2 steals) and Ho Thi Trang (12 points, 2 steals). 5 rebounds, 3 steals).

This victory brought home a silver medal in the women's event for the U23 team in Ho Chi Minh City. Meanwhile, Hanoi U23 won the bronze medal, the same third place with Binh Thuan women.

The owner of the gold medal was decided 2 days early in the competition, belonging to Can Tho female U23.