Basketball: Japan women beat Taiwan in Gaines' 1st game in charge

Japan brushed aside Taiwan 95-42 in a women's basketball exhibition game on Saturday, the team's first outing under new head coach Corey Gaines.Sarah Nakamura Miller led Japan with 12 points, going 4-from-7 from three-point range, at Toyoda Gosei Memorial Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture. Anri Hoshi scored 11 points and Kokoro Tanaka 10.Japan led 55-18 at halftime, with Tanaka and Norika Konno starring, before the world's ninth-ranked team cruised to the victory against the 39th-ranked Taiwan.The two teams will play again at the same venue on Sunday.The 60-year-old Gaines, whose grandmother is…READ FULL ARTICLE