(Beijing, April 26) The Korean players made five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to overcome New Zealand 70-67 in the fifth place decider of the "Good Luck Beijing" CNPC 2008 Women's Basketball International Invitational Tournament this afternoon.

Before this match, both sides had finished with one win and four losses.

Beon Yeon Ha scored 13 points in the win. Park Jung Eun had 12 while Choi Youn Ah and Kim Kwe Ryong each added 11 for Korea, who snapped its three defeats in a row.

Jilian Harmon connected on a game-high of 20 points in the loss. Two other New Zealand's players reached double figures: Lisa Wallbutton and Angela Marino, 14 and 10 respectively.

New Zealand outrebounded Korea 47-33, but had 23 turnovers in the match, compared to 13 by Korea.

New Zealand led 18-17 after the first quarter and was up 32-28 at half time. Korea suffered a low shooting percentage and still fell 53-42 after three periods.

The Koreans set up a counterattack on Park Jung Eun's 3-pointer in the fourth quarter as they hit five from the arc to overcome with twelve seconds remaining in the game. Angela Marino missed a three and New Zealand lost the match 70-67.

Korea finishes fifth and New Zealand has to be content with sixth.