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ASIA CUP MEN: Aussie starter Xavier Cooks played peacemaker, averting a potential on-court fracas as the Boomers eventually shook off Qatar 110-82 to complete Group A intrapool play with a 3-0 sweep, advancing to the Asia Cup's playoff round in Jeddah where next they will meet either host Saudi Arabia or the Philippines.

Qatar was playing for its tournament life, leading to high tensions less than four minutes into the contest.

Dishing a sweet assist for a corner three from Jack McVeigh, William "Davo" Hickey bumped Qatar's star Brandon Goodwin on his way downcourt and he leapt to his feet, ready to engage him in non-basketball action.

Cooks caught Goodwin running at Hickey and was able to calm fraying tensions as Boomers coach Adam Caporn entered the court and Qatar's equivalent Hakan Demir remonstrated with Aussie players.

The end result was an unsportsmanlike foul on Hickey and technical fouls against Goodwin and Demir before play could resume.

Australia tied the game late in the first, then Owen Foxwell found Cooks with a pinpoint pass for a score at the buzzer and a 22-20 Boomers lead.

A Reyne Smith triple meant Australia led 46-43 at halftime and that blew out further as the Boomers took the second half 64-39.

Jaylin Galloway led the way again with an equal game-high 24 points, compiled at 80 per cent and including 2-of-3 threes, all 12 players on the roster again on the scoresheet.

Hickey had 15 points with five rebounds, eight assists, a steal and a block, Smith shooting his 15 points at 67 per cent.

Harry Wessels added eight points and six boards in 12 minutes as Australia marched ahead in its attempt to complete an Asia Cup threepeat.

GROUP A: Australia Boomers 97 (McVeigh 20, Galloway 12, Hickey 11, Cooks 10; White, Magnay 8 rebs; Foxwell 3 assts) d Korea 61 (J Lee 20, H Lee 11, S Lee 9; H Lee 9 rebs; Yang 3 assts); Lebanon 84 d Qatar 80; Korea 97 d Qatar 83, Australia Boomers 93 (Galloway, Smith 18, McVeigh 11; White 10 rebs; Hickey 9 assts) d Lebanon 80 (Khayat 22, Mansour 12, Haidar, Zeinoun 11; Khayat, Mansour 6 rebs; Mansour 5 assts); Australia Boomers 110 (Galloway 24, Smith, Hickey 15, Magnay 11, McVeigh 10; Wessels, Cooks 6 rebs; Hickey 8 assts) d Qatar 82 (Goodwin 24, Harris 15, Dieng14,  Bedri, Hadzibegovic 13; Goodwin 7 rebs; Goodwin 5 assts ); Korea v Lebanon. Final: 1 Australia Boomers 3-0, 4 Qatar 0-3.

GROUP B: Japan 99 d Syria 68, Iran 77 d Guam 52; Iran 78 d Japan 70; Guam 82 d Syria 73; Japan d Guam, Syria v Iran.

GROUP C: Jordan 91 d India 84, China 93 d Saudi Arabia 88; China 100 d India 69, Saudi Arabia 77 d Jordan 73; China 90 d Jordan 68, Saudi Arabia 84 d India 59. Final: 1 China 3-0, 2 Saudi Arabia 2-1, Jordan 1-2, 4 India 0-3.

GROUP D: New Zealand Tall Blacks 100 (Britt 21, King 18, Smith-Milner 11) d Iraq 78, Chinese Taipei 95 d Philippines 87; Chinese Taipei 87 d Iraq 60, New Zealand Tall Blacks 94 (Ngatai 22, Britt 19, Cameron 12, King 11; Gold 11 rebs; Britt 8 assts) d Philippines 86; Philippines 66 d Iraq 57; New Zealand Tall Blacks 118 (Cameron 28, King 22, Gold, Britt 14; Cameron, Davison 9 rebs; Cameron 8 assts) d Chinese Taipei 78. Final: 1 New Zealand Tall Blacks 3-0, 2 Chinese Taipei 2-1, 3 Philippines 1-2, 4 Iraq 0-3.

All action pics courtesy of fiba.com