Korea pressed on and one of the features of their play was the three-pointers by Beon and Kwe Ryong Kim that sunk the Indian hearts.

Earlier, in Level 1 matches, the Philippines overcame Malaysia 61-55 while Lebanon and Kazakhstan also started their campaigns on a winning note.

Kazakhstan were too good for Sri Lanka, winning 94-40 and Lebanon got past Uzbekistan 83-68 with their star player Chada Nasr notching 23 points.

The results:

Level I: South Korea 102 (Yeon Ha Beon 26, Sun Min Jung 20, Jung Eun Kim 14) beat India 46 (Geethu Anna Jose 15, Pratima Singh 12, Kiranjit Kaur 8). HT: 56-21.

Level II: Philippines 61 (Sylvia Marie Valencia 15) beat Malaysia 55 (Suik May Kew 14). HT: 33-30.

Lebanon 83 (Chasa Nasr 23, Chantelle Anderson 19, Nisirin Dandan 15) beat Uzbekistan 68 (Irina Poulinina 21). HT: 41-40.

Kazakhstan 94 (Yelena Dots 13, Veronika Volikova 12, Tamara Seregina 11, Oxana Ivanova 10) beat Sri Lanka 40 (Premilla Beruwalage 13).