The Opals beat China 94-66 in a warm-up game in Melbourne's John Cain Arena Wednesday night ahead of the Olympics.
The 43-year-old played more than 21 minutes — only Darcee Garbin and 19-year-old Borlase spent more time on court — in a positive sign of her fitness. It was the first of two meetings for the world No.3 Opals against China — ranked second behind the US — in contests that will help decide the make-up of the 12-player Games roster.Kunek and Borlase were outstanding on Wednesday for an Opals line-up missing seven stars who are competing in the WNBA season.Australia's 3x3 basketball team has qualified for the Paris Olympic Games, winning a tournament in Japan to book its ticket to France.
The scoreboard got messy in the second half as Kunek's 10 points on perfect shooting contributed to a dominant 26-13 third period by the hosts, who went on with the job in the last quarter." had awesome games but Friday night it will be someone else.