December 13, 2016
Upper Group:
This stage of the competition finished on Tuesday and this group had a lot of important matchups. The top four teams in the group advanced to the quarterfinals and the top group of the next stage. Shanghai jumped on Henan early with Breanna Stewart and Huang Jing leading the way in an 87-68 win. Shenyang and Shanxi played knowing that the loser would definitely be in the middle group of the next portion of the season and it was Jin Jiabao and Li Meng who led the military team to the 84-75 win over Wei Wei and Shanxi team that faced disappointment again. It turned out that both teams would be placed in the middle group as Li Yueru and Guangdong lost 82-59 to Sylvia Fowles and Beijing, but still prevailed in the tiebreaker.
Henan vs. Shanghai 68-87 HA Huang 19/6r Sun 17 Parker 16/8r SH Stewart 36/12r Huang 20 Shen 12
Shenyang vs. Shanxi 84-75 SY Jin 29/8r Li 21 Zhao 14/11 SN Wei 24/6r Huang 17/6r Loyd 5
Guangdong vs. Beijing 59-82 GD Li 22/9r Shen 17 Leuchanka 1/6r BJ Fowles 22/14r Shi 14 Shao 13 Qi 11
Standings:
- Shanghai 8-2
- Beijing 7-3
- Guangdong 4-6
- Henan 4-6
- Shenyang 4-6
- Shanxi 3-7
Lower Group:
Nothing was at stake in the last set of games for this group as teams already knew their destinations for next round, although final ranking would determine the order of games in the next stage. Liaoning got some momentum against a future bottom group opponent as they beat Tina Charles and Sichuan 78-66. Bayi executed their usual game plan with Sun Mengxin leading the way as they withstood three quarters of efficient play from Crystal Langhorne then dominated the last quarter to beat Heilongjiang 67-63. Glory Johnson and Xinjiang did not take it easy on Shandong, winning 79-65. The teams all have a short turnaround as the next set of games will be played on Thursday.
Liaoning vs. Sichuan 78-66 LN Hu 19 Xing 17/9r Liang 11 Bone 10/17r SC Charles 38/22r Wang 12
Heilongjiang vs. Bayi 63-67 HL Langhorne 28/8r Zhang 13 81 Sun MX 21/9r Sun MR 16 Pan 11
Shandong vs. Xinjiang 65-79 SD Wang 19 Yang 17/7r Cao 11 XJ Johnson 28/18r/6a Wang 17 Di 10
Standings:
- Bayi 9-1
- Xinjiang 8-2
- Sichuan 5-5
- Heilongjiang 4-6
- Liaoning 3-7
- Shandong 1-9