December 25, 2017
A full round of games was played on Monday. Beijing used a fast start to beat Shandong 88-53. Natasha Howard led Zhejiang past Heilongjiang 82-67. Morgan Tuck was brilliant again, delivering Shaanxi another win as they beat Wu Shuang and Liaoning 77-59. Xinjiang remains on top of the standings after a 72-62 win over Guangdong. Sichuan leaned heavily on Yelena Leuchanka and their starters to edge Jiangsu 70-67. Breanna Stewart put in a candidate for performance of the year as she was so unstoppable before minutes restrictions kicked in that Shanghai beat Shenyang 96-79. Jonquel Jones also had a big game for Shanxi, but when minutes restrictions started, Wu Di and the hosts had to hang on to fend off hard-charging Lu Wen and Bayi 98-95.
Beijing vs. Shandong 88-53 BJ Shao 16 Fowles 15/11r Gao 15 SD Yang 12/6r Kizer 8
Zhejiang vs. Heilongjiang 82-67 ZJ Howard 26/16r Huang 13 Dong 11 HL Zhang 15/6r Zou 14 Henry 10/9r Cao 10
Shaanxi vs. Liaoning 77-59 SN Tuck 38/11r Wu 13 An 10/9r Gao 10 LN Wu 21 Williams 13/9r
Xinjiang vs. Guangdong 72-62 XJ Wang 16/6a Huang 14 Cui 12 Parker 11/16r GD Li 15/8r Yang 13/6a/6s Harris 6
Jiangsu vs. Sichuan 67-70 JS Xu 18/12r Sun 17 Jiang 16 SC Leuchanka 28/20r Zhao 16
Shanghai vs. Shenyang 96-79 SH Stewart 51 Xun 13/9r Peng 12/7r SY Liu 16 Gu 16 Li 14/7a Jin 11
Shanxi vs. Bayi 98-95 SX Jones 31/13r Wu 26 Wu 16 Zhao 12/6r/8a 81 Lu 24 Wang 19 Sun 18/7r Zhang 18
Standings:
- Xinjiang 13-4
- Beijing 13-4
- Shanghai 13-4
- Shanxi 12-5
- Bayi 9-8
- Heilongjiang 8-9
- Guangdong 8-9
- Jiangsu 8-9
- Liaoning 7-10
- Shandong 7-10
- Sichuan 6-11
- Zhejiang 6-11
- Shenyang 6-11
- Shaanxi 3-14