December 30, 2017
Another full round of games was played on Saturday as there are still a number of close battles to be settled in the standings. Bayi executed their plan to perfection as Pan Zhenqi and the hosts seized the lead in the fourth quarter to knock Xinjiang out of the top spot 74-73. Jin Jiabao and Shenyang could not do the same as Natasha Howard was excellent before minutes restrictions came in play and Dong Xuemei helped Zhejiang hold on to their lead and win 92-86. Jonquel Jones dominated the boards and Shanxi also got scoring from Wu Di as Shanxi beat Shandong 84-69. A battle of college teammates saw Breanna Stewart and Shanghai beat Morgan Tuck and Shaanxi 83-62. Glory Johnson had a strong debut for Guangdong, but Jiangsu continued to impress after getting the 69-66 win. Beijing just needed a win to end the round in first place and did so 82-70 over Wang Chengcheng and Liaoning as Shi Xiufeng and Sylvia Fowles were a strong inside-outside combination. Aneika Henry and Heilongjiang beat Yelena Leuchanka and Sichuan 74-65.
Bayi vs. Xinjiang 74-73 BJ Pan 20/12r Lu 17 Liu 13 Sun 13 Gu 10/6r XJ Parker 19/7r Qiu 13/6r Wang 10
Shenyang vs. Zhejiang 86-92 SY Jin 28/7r/7a Liu 15 Gu 13 Zhang 12 Song 11 ZJ Howard 32/12r Dong 21/6r Huang 17
Shandong vs. Shanxi 69-84 SD Kizer 19/8r Ji 12 Yu 11 SX Jones 21/29r Wu 20 Wu 13 Yu 11
Shanghai vs. Shaanxi 83-62 SH Stewart 27/10r Shen 10/6a Huang 10 SN Tuck 26 Wu 11
Guangdong vs. Jiangsu 66-69 GD Johnson 29/11r Li 14/6r Zhang 11/9r JS Xu 18 Li 15
Liaoning vs. Beijing 70-82 LN Wang 22 Wei 10 Williams 8/8r BJ Shi 25 Fowles 24/20r Shao 18/9r
Sichuan vs. Heilongjiang 65-74 SC Leuchanka 24/13r Zhao 14 Gong 11 HL Henry 21/20r Zhang 16 Cao 12/8r
Standings:
- Beijing 15-4
- Shanghai 15-4
- Shanxi 14-5
- Xinjiang 14-5
- Jiangsu 10-9
- Bayi 10-9
- Heilongjiang 9-10
- Guangdong 8-11
- Zhejiang 8-11
- Liaoning 8-11
- Shandong 7-12
- Shenyang 6-13
- Sichuan 6-13
- Shaanxi 3-16