December 2, 2017
Another full round of games was played on Saturday. Beijing was handed their first loss as the combination of Li Yueru and Amber Harris led Guangdong to the 86-67 win. Zhang Liting and Bayi had their task made easier facing Sichuan’s all-domestic lineup, beating Zhao Xuetong and company 91-62. The latest big game from Morgan Tuck was still not enough for Shaanxi as they fell to Xu Chenyan and Jiangsu 97-72. Amidst possible turmoil in Shandong, Yang Hengyu and Ji Xiao teamed up to help the hosts prevail 86-82 in overtime over Natasha Howard and Zhejiang. Breanna Stewart used the day’s best performance to drag Shanghai past Shanxi 75-69. Elizabeth Williams had a big game for Liaoning, but Huang Pinzhen and Xinjiang continued their impressive start by leaving with an 81-75 win. Heilongjiang executed the gameplan well, getting contributions from Aneika Henry before minutes restrictions kicked in, leaning on Ji Yanyan to help them close out the 81-80 win as Jin Jiabao and Liu Shuai tried to rally Shenyang, but fell short.
Beijing vs. Guangdong 67-86 BJ Zhang 18/9r McGee-Stafford 18/7r GD Li 23/6r Harris 22/6r Shen 12 Zhang 11
Bayi vs. Sichuan 91-62 81 Zhang 21/9r Wang 17 Lu 11/7r Sun 10/13r Pan 10 SC Zhao 24 Zhou 10
Shaanxi vs. Jiangsu 72-97 SN Tuck 32/10r Wu 11/6r An 11 JS Xu 22/7r Jin 17/12r Li 15 Sun 13 Chen 10/6a
Shandong vs. Zhejiang 86-82(OT) SD Yang 31/7r Ji 23/9r Wang 11 ZJ Howard 29/19r Zhang 15/6r/6a Wang 10/6a Huang 10
Shanghai vs. Shanxi 75-69 SH Stewart 38/12r Li 9/6r SX Jones 17/20r Wu 17/6r Wen 12 Yu 10
Liaoning vs. Xinjiang 75-81 LN Williams 29/10r Liang 14 Fu 12 Wang 12/8a XJ Huang 25 Wang 17 Zhang 12/11r Liu 11
Heilongjiang vs. Shenyang 81-80 HL Henry 24/7r Ji 23 Zhang 16 SY Jin 30 Liu 25
Standings:
- Beijing 8-1
- Shanghai 8-1
- Guangdong 6-3
- Xinjiang 6-3
- Shanxi 5-4
- Shandong 5-4
- Heilongjiang 5-4
- Jiangsu 4-5
- Liaoning 4-5
- Zhejiang 3-6
- Bayi 3-6
- Shenyang 3-6
- Sichuan 2-7
- Shaanxi 1-8