The first round of games all played on the same day was on Monday as Natalia Achonwa and Jiangsu beat Shandong 100-72. Tianjin continued to find the step up tough as they lost to Beijing 77-38. Xinjiang got Natasha Howard in time for the trip to Liaoning, which helped them leave with a 71-66 win despite another big game for Imani McGee-Stafford. A’ja Wilson led Shaanxi again, this time past Shanghai 79-71. Yelena Leuchanka and Sichuan beat Henan 73-56. Azura Stevens and Hebei continued a solid start with a 81-61 win over Shanxi. Li Yueru led Guangdong past Heilongjiang 79-55. Hubei knew that an all-domestic battle with Bayi was only going one way as Liu Shuai and Wang Xuemeng marched the military team to a 106-35 win. Alicia DeVaughn and Lin Qingrong teamed up for Fujian, but it was not enough to stop Alaina Coates and Zhejiang, which won 81-76.
October 22, 2018
Jiangsu vs. Shandong 100-72 JS Achonwa 24/10r Xu 16/11r Gong 14 Jiang 14 SD Bonner 18/9r Wang 15 An 11/8r
Tianjin vs. Beijing 38-77 TJ Small 13/7r Han 10/8r BJ Tuck 19/12r Gao 12/11r
Liaoning vs. Xinjiang 66-71 LN McGee-Stafford 37/16r Wang 10/6a XJ Howard 39/13r Han 14/11r Wang 13/8r/9a
Shaanxi vs. Shanghai 79-71 SN Wilson 41/6r Li 15 SH Zhang 19/11r Dubljevic 18/8r Huang 11/8r Zhou 10/6a
Sichuan vs. Henan 73-56 SC Leuchanka 25/23r Zhao 16 HA Dolson 17/8r Sun 16/9r Wei 14
Hebei vs. Shanxi 81-61 HE Stevens 26/10r Xun 18/6a Huang 12/8r SX Guo 19 Hollingsworth 13/6r Wei 10/6r
Heilongjiang vs. Guangdong 55-79 HL Cao 11/10r Liu 10 Zhang 10 Ji 10 Billings 8/6r GD Li 21/8r Huang 13/6r Yang 13 Powers 12/12r Zhang 10
Bayi vs. Hubei 106-35 81 Liu 20/8r Wang 20 Pan 12 Niu 10/9r Gu 10/6r HB Han 13/7r Peng 7
Zhejiang vs. Fujian 81-76 ZJ Coates 34/14r Wang 17 FJ DeVaughn 23/8r Lin QR 20/8r Lin CY 12/7a