November 10, 2018
Another full round of games was played on Saturday including Shandong’s 74-58 win over Zhejiang. Two of the league’s powerhouses met, but showed their contrasting fortunes so far as Morgan Tuck and Shao Ting teamed up to lead Beijing past Jelena Dubljevic and Shanghai 82-74. A number of battles at the top of the standings were taking place and Natalie Achonwa and Jiang Jiayin helped Jiangsu beat Wu Tongtong and Shanxi 84-77. Ieshia Small had a big game for Tianjin, but Liang Jiamei and Liaoning won 88-70. Yelena Leuchanka and Sichuan beat Shaanxi 106-59. Huang Pinzhen and Hebei have been playing well, but Ji Yanyan and Monique Billings helped Heilongjiang force overtime and won 76-74. Natasha Howard continues to be important for Xinjiang as they beat Fujian 89-59. Hubei looks no closer to their first win as Stefanie Dolson led Henan to an 87-63 win. The most hyped game of the day ended up being all-domestic, but the battle of the undefeated teams still lived up to the hype as Yang Liwei helped Guangdong escape Jin Jiabao and Bayi 96-92.
Shandong vs. Zhejiang 74-58 SD Bonner 16/11r Wang SY 15 Wang YZ 10 Li 10 ZJ Wan 12 Dan 11/7s Huang 10 Coates 8/12r
Beijing vs. Shanghai 82-74 BJ Tuck 30/14r Shao 20/7a Feng 14 Shi 11 SH Dubljevic 24/7r Zhang 13/9r Li 13 Huang 12
Shanxi vs. Jiangsu 77-84 SX Wu 26/9a Hollingsworth 18/12r Wu 13 Yu 10 JS Achonwa 25/15r/8a Jiang 21 Xu 18
Liaoning vs. Tianjin 88-70 LN Liang 20 Fu 16/7r Wu 15 Zhu 10/6r McGee-Stafford 6 TJ Small 30/6r Han 14/8r Li 14
Sichuan vs. Shaanxi 106-59 SC Leuchanka 25/17r Zhao 18 Wu 10/7r Chen 10/6r Wang 10 Dong 10 SN Liu 12 Pei 12 Ma 11
Hebei vs. Heilongjiang 74-76 HE Huang 26/6r Qiu 18/7r Xun 12/7r HL Ji 25/10r/6a Billings 20/9r Cao 14 Zhang 10
Fujian vs. Xinjiang 59-89 FJ DeVaughn 17/11r Luo 16 XJ Howard 33/8r Liu 17/10r Han 12 Wu 11
Hubei vs. Henan 63-87 HB Harris 14/6r Peng 13/7r Yuan 11 HA Dolson 30/16r Wei 15/6r
Bayi vs. Guangdong 92-96 81 Jin 20/7a Zhang 18 Lu 13/6r Pan 12 Sun 11/9r GD Yang 22/7a Shen 18/6a Huang 16/9r Li 15/15r Zhang 14
Standings:
- Guangdong 9-0
- Bayi 8-1
- Jiangsu 7-2
- Shanxi 7-2
- Beijing 7-2
- Hebei 6-3
- Xinjiang 5-4
- Shandong 5-4
- Sichuan 5-4
- Henan 4-5
- Heilongjiang 4-5
- Liaoning 3-6
- Zhejiang 3-6
- Fujian 3-6
- Shaanxi 2-7
- Shanghai 2-7
- Tianjin 1-8
- Hubei 0-9