Chinese League Round 24 December 22nd-23rd

December 22, 2018

On Saturday, Wang Siyi led Shandong, but Stefanie Dolson was the difference for Henan as they escaped 79-77 in overtime.  Monique Billings had a great game for Heilongjiang, but Morgan Tuck and Beijing rolled 88-50.  The battle for the playoffs continues to be interesting as Li Yingyun helped Shanghai defeat Sichuan and the duo of Yelena Leuchanka and Zhao Xuetong 89-78.  Xun Huan and Hebei beat Zhejiang 77-56 despite the efforts of Alaina Coates in the paint.  Han Xu and Li Yueru battled in the paint for the game and draft position, but Xinjiang could not beat Guangdong without its star, falling 72-58.  Natalie Achonwa was unstoppable again and got some help from Xu Chenyan as Jiangsu beat Fujian 102-84.  Hubei finally got their first win in front of the home fans in Wuhan, beating Han Ziqi and Tianjin 81-61.  Cai Xiaoyu and Bayi beat Theresa Plaisance 97-52.  A rare Sunday game saw Liang Jiamei and Liaoning beat Shanxi 76-43.

Shandong vs. Henan 77-79(OT) SD Wang 21/8r Yang 15/17r Cao 10 HA Dolson 26/15r/7a Sun 18/7r Huang 12

Beijing vs. Heilongjiang 88-50 BJ Tuck 28/14r Qi 12/8r Gao 10/6r Shao 10 HL Billings 31/12r Yang 8/6r

Sichuan vs. Shanghai 78-89 SC Leuchanka 24/17r Zhao 23 Liu 11 SH Li 27 Dubljevic 17/7r Huang 16/7r

Hebei vs. Zhejiang 77-56 HE Xun 23 Breland 18/13r Fu 11 Qiu 10/6a ZJ Coates 23/16r Huang 11

Xinjiang vs. Guangdong 58-72 XJ Han 24/11r Wang 14 Liu 13 GD Li 21/15r Shen 12 Huang 11 Powers 9/7r

Fujian vs. Jiangsu 84-102 FJ DeVaughn 18/6r Chen 17 Lin 16/10r Yang 11/8a Huang 11 JS Achonwa 37/14r Xu 23/6r Chen 13 Jiang 11

Hubei vs. Tianjin 81-61 HB Harris 16/12r Peng 15/8r Fu 14/7r/7a Yang 13 Yuan 12/8r Zhou 11 TJ Han 22 Small 17/10r

Bayi vs. Shaanxi 93-52 81 Cao 20 Liu 19/14r/6a Sun 12/7r Wang 11/6r/6s Jin 10 SN Plaisance 21/10r Ma 12

December 23, 2018

Shanxi vs. Liaoning 43-76 SX Wu 13/6r Wu 11/8r/6a LN Liang 21 Xing 13/12r/7a Hollivay 12/15r Fu 12/7a

Standings:

1. Guangdong 23-1
2. Bayi 23-1
3. Jiangsu 20-4
4. Xinjiang 18-6
5. Beijing 18-6
6. Shanxi 16-8
7. Shandong 15-9
8. Henan 13-11
9. Shanghai 12-12
10. Sichuan 11-13
11. Hebei 11-13
12. Heilongjiang 9-15
13. Liaoning 8-16
14. Zhejiang 7-17
15. Fujian 6-18
16. Shaanxi 4-20
17. Hubei 1-23
18. Tianjin 1-23