Chinese League Round 27 December 31st

December 31, 2018

Another busy week started with a full slate of games on Monday.  Morgan Tuck and Beijing beat shorthanded Jiangsu 76-54 as they look to improve their playoff seeding.  Theresa Plaisance had a good game for Shaanxi, but Shanxi won 82-64 behind a triple-double from Wu Tongtong.  Jelena Dubljevic and Shanghai beat Ieshia Small and Tianjin 87-65 to move into 8th place.  Liaoning had the chance to play spoiler as Fu Jinqiu led them past Hebei 74-48.  Henan came back and beat Heilongjiang 67-64 to hold their position.  Yelena Leuchanka led Sichuan, but Wang Lili dominated for Xinjiang again and Han Xu continued to emerge while Waltiea Rolle debuted as they won 108-76.  Li Yueru and Guangdong beat Lin Qingrong and Fujian 89-82.  Amber Harris and Hubei were close to another win, but Alaina Coates and Zhejiang escaped 67-65.  Shandong welcomed DeWanna Bonner back at just the right time as they were impressive against Jin Jiabao and Bayi, winning the quarter with the rules disadvantage to leave with the 70-64 win.

Jiangsu vs. Beijing 54-76 JS Xu 13/13r Jiang 13 Gong 11/10r Zhang 10/8r BJ Tuck 20/18r Gao 17/7s Shi 15 Feng 10

Shanxi vs. Shaanxi 82-64 SX Guo 17/9r Wu 14/10r/12a Yu 14 SN Plaisance 21/15r Pei 19/6r Liu 12/6r

Tianjin vs. Shanghai 65-87 TJ Small 31/7r Chen 12 SH Dubljevic 26/9r/7a Zhang 16/15r

Liaoning vs. Hebei 74-48 LN Fu 21/9r Liang 18/7r Xing 11/8r/6a Hollivay 10/11r HE Fu 15 Huang 12 Breland 6/7r

Heilongjiang vs. Henan 64-67 HL Billings 19/14r Liu 18 Zhang 10 HA Dolson 15/13r Zhang 12 Sun 11/9r Wu 10

Xinjiang vs. Sichuan 108-76 XJ Wang 41/9a Han 21/10r Peng 14 Liu 12/11r Rolle 12 SC Leuchanka 25/14r Zhao 17

Fujian vs. Guangdong 82-89 FJ Lin 23/6r Yang 15/11a Chen 12 DeVaughn 10 Xie 10 GD Li 28/13r Powers 17/6r Dilana 10

Hubei vs. Zhejiang 65-67 HB Harris 22/12r Han 12 Yang 11 ZJ Coates 27/19r Wang 10 Dong 10

Bayi vs. Shandong 64-70 81 Jin 24/7r Li 18/11r SD Bonner 24 Wang 12 Yang 10

Standings:

1. Guangdong 25-2
2. Bayi 24-3
3. Jiangsu 21-6
4. Beijing 21-6
5. Xinjiang 21-6
6. Shanxi 17-10
7. Henan 16-11
8. Shanghai 14-13
9. Sichuan 13-14
10. Hebei 12-15
11. Heilongjiang 11-16
12. Liaoning 9-18
13. Zhejiang 8-19
14. Fujian 6-21
15. Shanxi 5-22
16. Tianjin 2-25
17. Hubei 1-26