Chinese League Round 30 January 7th-8th

The round started with one Monday game as Jelena Dubljevic and Shanghai beat Alaina Coates and Zhejiang 75-64.  On Tuesday, Han Xu led Xinjiang again, this time past Li Chuxuan, Ieshia Small, and Tianjin 92-69.  Theresa Plaisance had a second straight spectacular performance, carrying Shaanxi past Qiu Siyue, Huang Pin-Jen, and Hebei 86-77.  Shandong beat Liu Jiayu and Heilongjiang 88-65 as they continue to sit securely in their seeding in anticipation of the postseason.  Yelena Leuchanka and Sichuan beat Fujian 74-61.  Jiangsu continues to tread water quite effectively as Jiang Jiayin helped them fend off Stefanie Dolson and Henan 75-73.  Amber Harris and Hubei halted Liaoning’s recent run of form, pulling out of last place with a 56-49 win.  Both teams debuted the lineups that they plan to use for the playoffs as Nneka Ogwumike and Guangdong beat Tina Charles and Beijing 80-71.  Li Meng and Bayi beat Shanxi 85-73 as the visitors continued their slide even with Diamond DeShields.

January 7, 2019

Shanghai vs. Zhejiang 75-64 SH Dubljevic 27/9r Li 16 ZJ Coates 25/24r Wang 17

January 8, 2019

Tianjin vs. Xinjiang 69-92 TJ Li 24 Small 23 Ma 12/6r XJ Han 26/12r Wu 15/9r Rolle 8

Shaanxi vs. Hebei 86-77 SN Plaisance 43/18r Li 15/7r Pei 14 HB Qiu 26/6r/7a Huang 21/7r Xun 10/8r

Heilongjiang vs. Shandong 65-88 HL Liu 26 Billings 5 SD Bonner 19/7r Yang 17 Cao 14 An 13 Wang 10

Fujian vs. Sichuan 61-74 FJ Chen 19 DeVaughn 15/12r Lin 12/8r SC Leuchanka 30/14r/6a Wang 17

Henan vs. Jiangsu 73-75 HA Dolson 20/14r/9a Sun 16/9r Huang 16 JS Jiang 29 Gong 17/8r Xu 15/9r

Hubei vs. Liaoning 56-49 HB Harris 20/9r Peng 12/7r Han 10 LN Liang 14 Chen 10/6r Hollivay 6/12r

Guangdong vs. Beijing 80-71 GD Ogwumike 23/11r Huang 16/11r Yang 15/8a Li 13 BJ Charles 23/14r Gao 11/7r/6a Shao 11

Bayi vs. Shanxi 85-73 81 Li 35/9r/7a Jin 16/7r Zhao 13/9r/7a Sun 13/7r SX DeShields 25 Wu 18/6r Yu 11

Standings:

1. Guangdong 28-2
2. Bayi 27-3
3. Jiangsu 24-6
4. Xinjiang 24-6
5. Beijing 22-8
6. Shandong 20-10
7. Shanghai 17-13
8. Shanxi 17-13
9. Henan 16-14
10. Sichuan 14-16
11. Heilongjiang 12-18
12. Hebei 12-18
13. Liaoning 11-19
14. Zhejiang 9-21
15. Shaanxi 7-23
16. Fujian 6-24
17. Hubei 2-28
18. Tianjin 2-28