USA college grads won the third of three tournaments against U19 National Teams. Australia defeated China to take the second place. While their scorers from that game are unknown, Casey Samuels had a good tournament with 19 & 26 points scored in the second and third games. Gong Li and Yang Hengyu were the top players for China as both ... Read More »
Chinese and Australian U19 National Teams handed defeats to USA in the second of three tournaments that are held in China. Thanks to win in the game between both of them China won the tournament and was the best U19 team for the second time. Only defeat for the Chinese came at the hands of the lowly Brazil. Yang Hengyu ... Read More »
Spanish National Team head coach Lucas Mondelo and his assistant from last season, Cesar Ruperez, have been re-signed by Chinese WCBA champions Shanxi Xing Rui Flame for the upcoming season, their agent confirms. Read More »
A team of American college graduates won the first of three tournaments held in China which features U19 NT’s from China, Australia and Brazil. Two of those wins were narrow one point ones against China and Australia. Of the U19 teams, the hosts were the most successful team. They defeated Brazil by 16 points and Australia by 12. Among the ... Read More »
This year’s first overall pick in the WNBA draft Brittney Griner has signed her first overseas contract with WCBA’s team Zhejiang Chouzhou, the team has announced (via Sina). Read More »
Chinese Basketball Association has announced that Australian coach Tom Maher returned to to lead the team in next four years leading up to Rio games. Read More »
As the team’s owner Wang Haizhen has announced to the local media, the WCBA champions have reached an agreement with the team’s most valuable player Maya Moore for three more seasons. Read More »
Helped by a rush of injuries to top Zhejiang players, Shanxi triumphed in the WCBA finals, winning the fourth game 97-87 and claiming the final series win 3 games to 1. Before the game Zhejiang’s top local player Bian Lan was ruled out with a fractured rib. She played through that fracture in game 3 but was forced to shut ... Read More »
As Taiyuan Evening News writes, American forward Sophia Young has torn cruciate ligament(s) in her right knee in the second game of WCBA semifinals. Read More »
Shanxi took the lead in the finals series after a win on Saturday evening at home. After a brief splash at the end of first quarter, Shanxi pulled away from their opponents in the second quarter and never were really bothered by Zhejiang as they managed to hold them at bay. Maya Moore led Shanxi with 43 points, 12 rebounds and 11 ... Read More »
Zhejiang tied the WCBA Finals series by claiming a win at Shanxi. It was a closely fought game with neither team being able to extend their lead to double-digits. After a very tight first quarter Shanxi opened up an 8 point lead in the second. By the end of the quarter Zhejiang had reclaimed their lead and were leading by ... Read More »
Shanxi took the first game of the best of five WCBA final series on the road, defeating Zhejiang 96-92. Next two games will be played at Shanxi where, if they sweep the series, they can lift the trophy. After big swings in the middle two quarters – Shanxi won the second 34-23, Zhejiang returned the favor in the third – ... Read More »
With one of Beijing’s leaders – Sophia Young – not participating in the deciding semifinal, Shanxi defeated the defending champions by 22 points as they clinched a finals spot. Read More »
Eight Shenyang players fouled out as Zhejiang completed a sweep of their semifinal series. Liz Cambage and Bian Lan were combined fouled 25 times. Cambage finished as the top scorer and rebounder with 45 points (12/16 from the field, 21/23 from the FT line) and 17 boards. Bian Lan had 22 points. Miao Lijie led Shenyang with 20 points. Shanxi ... Read More »
Defending champions Beijing routed Shanxi despite Maya Moore leading Shanxi with 40 points. Beijing have gone up 1-0 in the best of three series. Zhang Fan led Beijing with 26 points, while three other players also reached double-digits, including Sophia Young who had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Moore was the only Shanxi player in double-digits. Regular season league leaders ... Read More »
Strong second half sent Zhejiang to the next round as they swept Guangdong. Liz Cambage led everyone with 41 points and 16 rebounds while Tamika Catchings had 39 points for Guangdong. Maya Moore had a double-double – 24 points and 12 rebounds as Shanxi advanced against Jiangsu. Without any information on who did what we know that Beijing advanced past ... Read More »
Best of three quarterfinal series of the Chinese WCBA started on Tuesday with the lower seeded teams hosting the higher seeds. There were no upsets with the top two seeded teams. Liz Cambage scored 35 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as Zhejiang defeating Guangdong. Tamika Catchings had 27 points in the defeat. Maya Moore had 42 points and 16 ... Read More »
In the WCBA All-Star game that was held on Saturday, North All-Stars defeated South All-Stars with the final score 114-110. Read More »
Only the playoff seeding for the teams ranked 3 through 7 and the final team who will get relegated after the season was decided on the final day of the season. Jiangsu lost in the final round to first placed Zhejiang, which meant they were the final team in a four team tie for the fourth place. Liz Cambage led ... Read More »
WCBA has announced it’s field for this weekend’s All-Star game. The game will be without the top vote getter in the fan voting – Maya Moore, who amassed more than 60 thousand votes over the 9 day voting period. Moore will sit out due to an ankle injury sustained earlier this season. She did not participate in the team’s final ... Read More »
With one round remaining the top 8 teams that will advance to the playoffs have been determined as Guangdong defeated Liaoning while Yunnan lost to Beijing. With those two results Guangdong have secured the eight place. Lindsay Taylor scored 37 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for Yunnan but that wasn’t enough for a season saving win. Sophia Young led ... Read More »
Australian center Liz Cambage led her team back in to top spot in the Chinese league, with 2 rounds yet to play. Cambage went 22 of 24 from the field for a total of 59 points, while also pulling down 10 rebounds. Her Zhejiang defeated Shenyang and moved to top position because of a Shanxi loss on the road to ... Read More »
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