U18 Asian Cup: The Chinese women's basketball team defeated Japan to enter the semifinals and locked the World Youth Championship Zhang Ziyu 44+14

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2024-06-26 20:45Creators in the field of sports

On June 26, Beijing time, in the group stage of the 2024 FIBAU18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese U18 women's basketball team played the third home game against Japan, and the first two games of both teams were won in both games. Zhang Ziyu dominated the inside line with at least 36+10 data in two consecutive games, leading the Chinese team to lead by only 3 points in the first half, and gradually expanding the 20+ advantage in the second half, and finally the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 97-81 to win 3 consecutive victories, locking the group to the semifinals to the winner between South Korea and New Zealand, and the Chinese team locked in the 2025 U19 Women's Basketball World Cup in the Czech Republic in advance.

Statistics

Chinese team: Zhang Ziyu 44 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists, Li Yuwei 15 points, Wang Jiaxin 11 points.

The star of the game

Zhang Ziyu scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks in 9-of-9 in the past two games, and 36 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks in 16-of-20. Now facing the strong Japanese team, Zhang Ziyu once again exerted her power, she hit at least 36+10 data in two consecutive games, and at least 40+10+5 data in this campaign dominated the game, leading the Chinese team to defeat the Japanese team to win 3 consecutive victories.

Game recap

The Chinese team won the first two games of the group stage, defeating Indonesia 109-50 in the first game and New Zealand 90-68 in the second, with a total of 81 points. Japan also won the first two games in a row, beating New Zealand 84-47 in the first game and Indonesia 80-29 in the second, with a total of 88 points.

Zhang Ziyu continued to start the game in this game, Zhang Ziyu took the lead in hitting the inside at the beginning of the first quarter, Sone Fei Yaxiang made three fouls and three free throws, Zhang Ziyue made a layup and Zhang Ziyu hit a basket. Tian Zhongxin hit a shot, Zhang Ziyu and Wang Jiaxin scored 5 points in a row to expand the 11-4 lead, the Japanese team hit two three-pointers, and Li Yuwei scored 4 points in a row. Zhang Ziyu hit an inside hook shot, Tian Center made a layup to chase points, Xu Fengwei responded with three points to maintain an 8-point advantage, and the Japanese team scored 8 points in a row to tie. Zheng Xinru hit a three-point shot, and at the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led the Japanese team 23-20, and Zhang Ziyu scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-4 in 6:06.

In the second quarter of the game, Zhang Ziyu hit a shot, Matsumoto Rio Na returned with three points, and Zhang Ziyu hit an inside shot with Zheng Xinru 2+1 to expand the 7-point advantage. The Japanese team hit the inside line to chase points, Zhang Ziyu continued to rage on the inside line and scored another 6 points, the Japanese team chased 6 points in a row, and Li Yuwei hit a three-point shot. Horiuchi Sakura hit a layup, Wang Jiaxin returned with three points, and the Japanese team responded with a wave of 6-2 offensive chasing points, the two teams tied 21-21 in the second quarter, and the Chinese team led the Japanese team 44-41 at the end of the first half. In the first two quarters of the game, only one person on both sides scored a double-double, Zhang Ziyu scored 19 points and 5 rebounds in 11 minutes and 56 seconds 10 in 9 of 10, and Tian Center scored 14 points and 5 assists.

After halftime, Zhang Ziyu hit an inside shot, Tian Center responded with three points, Li Yuwei hit a layup, and Zhang Ziyu scored 4 points in a row to expand the advantage. The Japanese team continued to chase points, Li Yuwei made a layup and Zhang Ziyu scored inside, Xu Fengwei and Chen Jing also broke through the layup, and the Chinese team extended its 15-point lead at 62-47. Horiuchi Sakura hit a three-point shot, Zhang Ziyu had scored 30 points with a 2+1 shot, Chen Jing threw a shot, and Zhang Ziyu was replaced off the court. The Japanese team chased the score with a wave of 7-0 offensive, the Chinese team scored another 4 points, the Chinese team won by 11 points 27-16 in a single quarter, and the Chinese team led the Japanese team 71-57 at the end of the third quarter. In the first three quarters, Zhang Ziyu was 14 of 16 in 18 minutes and 55 seconds, scoring 30 points and 10 rebounds, and Li Yuwei scored 11 points.

The Chinese team entered the fourth quarter with a 14-point lead, and at the beginning of the final quarter, Zhang Ziyu knocked down Dong Xiaoji and was whistled for a physical foul, and Dong Xiaoji was injured. Zhang Ziyu scored continuously inside, Li Yuwei extended the 79-59 lead by 20 points to stop the Japanese team, the Japanese team chased 5 points in a row, Zhang Ziyu was substituted, the Japanese team continued to fight back, and the Japanese team has played a 9-0 offensive to chase points. Zhang Ziyu appeared again and scored twice in a row, and Wang Jiaxin made a layup to expand the 16-point advantage. The Japanese team hit three points, the Chinese team is still methodical to score to control the situation, Zhang Ziyu broke through 40+ points, the Japanese team has been unable to turn the situation around, and finally the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team to win 3 consecutive victories, locked the first place in the group and advanced to the semifinals.

Both sides start

Chinese team: Wang Jiaxin, Xu Fengwei, Li Yuwei, Zhang Ziyue, Zhang Ziyu

Team Japan: Sone Concubine, Taka, Taniguchi Hanka, Higashi-Kohime, Hirayama Maho

China U18 women's basketball team 12-man list: Zheng Xinru, Wang Jiayi, Xu Fengwei, Wang Jiaxin, Li Yuwang, Hu Yifan, Zhang Ziyue, Xu Peilin, Chen Jing, Sun Kaiwen, Zhang Yifan, Zhang Ziyu.

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