In the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team faced the Japanese women's basketball team in the third game of the group stage. In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the Japanese team 97-81 and directly advanced to the semifinals as the group leader.
In this game, Zhang Ziyu, the center who shined in this Asian Cup, once again performed eye-catchingly, scoring 44 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, which was the biggest contributor to the team's victory. Zhang Ziyu was extremely efficient on the court in this game, hitting 20 goals in 22 shots, with an amazing high hitting rate, and he was completely dominant-level performance on the court.
In addition to Zhang Ziyu, among the other players, Li Yuyan got 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Wang Jiaxin got 11 points and 12 assists.
After the Chinese women's basketball team successfully advanced to the semifinals, it will get a two-day rest and will face the winner between South Korea and New Zealand on the 29th. The Chinese women's basketball team has also locked in the qualification for the 2025 Czech U19 Women's Basketball World Cup in advance, and according to the rules of the event, the top 4 in this tournament will qualify for the World Cup.
Judging from the match between the Chinese women's basketball team and the Japanese women's basketball team, Zhang Ziyu's performance was extremely eye-catching and completely dominated the inside line. The height of 2.26 meters completely made the opponent desperate, and in the three games of the group stage, Zhang Ziyu averaged 33 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, and the shooting rate reached an astonishing 88.2%.
Zhang Ziyu is indeed very insoluble in the attack, with a very strong containment force, in addition to his own single attack can not be stopped, but also very good at using his containment to create offensive opportunities for teammates. The five assists in this game also show that she has a very good big picture.
After the Japanese women's basketball team lost the game, the players fully accepted the results of the game after the game, and the players also smiled wryly in the interview, saying that the gap in the strength of the Chinese team on the inside was too big, and the loss was not surprising.
The official account of the Japanese women's basketball team also released a message as soon as possible after the game, saying that "I challenged the amazing height and lost in the end", but Japanese netizens obviously disagreed and replied, "Are you sure you lost?" It should be a complete defeat! Judging from the attitude of the Japanese players and the media after the game, this time the Japanese women's basketball team was also completely convinced.