At 19:00 on the evening of June 29, Beijing time, the semifinals of the U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup were contested, and the Chinese women's basketball team played against the South Korean women's basketball team. In this campaign, Zhang Ziyu led the start!
In the first quarter, Zhang Ziyu scored 6 points in a row at the beginning, and South Korea responded with two consecutive three-pointers, and then the Chinese women's basketball team blossomed inside and outside, 17-11 to take the lead, and back, South Korea hit three consecutive three-point shots to narrow the difference, at the end of the quarter, Chen Jing hit two free throws, and South Korea grabbed the counterattack and pressed the whistle, and China led 24-21 in the first quarter;
In the second quarter, Zhang Ziyu came back and scored 10 points in a row to help China open the score, 38-24; South Korea's offense still did not improve after the pause and adjustment, and China continued to expand its lead, with Zhang Ziyu hitting the board under the basket, at halftime, China led by 21 points 45-24; The Chinese women's basketball team won by 18 points 21-3 in this quarter!
In the third quarter, Pei Xiaorun came up and hit a three-point shot, while Zhang Ziyu continued to use his height advantage to score continuously, and a wave of 10-3 offensive score difference came to 28 points; Then South Korea continued to hit the inside line to chase points, and Wang Jiayi and Sun Kaiwen responded one after another, and at the end of the third quarter, China led by 26 points 61-35;
In the fourth quarter, South Korea pressed the defense to fight back, and played a wave of 7-0 offensive at the beginning to narrow the difference, and then Zhang Ziyu continuously assisted his teammates to make layups to stabilize the situation, South Korea used speed to chase fast points, and China under the leadership of Zhang Ziyu steadily blossomed inside and outside, always maintaining a lead of about 20 points, and finally the Chinese women's basketball team defeated the South Korean women's basketball team 79-61 and will compete with Australia for the championship!
In terms of statistics, Zhang Ziyu 34 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, Zheng Xinru 6 points and 6 rebounds, Xu Fengwei 2 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Xu Peilin 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, Chen Jing 8 points and 6 rebounds;