At 18:00 on the evening of June 30, Beijing time, the U18 women's basketball Asian Cup final was contested, and the Chinese women's basketball team played against the Australian women's basketball team. In this campaign, the main lineups of both sides played to fight for the championship.
In the first quarter, Australia seized the opportunity to switch between offense and defense at the beginning, and used the overall height advantage to score continuously, while China was in good shape and dared to fight, Zhang Ziyue, Xu Fengwei, Zhang Ziyu, and Li Yuwei blossomed more points to bite the score; At the end of the quarter, China scored consecutive free throws, and Sears scored two offensive baskets, and China trailed by 9 rebounds in the first quarter and 3 points at 19-22;
In the second quarter, at the beginning of the game, Hu Yifan and Xu Peilin scored consecutive baskets, while Australia shot a wave of 11-4 offensive to lead to 8 points; China paused to adjust, Xu Fengwei scored under the basket, Wang Jiaxin hit a three-point shot to stop the decline, and Bobangi hit an empty three-point shot, and then Australia continued to hit the basket to expand the difference to double digits; At the end of the quarter, Zhang Ziyu came back and scored 10 points in a row to narrow the difference, and as Crook hit a layup, at halftime, China fell behind by 7 points at 42-49;
In the third quarter, Zhang Ziyu used his height to score 9 points in a row, and as Xu Peilin broke through and scored a layup, China tied the score at 53-53; Then Zhang Ziyu continued to ask under the basket to help the team overtake the score, while Australia blossomed inside and outside to stabilize the situation, and the two teams entered a timeout with 61 draws; Coming back, Sears scored five straight points to help Australia lead by five points at 68-63;
In the fourth quarter, China continued to rely on Zhang Ziyu's advantage under the basket to score, while Australia hit the basket with more points to take a 9-point lead. After the pause, Zhang Ziyue grabbed a three-point shot, and Australia began to control the time and always maintained the lead, and finally the Chinese women's basketball team lost to Australia 79-96 and missed the championship; And Australia defended their title!
In terms of statistics, Zhang Ziyu had 42 points and 14 rebounds, Zheng Xinru 3 points, Xu Fengwei 9 points and 7 assists, Wang Jiaxin 8 points and 6 assists, Li Yuwei 6 points, Hu Yifan 2 points, Zhang Ziyue 5 points, Xu Peilin 4 points and 3 assists.