Chen Xiaoli had a game-high 26 points and 10 rebounds as
Liaoning got their first ever WCBA title in the best-of-three
finals with an 82-70 win over Shenyang on Sunday.
The two teams played head to head in the first half. And a
third-pointer from Mo Li made Shenyang lead 36-33 before the
break.
Home team Liaoning strengthened their attacks in the third
quarter and transformed the deficit into a 62-47 lead.
Shenyang tried their best to cut the deficit to 14 points, but
they couldn't get any closer that Liaoning finally won their first
title in their WCBA career.
Chen Miao added 19 points and Zhang Dan contributed 13 points
and nine rebound for Liaoning.
Liu Dan led Shenyang with 22 points, while Zhang Hanlan, Hu
Xiaotao and Jiangxu each had 11 points.
(CRI English February 27, 2006)
