Asian Cup: Chinese female Curry scored 38 points, 8 three-pointers defeated strong opponents, Japanese women s basketball team won 100 points

In the Asian Cup of U16, the Chinese women's basketball team U16 played against New Zealand. The group stage was very fierce. The two teams played 13-15 in the first quarter without any touch, and the Chinese women's basketball team had a slight advantage. However, Li Yuanshan began to make efforts in the second quarter. In the first half, she won 14 points and 2 steals alone, helping the team establish an 11-point lead.

The two teams were in a stalemate again in the second half, and New Zealand never gave up on the game. In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team defeated their opponents 83 to 74 under the leadership of Li Yuanshan.

In this game, Li Yuanshan played a three-point advantage, scored 8 of 16 shots from the outside and scored 38 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, becoming the team's scoring core, and its playing time was also the highest 37 minutes in the team. As a high-quality three-point shooter, she has good shooting ability and can be called the Chinese version of Curry.

Only two in the team scored in double digits, Sun Hanyun scored 7 of 14 shots and scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. The team's rebounding champion is Annie Lee's 9 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals, while the assist king is Liu Rui's 8 points, 7 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds, with comprehensive performance. Sun Xuan scored 3 points and 5 assists, Tang Yatong scored 5 rebounds, and Meng Jiayi scored 6 points. The team has the advantage in rebounds, with as many as 17 of the frontcourt rebounds being twice as high as the opponent. At the same time, the opponent made 19 mistakes and the defense was tough.

New Zealand's highest score was Broughton 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Ironley 13 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists, and four players scored in double digits in the starting lineup. The New Zealand team only hit 7 three-pointers in total, which is not as good as Li Yuanshan.

This is the first group match of the Chinese women's basketball team. The first game won and the victory was won. The next game will face the strong rival of the Japanese women's basketball team in the Asian Cup, which is also the key battle for the team. The opponents in the same group stage also have Syrian team. The Japanese women's basketball team beat Syria 132-31 in the first game with 101 points, making them strong.

The Japanese team hit 18 three-pointers, with fierce firepower from the outside, and six players in the team scored in double digits, with scoring points scattered, and two more scored 9 points. 174cm Oda Kako scored the highest score of 22 points.

The other four teams in Group A are Australia, Taipei, South Korea and Philippines.

Li Yuanshan is 178cm tall, born in 2009, and is still very young. Currently playing as a small forward, from Jiangsu Sports. The Chinese women's basketball team has three high center forwards, namely Sun Hanyun at 189cm, Li Yuqian at 191cm, and Tang Yatong at 195cm. Relatively speaking, the highest player in the Japanese team is only 185cm, and the shortest player in the team, Mia Takeuchi, is only 161cm. So we have a height advantage against the Japanese team, and our shortest player is more than 1.7 meters.

Although there are only eight teams participating in the Asian Cup, the strength of each team cannot be underestimated, so the next game needs to be taken seriously and fight each game.

It is worth mentioning that Australia defeated the Philippines 123-42 on the same match day, which was also a big victory. The Chinese Taipei team defeated the South Korean team 88-83.