She is also from the Sichuan Women's Basketball Club, mainly playing the small forward position, with a height of 1.85 meters, and excellent offensive firepower. It's just that she hasn't had the chance to appear in the Sichuan women's basketball team, but she played the core of the Sichuan women's basketball youth team and led the team to make great progress in the three major ball games. Born on September 29, 2006, Ran Kejia returned from injury and showed outstanding talent.
It is a pity that Ran Kejia did not participate in this year's U18 Women's Basketball Asian Cup because she was still recovering from an injury. If Ran Kejia participates, I believe that the strength of the Chinese U18 women's basketball team will be further improved. It is worth mentioning that Ran Kejia jumped a grade to participate in the Chinese U18 women's basketball team in 2022, when she was only 15 years old and 1.81 meters tall.
Ran Kejia was quiet in 2023 due to injury, but in 2024 she actively recovered and returned to the ring. We can see that she has a scar on her knee that she had undergone surgery.
Recently, in the women's basketball preliminaries of the three major ball games, the Sichuan Youth Women's Basketball Team performed well. In the 92-88 defeat of the Shaanxi Youth Women's Basketball Team, Ran Kejia scored 35 points and 12 rebounds, almost single-handedly led the team to win the game, and was elected MVP of a single game. In this game, the Sichuan team lost 17 rebounds 29-46 and committed 11 more fouls 37-26. However, Ran Kejia showed his star value, especially scoring consecutive points at critical moments to lead the team to victory.
Ran Kejia scored 25 points and 16 rebounds in a 74-57 win over Jilin. She scored 19 points and 6 rebounds in Sichuan's 95-50 win over Yunnan, and 13 points and 12 rebounds in Sichuan's 97-98 loss to Hubei.
Ran Kejia also has an excellent performance in the 2024 U19 Women's Basketball League, she scored 139 points in seven games, is the overall scoring leader of the U19 League, and averages 19.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Ran Kejia is known as Li Meng's successor, the two are of similar height, play the same position, and are in the same club.
Ran Kejia was indeed cultivated by the team as Li Meng's successor. However, there is a big gap between her and the peak Li Meng. Li Meng has a good sense of rhythm on the field and has good passing skills. Ran Kejia is only a scorer now, and the three-point shot is not very accurate. Her offensive skills still need to be polished.
Ran Kejia's recovery is just in time, and the Chinese U18 women's basketball team has reached next year's World Youth Championships. If Ran Kejia maintains her recent hot momentum, it is logical that she will be selected for the Chinese U19 women's basketball team next year. At that time, Ran Kejia is expected to join forces with the 2.23-meter-tall "female Yao Ming" Zhang Ziyu. The Chinese national youth women's basketball team has not performed well in the World Youth Championships in recent years, but with Zhang Ziyu, the prospects of the national youth women's basketball team next year are promising. With Ran Kejia's strength, she can become Zhang Ziyu's good helper.
Now Ran Kejia has grown a lot compared to two years ago, not only has he grown taller, but his skills have also been upgraded.