Ji Yanyan scored 43 points in a single game, setting a record for the highest single-game score of the WCBA season this season. Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau
Harbin, October 9 (Reporter Wang Nina) Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau released the news on October 9, October 9, the first stage of the 2020-2021 WCBA League was held in Chengdu, and the Heilongjiang Daqing Rural Commercial Bank Women's Basketball Team (hereinafter referred to as the "Heilongjiang Women's Basketball Team") led by Ji Yanyan narrowly defeated the Tianjin Women's Basketball Team 79-76 through overtime. While winning the first victory, she herself set two personal records. The first is to surpass Miao Lijie with a total score of 7332 points and crown the WCBA's all-time total scorer; the second is to score 43 points in a single game, creating the highest score record in a single game in the WCBA season this season.
Ji Yeon-yeon was crowned the all-time leading scorer in WCBA history. Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau
In this game, the two teams played very anxiously. In the first quarter, both sides did not score high, the Heilongjiang women's basketball team fell behind by 1 point 14-15; in the second quarter, the Heilongjiang women's basketball team surpassed 7 points at 22-15. The Heilongjiang women's basketball team entered the second half with a 36-30 lead of six points. The two teams drew 21-21 in the third quarter; in the fourth quarter, the Heilongjiang women's basketball team lost 6 points 14-20. The two teams tied 71 in regular time and had to move into extra time to continue fighting. In the end, the Heilongjiang women's basketball team, led by Ji Yanyan, won the extra time 8-5 and narrowly defeated the Tianjin women's basketball team 79-76.
Ji Yeon-yeon in the game. Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau
Ji Yeon-yeon made a big splash in this game. In the whole game, she only rested for 8 minutes and played 45 minutes, becoming the player with the highest playing time in the whole game. Although she shot 14 of 35 shots, she scored more than half of the 14 goals by herself, after all, the Heilongjiang women's basketball team only shot 63 and 25 of them. At the critical moment, the stable free throw shooting rate has become the magic weapon for Ji Yeon-yeon to overcome the enemy. On 14 of 16 free throws, he became the only player in the game to have more than 10 free throws and more than 10 free throw hits.
As of the third round, Ji Yanyan has contributed an average of 28.5 points per game, beating Li Yueru, Wu Tongtong and other players, ranking first in China's national hands.
After the game, Ji Yanyan could not hide her excitement, she said: "It is very happy to be the WCBA scoring champion. From the day I became a professional athlete, I couldn't imagine such a day. But today I did, and I wrote history. ”
The 35-year-old Ji Yanyan is a former women's basketball national player trained in Heilongjiang, who has played in the professional league for 16 seasons and is now the coach and player of the women's basketball team of Heilongjiang Daqing Rural Commercial Bank. She is also the oldest athlete in the WCBA league this season. On the court, she plays as a small forward, is good at breaking through, shooting accurately from the outside, and has rich offensive means, and is called "female Kobe" by fans.
"Because we have a lot of young players in our team, this season is mainly about training the team and training new people. I will continue to share my experience with them, lead them to improve, and after playing this season, I may consider not playing games anymore and focusing on coaching. Talking about the goals for this season, Ji Yanyan said. (End)
Source: China News Network