Xinjiang edges Jiangsu to secure WCBA final berth
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Xu Chenyan (C) of Jiangsu team competes during the semi-final match between Xinjiang team and Jiangsu team at the 2020-2021 season Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) league in Bengbu of east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
HEFEI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Xinjiang became the first team to reach the final of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) with an 82-66 victory over Jiangsu in Bengbu, east China's Anhui province on Tuesday.
The two teams were neck and neck after the tip-off, trading off leads several times in the first half. Led by former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Han Xu, who scored 17 points in the first half, Xinjiang had a slight advantage of three points, leading 39-36 at halftime.