Overton Bo is coming back to China for another season. This time the US specialist will face a new challenge. He will take over Guangdong Dolphins. Last season Overton Bo worked with Liaoning Hengye. He led the team to 16-6 record in the WCBA regular season. Liaoning then reached the semifinal stage where they surrendered against Beijing in five games. Overton Bo was an assistant coach during Chinese WCBA All-Star Game. Later he worked as an assistant coach with Chinese National Team. Overton Bo travelled with the team to London to participated at 2012 Olympic Games tournament. Overton Bo guided the University of Missouri Kansas City basketball team. He also worked as head coach of the Chicago Sky in WNBA.
Beijing Great Wall bring in Australian Elizabeth Cambage - May 23, 2013
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Beijing Great Wall bring in Australian Elizabeth Cambage (203-C-91) for the next season. The Aussie player will continue her career in China.
Last year Zhejiang Far East agreed on terms of contract with Elizabeth Cambage. The Aussie player is expected to earn around $400,000 for four month in China. The centre spent the last season with the Bulleen Melbourne Boomers in WNBL. She tallied 21.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 1.2 assists per game [read more]
Beijing Great Wall bring in Australian Elizabeth Cambage (203-C-91) for the next season. The Aussie player will continue her career in China. Last year Zhejiang Far East agreed on terms of contract with Elizabeth Cambage. The Aussie player is expected to earn around $400,000 for four month in China. The centre spent the last season with the Bulleen Melbourne Boomers in WNBL. She tallied 21.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 1.2 assists per game. The centre also had stints with Dandenong Rangers, AIS and Tulsa Shock during her career. Elizabeth Cambage was named All-Australian WNBL Player of the Year in 2011. She made it into WNBA All-Rookie Team in 2011. She was the member of U19 and U20 Australian National Teams. The centre has been recently selected for the Australian NT for Olympic Games in London. In 2012-2013 for Zhejiang Far East (China-WCBA, starting five) Elizabeth Cambage became the second top-scorer of the League with 36.2ppg, Reb-5 (11.1rpg), Blocks-1 (2.5bpg), FGP-1 (78.5%), FT: 79.8%.
China and Cuba played three exhibition games. Tom Maher debuted on the bridge of the Chinese selection with three consecutive victories.
China opened the exhibition series with a comfortable 73:57 victory. Gao Song (190-PF-92) scored 16 points to lead the winners. Ji YanYan (182-G-85) added 13 points for the hosts. Yamara Amargo (180-F-85) responded with 19 points and 8 boards for Cuba.
The next game was a closer battle [read more]
China and Cuba played three exhibition games. Tom Maher debuted on the bridge of the Chinese selection with three consecutive victories. China opened the exhibition series with a comfortable 73:57 victory. Gao Song (190-PF-92) scored 16 points to lead the winners. Ji YanYan (182-G-85) added 13 points for the hosts. Yamara Amargo (180-F-85) responded with 19 points and 8 boards for Cuba. The next game was a closer battle. Cuba stuck around for the bigger part of the clash but the Asian powerhouse snatched a 74:67 victory at the end. Ji YanYan banked 14 points to carry China to the win. Yamara Amargo topscored for Cuba again with 26 points. Oyanaisy Gelis (172-G-83) contributed 15 points in the loss. Finally China recorded a 75:67 win. Chen Nan (197-C-83) stepped up with 21 points for the winning side. Wen Lu (188-F-90) added 14 points in the victory. Yamara Amargo replied with 29 points for Cuba. Marlen Cepeda (193-C-85) dropped 19 points and pulled down 10 boards for the Latin American team.
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars have won both the Dong Xiang leg and the overall Four Nations tournament championship with an overall record of 7-2.
The USA defeated China 66-61 in a great game in front of a sellout crowd of 6,500 partisan Chinese fans in Dong Xiang Arena. The Americans led early and held the lead by one at halftime [read more]
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars have won both the Dong Xiang leg and the overall Four Nations tournament championship with an overall record of 7-2.
The USA defeated China 66-61 in a great game in front of a sellout crowd of 6,500 partisan Chinese fans in Dong Xiang Arena. The Americans led early and held the lead by one at halftime. The Chinese banked in a deep three-pointer at the buzzer to cut the margin to one, one of three banked in shots from distance on the night for the home team.
China, who was led in scoring by 65 post player Hengyu Yang with 18 points and point guard Li Wei with 12, had a good second quarter and closed the margin to just one at the half using their low post size advantage when Yang was able to score 14 of her points.
The American team won the third quarter and held the lead in the fourth to secure the victory with stingy defense and great team rebounding. The USA rebounded well despite playing this night without post player Stephanie Sension who suffered a mild concussion in Sundays win over Australia.
The visitors, who shot 40% on the night, got a good lift from Kate Thompson (6'4''-G-90) who hit 4-of-5 three-pointers and scored 14 points for the Americans who had good balance again offensively. Jacqui Kalin scored 11 and Jamie Russell added10 for the Americans. The USAs guards played good defense, initiated by Meagan Fulps, and really contributed to the rebounding effort against the bigger Chinese team. Kalin and Russell both ended with five boards.
The Americans also had stellar inside effort from Morgan Johnson, Sam Heck and Sam Ostarello who scored consecutive layups on assists by Adrian Ritchie late in the game to help seal the win. Lauren Oosdyke moved from the perimeter to play post against China with the loss of Sension and played a great game despite giving up as many as six inches at times.
The Americans take the overall title with a 7-2 record while Australia and China tie for second at 5-4, Brazil finishes fourth at 1-8.
Statistics:
USA (66): Meghan Fulps (#4) 57 PG (Santa Clara) 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, Adrian Ritchie (#5) 511 G (Green Bay) 5 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, Jamie Russell (#6) 58 G (Illinois State) 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, Jacqui Kalin (#7) 58 PG (Northern Iowa) 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, Kate Thompson (6'4''-G-90) (#9) 64 F (Michigan) 14 points, 1 rebound, Sam Ostarello (#11) 62 F (Purdue) 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, Lauren Oosdyke (#12) 511 F (Northern Colorado) 3 points, 3 rebounds, Samantha Heck (#14) 62 F/C (Evansville) 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, Stephanie Sension (#15) 63 F/C (Green Bay) DNP-Injured, Morgan Johnson (#16) 65 C (Iowa) 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal
Earlier, Australia defeated Brazil by a score of 87-70 in a fast paced and high scoring game to close out the tournament for both squads. Australia finished at 5-4. The Gems were led by Casey Samuels who followed her outstanding performance versus the Americans with an even better game against Brazil, she scored 27 points connecting on 5-of-7 threes in the process.
The crowd of 5,000 saw a high scoring affair as the Brazilians Romona kept them in the game scoring 26 of her own. Vanessa chipped in 17 for the blue and white who were again playing short handed due to ankle injuries to their post players.
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