China Lost to Australia

The 2025 China women's basketball team's warm-up match continued. At the Wuyuanhe Gymnasium in Haikou, the home team China women's basketball team lost to Australia 63-76 after four quarters. Zhang Ziyu was absent from this game. Han Xu scored with a mid-range shot, and China started behind 4-9. Luo Xinlv and Han Xu each made a three-pointer, and China launched an 11-5 run to take a 1-point lead! Yang Liwei scored with a layup, but at this point, China's defense had problems, and Australia scored 8 consecutive points to establish an advantage. At the end of the first quarter, China was behind 19-28.

In the second quarter, Australia scored 4 consecutive points to lead by 13. Han Xu made both free throws, but China had problems on offense, and Australia launched a run to extend their lead to 24 points! Before the end of the quarter, Wang Jiaqi made a three-pointer. At the end of the first half, China was behind 31-49. China lost 9 points in this quarter!

In the third quarter, Australia led by 22 points. Yang Liwei and Yang Shuyu each made a three-pointer, and China launched a 13-0 run to trail 43-53. Australia called a timeout. Luo Xinlv made another three-pointer, and then Pan Zhenqi made one free throw. At the end of the third quarter, China was behind 49-59. Yang Liwei scored 10 points in the first three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Han Xu scored with a layup, but Wang Jiaqi was called for a flagrant foul. Australia scored consecutive points to lead by 16. Zhang Ru scored with a mid-range shot, and then Han Xu scored 4 consecutive points. China launched a run to narrow the gap to 61-68. Australia scored 5 consecutive points to lead by more than 10 again. In the last minute, China had no chance. Eventually, China women's basketball team lost to Australia, suffering their first defeat in the warm-up matches this summer. Their record in the warm-up matches this summer became 4 wins and 1 loss. According to the schedule, China and Australia will play again in Changsha on July 8.

The specific scores of the four quarters were 19-28, 12-21, 18-10, and 14-17 (China's scores are in front). For China, Han Xu scored 15 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, and Yang Liwei scored 10 points.