On the evening of November 3, the 2019 International Women's basketball match between China and North Americajointly hosted by the China Basketball Association and Yichang Municipal Governmentkicked off atYichang Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.After 40 minutes of fierce competition, the Chinese National Women's basketball team defeated the Canadian star team in North America by 98:56. Yao Ming, President of China Basketball Association, addressed the event in written form.

　　As the main line-up, the Chinese women's basketball team keeps the lead in the game, with the scores of 28:18, 23:11, 18:6 and 29:21 in the four sections respectively.Wang Siyu and Sun Mengran scored 11 points and Taylor skeffe 18 points respectively. At the media meetingafter the game, the coach of the counterpart commented on the overall strength of the Chinese team and the tacit cooperation of the players,fully affirmingthat Han Xu, No. 15 player, played a stable role at both ends of attack and defense, and gave specific suggestions for the preparation of China Women's basketball team for the Asian region preliminaries.The Chinese team adjusted its conditionthrough competition instead of training, achieving the goal of training the team and actively preparing for the match, said the Chinese head coach.

　　This event,the first high-level international basketball competition in accordance with international norms and standards, is also the A-class event of international basketball held since the completion of Yichang Olympic Sports Center. CCTV and network platform broadcast the whole event.

　　The players of both sides made a debut with 40 caddies from Yichang before the game, and the Chinese players took photos with the young fans after the game. More than 5000 spectators watched the game. Some volunteers from Yichang participated in the event service. (Reporter Gao Wei)