Aces Away: Queen Egbo and Cheyenne Parker-Tyus in China (WCBA)

Mon, Mar 10, 2025, 10:41 PM
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(March 11, 2025)--The regular season has concluded in China. Both Queen Egbo (Shaanxi) and Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (Beijing) advanced to the playoffs, which launched with the best-of-3 Sweet 16 series on Feb. 28.

Matched up against Inner Mongolia (23-9), Egbo and Shaanxi (23-9) prevailed 78-75 in the first game, but dropped its next two games, 97-61 on March 3 and 88-54 on March 5 to close out their playoff run. Egbo contributed 21 points and 18 rebounds in the first game, 22 points and 8 boards in Game 2 and just 6 points and 8 board in Game 3.

Facing Jiangsu (13-19), Beijing and Parker-Tyus (15-17) bowed out of the playoffs after suffering a pair of defeats, 85-73 on Feb. 28 and 87-83 on March 3. Parker-Tyus netted 20 points and 10 caroms in the first game; and 10 points and 7 boards in Game 2.

Final 2024-25 WCBA Stats
Egbo (35 games): 18.3 ppg, 13.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 2.1 spg, .488 FGs and .693 FTs
Parker-Tyus (34 games): 16.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.6 spg, .545 FGs, .878 FTs

~fin~